am not sure why bother building more than 1 or 2 tank items

RankOneWakanda·12/17/2018, 5:36:51 AM·27 votes·11,296 views

when no matter how hard you try. your dying in 3 seconds. full ad team? stack armor. still die in 3 seconds, the enemy support is behind. alone can do 30% of your tank ass health

Literally love playing games with 3800 hp, steraks shield and still die in 3 seconds. because the balance team can't really figure it out anymore. I don't remember the last time anyone actually tanked anything.

like at this point just build 1 armor and one MR item. so you dont get poked easily. and stack damage. there is no damn point to build more.

the first tank item increases my tankiness by 30%. second one? 20%. third one? 15% or less. so whats the point really?. Tank items both Scale down because its a linear increase. and they also AREN'T SLOT EFFICIENT. most tank items have negative gold worth compared to their stats? Why is that?

no fucking wonder tanks are worthless. what is their purpose at this point? a 6 item maokai won't survive more than 3.5 seconds in a team fight. i bet you they will try to bring tanks into the meta by buffing their damage up the ass too

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Critmaster Garen12/17/2018, 4:34:42 PM7 votes

i like how people in this thread only take alistar as an example, as if 70% damage reduction for 7 seconds literally represented the entire tank roster.

juggers blow up even faster, even though theyre supposed to be almost as resilient as tanks.

in season 5 item 3053 was enough to live through shit like a MissFortune ult.

after the marksmen rework and all the buffs they received in season 6 and 7, a lot of adc just blast through your health pool with steraks in a couple of seconds.

Darius was supposed to be able to survive in the midst of the enemy team when he consistently hits his q on 2 or 3 people.

in todays meta he just dies in the 3 to 5 seconds before he even gets a second q off despite hitting the first.

vgamedude12/17/2018, 7:10:33 AM6 votes

I agree. I used to like playing tanks too but I don't see what the point is anymore. 6k thrown into damage items on a character that can kill is far more effective than shoving it into stats that do nothing besides help you live a second longer.

Flawless Fetus12/17/2018, 4:11:17 PM3 votes

If you're a true tank, it's so you're near unkillable. If you're not a true tank, you've wasted gold on those items and should probably sell. Lol

xDogMeatx12/17/2018, 12:31:55 PM2 votes

wow original poster i was looking for this type of post like forever i mean at late game as a "tank" do you sell your defense items for pure damage because obviously tank items become obsolete by then. but yes thx for the post at least im not thinking im alone

Daddy Ants12/17/2018, 1:45:30 PM2 votes

https://streamable.com/w80jc

Seems tanky enough to me tbh.

A 4 item tank who's feeding his ass off should get destroyed by a 6 item fighter/marksman.

BrightWîngs12/17/2018, 7:12:17 AM2 votes

lol I remember playing Amumu into a full AP team i cant remember EXACTLY what i build but i want to say it was along the lines of item 3194 item 3001 item 3065 item 1401 item 3193 item 3111 w/ aftershock and still died rather quickly granted i didnt get one shot but i feel if they are full AP and i was full MR with a ton of HP and still died within 5 seconds because they built one item item 3135 and had item 3020 so the items i spent all my gold on all game buying are worthless

Pika Fox12/17/2018, 9:39:04 PM2 votes

Either your build is trash, youre failing to use CC/utility properly, or youre going in 1v5 and dying for it.

Handy Sandy 12/18/2018, 12:18:20 PM1 votes

a 6 item maokai won't survive more than 3.5 seconds in a team fight.

what kind of games are you even playing where someone gets so far ahead that they're doing 2000~ damage with one ability or autoattack.

am not sure why bother building more than 1 or 2 tank items

so u can complain on the boards lol

Nyarlathοtep12/17/2018, 9:18:34 AM1 votes

Welcome to lol. The game where damage literally makes the world spin. As such damage has to outscale defense. Talking about a stupid logic but w/e. At least it has some logic behind it.

ØrnnToGetTrolleÐ12/17/2018, 3:42:17 PM1 votes

Tank against full AD team?

Full AD team means they have ADC. But I thought adc's are useless...

Lethality does nothing to tanks.

So are tanks or adc's useless or not?

Decide, people. Stop copying everything people say and say what you really think.

I'm tired of these forum trolls. Start being honest.

UlyssesISR12/18/2018, 12:54:13 AM1 votes

I usually go tank top or jungler. But it does feel like armor doesn't do much of anything, if anything at all. The only time it seems to is when you already have like 2-3 levels on your opponent. At that point the only difference is you kill enemy champions like 1-2 seconds slower than someone who is full AD/AP. So then you ask yourself why bother with tank at all. The same criteria needed to kill opponents in some 1-3 seconds is the same needed to actually tank any damage. It makes no sense at all.

hoganftw12/18/2018, 2:48:35 AM1 votes

You don't. Plain and simple. Damage and utility is more important than actual defensive stats.