when a single caitlyn headshot does 1k damage to you even though you have 2 randuins. and a ninja tabis. any jhin attack chuncks 10% of my health. with almost 4k health. too much damage in the game. why do I melt as fast as a squishie? every time i play i see these double adc comp that doesn't seem to have any downside in this meta. why are tanks so damn weak in this game?
Chijoku3 votesSo you'd rather tank play be stupid-proof? Lose lane, win game because you can build a couple defensive items? No ty.
Ralanr3 votesTanks? Weak?
Tanks are not weak. First off, while the ADC is focusing you, your team has a better chance to kill them. That's one of the tank's jobs. They aren't invincible, nor are the meant to be. They are meant to draw in enough focus so they can protect or set up plays for their allies.
Why do you play a tank? Are you trying to cash in on the, "I can take all the damage and I do ridiculous damage back!" problem? Cause let me tell you, that's not tanks. That's tanky fighters giving tanks a bad name. True tanks are not damage dealers as the game goes on, they are play makers.
Crett2 votesI just want to take all the damage for long enough for my team to show up.
But let me tell you, tanks die in under 3-4 seconds under a 
or a 
or pretty much any sustained damage dealer. I don't have an issue with sustained damage taking down tanks, but I'd like it to take just a little longer on a pure tank building full armor, without buffing juggernauts and 
Ralanr1 votesTanks are suppose to be weak to sustained damage. So there really isn't an issue there.
Definitely Bait2 votes
All of these have a 50% or higher win rate. They're all tanks. You can pick any of them and be viable in a game (Maokai and Sej are viable but not often picked anymore). They can survive quite well on good engages and all have a decent amount of peel to protect the squishy carries. The damage output while doing so isn't too bad either.
You gotta think of tanks differently their job is to take focus from the enemy long enough for your own squishies to wipe out the other team. While doing this they also have to keep said enemies off of their team's squishies. They choose engages and get out alive because it was a good time to engage. They're not immortal meat walls that sit there and just soak up damage forever. However, they are generally sturdier than most other classes. So they tend to use that as an advantage and stay in melee range to disrupt enemies.
This isn't a Mmorpg characters that just stand there being threatening and ignoring everything you throw at them while doing peanuts in return just isn't fun. Oh, and if they hit like trucks and stand there ignoring all damage its even worse (Squishies cease to appear, and it becomes a slow drawn out slug fest between brick walls. AKA the stupidity that is juggernauts ).
Tanks in moba games are generally about control (CC), Peel, and zoning rather than Survival.
As for not existing at all... I'd say those lcs poppy plays are definitely showing how bad tanks are. (Though Steraks + IBG do make her borderline on being a juggernaut)
C9 Scott Free 1 votesBecause Riot buffed ADC's hard this season because people kept lying and saying they were underpowered.
Sûros1 votes[{quoted}](name=C9 Feel The Bern,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=E3BjmBGd,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2016-02-10T01:26:40.321+0000)
Because Riot buffed ADC's hard this season because people kept lying and saying they were underpowered.
People keep denying this, but I certainly noticed a difference. I usually did at least decent before all these changes. Now the champs I like are borderline useless.
C9 Scott Free 1 votes[{quoted}](name=ESF Suros,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=E3BjmBGd,comment-id=00000000,timestamp=2016-02-25T04:22:05.901+0000)
People keep denying this, but I certainly noticed a difference. I usually did at least decent before all these changes. Now the champs I like are borderline useless.
Yep and the buffing ofADC's means assassins get played more. The class people hate most has to be strong when ADC's are or they just run away with games.
Mecha MaIphite1 voteswhen a single caitlyn headshot does 1k damage to you
and 2k damage to her 
Dominick Destine1 votes 
YossarianSensei1 votesTanks are just OP in other games, they're not weak in this one
Sûros1 votesI realize this is a necro post, but I feel the thread is still relevant. My latest example is being able to melt as Rammus with 4000 health and 400 armor/magic resist in a mere two seconds. It's absolutely insane how much damage a tank eats when they invested a whole game in blocking damage. Tanks without nukes are just dead.
