Honestly, it IS a tank meta right now

Penns··8 votes·2,468 views

Just look at the picks in pro play.

God tier top laners are Chogath Maokai, Shen is good and even JarvanIV Gnar count as tanks. Only others are Renekton Rumble

Jungle is only tanks + Elise and she got nerfed this patch (and she builds tanky too).

Support is also only tanks Thresh Braum Alistar Rakan Taric Blitzcrank TahmKench

Which would already be enough to call it a tank meta since there are no tanks to be played in mid/adc... except one champ. Galio , the most picked and banned mid laner in Korea lul

36 Comments

Big Lincoln5 votes

you're not allowed to say tank and meta in the same sentence

reported lol

Ralanr2 votes

So I can't say "it's not a tank meta"?

Big Lincoln3 votes

nope

Penns4 votes

run the tank mains are coming xd

MorinoZannen4 votes

no is not

Penns3 votes

good argument for a tank main hehe

Jbels4 votes

I'll always be of the opinion that just because 3 or 4 tanks are tier zero doesn't mean that it's a tank meta, it just means 4 out of the large roster of tanks are tier zero. Another thing, Jarvan builds cleaver and Titanic, and counts more as a fighter than as a tank. Same deal with Gnar, he plays more like a DPS for most of the game, but for the rest of the game he plays like a giant bruiser with way too much CC to go with his damage (Which is fine because of the way he's designed.)

Also, support tanks aren't really the tradtional tanks people think of when they think of "oh my god, fuck tanks why do they even exist?". And Rakan isn't really a tank.

Penns3 votes

Its not 3 or 4 tanks, its tanks in literally every role that you could play them, even mid lane. All of these champs are played as front line/tanks. If you build item 3153 item 3068 item 3109 item 3193 item 3065 item 3047 or wutever on Vayne, you are a tank too.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo3 votes

oh so its the build not the champ then ?

ZT Xperimentor4 votes

Jarvan, rengar, rumble & gnar are bruisers. Rakan isn't durable at all, he's fast and has crowd control, but doesn't do much aside from a minor heal.

Ahristocats1 votes

don't forget

camille jax jayce

but sure

tank meta

ZT Xperimentor2 votes

Camille isn't a tank either, she's a pseudo-assassin like yasou & riven. Jax is a bruiser, both before and after his rework. Jayce is a melee marksmen, like the physical counterpart to nidalee or elise being melee mages.

Just because someone builds tanky, doesn't make them a tank. For an example, you could build kayle for dps, but that doesn't make her a marksman.

Ahristocats1 votes

are you being stupid on purpose? i didn't say they were tanks, they're bruisers but op insists on us being in a tank meta

ZT Xperimentor1 votes

Are you being vague on purpose? You merely listed them without context. However I agree he's inexperienced in the concept.

Jinzo Torrance4 votes

People are in denial, every game of LCS there's always 3 (sometimes 4 with Galio) tanks per team, Twitch chat is the only things that keeps me awake.

Awhegark3 votes

Good I prefer this over ADC meta.

KoKoboto2 votes

No Galio isn't played anymore

Penns4 votes

he has like 80% pick/ban ratio in lck on 7.14 tho

Anags3 votes

That's cool but it's not 7.14 now.

And Galio has like a 46% winrate and 2% pick rate mid in korea right now based on op.gg.

So....

Penns2 votes

And 7.15 changed Galio in what way?

KoKoboto3 votes

7.15 helped nudge a bunch of other tanks up by a smidge but that's irrelevant really.

Look at his most recent LCS performance in the past weeks.

People NEED high damage dealers in the mid lane and the best top laners consist of Renekton, Kled, Shen, Jarvan, Cho'Gath, Mao'Kai... champions that do well in lane and start plays. After the nerfs to his Q he is no longer played...

Galio was played to huge success in 7.12, he has a 60% winrate mid and 70% winrate top. In 7.13 his Q got nerfed for good reason, way too much damage for a tank. 7.13 patch his winrate drops to 47% mid and 40% top lane

In our current patch 7.14 he has a 43% winrate mid and 60% winrate top. HOWEVER, that top lane winrate comes from challenger LCS, and challenger LCS is farcry from actual LCS.

He is no longer pick ban.

7.15 he's gonna fall out of meta even more.

KoKoboto1 votes

http://www.gamesoflegends.com/champion/stats.php?id=25&season=S7&tournament=ALL&patch=7.14

Note that most of his wins come from winning over bad teams. For example C9 over Liquid. Korea hasn't been playing em anymore.

Hammermancer2 votes

I'm surprised I'm not seeing more ashe lately

Romans VI XXIII2 votes

These tanks are being picked cause they are extremely stong atm, not due to tank items,

Where as the previous tank meta (cinderhulk) a large majority of tanks where strong due to items.

So since this is Riot and there logic is always twisted prepare for tank items to be nerfed xD

oSEXYPLATYPUSo1 votes

it became a tank meta for two reasons , the buff to cinderhulk in the jungle

and the lethality meta... tanks just strong vs lethality where other champs fall victims to it... also that locket shield scales with HP of owner then tanks have a reason to be get tanky by providing more of a shield

Darkdemon6531 votes

Gnar and Jarvan are not tanks. Supports are not tanks. Cho and Galio (I'm also going to add Zac) are tanks, but them being OP is independent from anything happening with tanks right now.

Raoul1 votes

And your point is...?

Rexxiee1 votes

Did you get the new fizz skin? Its pretty cool actually.

Penns1 votes

i probably will now he just needs his e cooldown back and im happy kappa

LemurMonster1 votes

God, I hate tanks so much. why the hell they have % damage or high scaling? It makes them all scale too well with damage items. One is all they need. & then pure tank, out damaging even adcs. Why is that even a thing? Ether have one or other other, NOT both!

btw Gnar isnt a tank. he is a fighter & I hate being forced to build tank with him.

Ahristocats1 votes

jax is a tank for sure

Penns1 votes

Maokai Chogath JarvanIV Gnar still meta hehe

Ahristocats2 votes

wow, 2 tanks are meta, this is a tank meta for sure hehe

and a character diving the backline while removing 70% of their hp, such a tank wow!

Penns1 votes

tbh when j4 builds item 3193 all the time, sometimes item 3109 and the only jungle item he takes is item 1409, he is a tank hehe

Ahristocats1 votes

no he isn't, hehe

he doesn't even build knight's vow, nice try m8

Penns1 votes

https://i.gyazo.com/f2edca436da103d61446cebea6f5732f.png "sometimes" hehe

and it doesnt matter anyway, Maokai Chogath are better/more picked and banned.

Its a tank meta when playing a tank top, jungle and support + Galio mid sometimes is the Most Effective Tactic Available. Non-tanks like Janna or Renekton being "viable" doesnt matter when tanks like Thresh Braum and Mao are the better option in every role. And even if these champs arent "tanks", they build tanky and play front line Gnar JarvanIV

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