Tanks Are (Too) Strong

Wolfram Oxford··3 votes·971 views

Btw: I don't care if you down vote, just explain why. Maybe you are a tank main and you love the state of tanks, maybe you want to pretend that you aren't a tank main and want to give a reason that isn't valid.

What if I told that there are champions that can deal as much damage as a carry, have cc, and cannot be killed. Well I would be right. Their called tanks. Riot should make it where they can't health stack into the thousands and then have high resists just to compliment it. It makes it so the only play style against them is more tanks and then who can dive the enemy back line first. Thats why back liners who can deal damage from far away are coming into meta. Picks such as Lucian, MF, Twitch, Caitlyn, Jinx, Azir. Seriously, if we made sure tanks could not be the massive meat shields and disruptors they are now this game would be 100x better. It would open up picks for every role and it would be plainly balanced. Think tanks won't be picked after itemization nerfs? Wrong, they are always going to be staple, just like mixed damage is staple for carry positions. So I don't see a reason not too nerf tank itemization, but I do see one million reasons to do so.

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Narvuntien3 votes

Tanks have a lot of base damage which they need in order to be a threat at all. otherwise you would just ignore them. EARLY game, they can do a lot of damage to carries but LATE game they do almost nothing.

The problem is that your team is just getting snowballed over because no one knows how to play defensively. If you just farm up, you will overwhelm the tanks with damage. If you continue to feed they will be unkillable.

Fondling Gems2 votes

Lucian didn't rise because of his long range (which he doesn't have other than ult) He rose due to the ability to kite out said tanks.

Not here to argue, just here to make note of a point.

TheThundersRoar2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Wolfram Oxford,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=ErzrFYfh,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-06-19T04:01:17.396+0000) What if I told that there are champions that can deal as much damage as a carry, have cc, and cannot be killed.

They have maybe 20% of a carry's DPS, have CC (duh), and die in 5-7 seconds under fire.

They do just enough damage to kill a carry, which gives you a reason to focus them. If they didn't have this damage, every tank would need a Galio ult or Shen E. And you wouldn't like that.

SaltyKracka1 votes

...This could could only have been made by somebody who isn't at all familiar with the history of LoL.

FourVsFive1 votes

Tanks are powerful, why you see people play jax or Nasus you get trinity force then go pure tank items after that and your dmg is still crazy while you can tank really well.

AlwaysByMySide1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Wolfram Oxford,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=ErzrFYfh,comment-id=,timestamp=2016-06-19T04:01:17.396+0000)

What if I told that there are champions that can deal as much damage as a carry, have cc, and cannot be killed. Well I would be right. Their called tanks.

No tank does as much damage as a carry once people start getting items.

Also, apparently Lucian is a back line champ with long range, lol?

Wolfram Oxford1 votes

His ultimate.

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