A few ideas for item passives to make tanks relevant again.

Right now, tanks are virtually irrelevant. You know it, I know it, but Riot appears to not know it, or is willingly choosing to ignore it. Unfortunately, a full build ADC or APC can 100-0 a full built tank in less than 3 seconds, and that's a HUGE problem considering tanks are supposed to damage sponges that extend the length of a teamfight and make team strategy and coherence more important, not "MUH LCS B1GPLAYZ". A well built and positioned tank should be able to easily hold the line by himself for 15-30 seconds in a team fight, but should be virtually useless in the damage department. The main culprits causing the problems are the LW/VS defense reduction, the % damage provided by BotRK and LT, and heavy reliance on crit hits.

The other key problem is that some people, including Riot, believe defensive purchases should be a reactionary purchase. While this is a nice thought, the lack of item choices for tanks make it very hard to have much of any variability in tank items. By providing more build options, both early and late game, it allows the reactionary philosophy to actually be a viable option again.

I've got a few ideas of items and passives for items. Obviously these numbers are subject to tweaking, but I think it could make being a tank a viability again. Obviously these have to be lower costs as tanks don't typically have the immense farming ability that the carries/bruisers do. The other important thing is to make sure that these items aren't going to make brusiers too OP as well.

So, anywho, onto my item ideas. Most will be based out of old items to save Riot the trouble of creating new artwork (at least until I run out of old items names to use). Name/price/recipe/stats subject to adjustments.

** TLDR: A bunch of new items to give tanks a bunch more itemization options to help them become more viable again.**

Item #1

** Leviathan** Cost: 2500 gold Recipe: Chain Vest + Chain Vest + Kindlegem+250 gold 200 health +80 Armor Unique Passive: Increases Armor by 15%. Unique Passive: 10% Cooldown Reduction

Item #2

** Force of Nature** Cost: 2500 Recipe:Null-Magic Mantle + Null Magic Mantle + Spectre's Cowl + 200 gold +200 health +85 MR Unique Passive: Increases MR by 15%. Unique Passive: Grants +100% base health base health regen for 10 seconds after taking damage from an enemy champion.

Item # 3

** Runic Bulwark** Cost: 3100 Recipe: Catalyst the Protector+Giants Belt+Sapphire Crystal+500 gold 600 health 400 mana Unique Passive: Bulwark of True Defense: Reduces all incoming damage by 10(+2 per 500 bonus health)%. (Applies prior to magic/armor pen)

Item #4

** Soul Shroud** Cost: 1300 Null Magic Mantle +Null Magic Mantle +300 golf +55 MR Unique Passive: When damaged by an ability from an enemy champion, increases the cooldown of that ability by 10%.

Item #5

Emblem of Valor Cost: 3000 Recipe: Aegis of Legion+Negatron Cloak+250 gold +200 health +70 MR Unique Aura - Legion: Grants nearby allys +20 magic resist and +75% base health regen Unique Passive: Upon being damaged by a targeted ability, returns 10% of that damage (before being reduced by defenses) to the attacker as magic damage.

Item #6

** Spirit of the Spectral Wraith** Cost: 2100 Recipe: Giant's Belt+ Cloth Armor+Cloth Armor+500 gold +400 health +40 armor Unique Passive: Reduces the damage caused by critical hits by 20%. (Crits only do 180% of AD, 230% with IE.)

Item #7

** Spirit of the Ancient Golem** Cost: 2100 Recipe: Negatron Cloak+ Cloth Armor+Cloth Armor+500 gold +40 armor +50 MR Unique Passive: Reduces the damage caused by AOE abilities by 30%.

Item #8

Spirit of the Elder Lizard Cost: 2100 Recipe: Soul Shroud+Ruby Crystal+400 gold +250 health +60 MR Unique Passive: When damaged by an ability from an enemy champion, increases the cooldown of that ability by 10%. Unique Passive: Tenacity: Reduces the duration of stuns, slows, taunts, fears, silences, blinds, polymorphs, and immobilizes by 35%.

Item #9 Creating it mostly to build from it

Regrowth Pendant Cost: 900 Recipe:Rejuvenation Bead+Rejuvenation Bead+ Fairy Charm + Fairy Charm +180 gold +100% Base Health Regeneration +50% Base Mana Regeneration

Item #10

Meki Pendant Cost: 2300 Recipe: Regrowth Pendant + Regrowth Pendant +500 gold +200% Base Health Regeneration +100% Base Mana Regeneration Unique Passive: Increases Health Regeneration effects by 10% for every 500 bonus health.

Item #11

Poison Tunic Cost:2600 Regrowth Pendant + Null Magic Mantle+Cloth Armor+Cloth Armor+600 gold +30 Armor +30 MR +100% Base Health Regeneration +50% Base Mana Regeneration Unique Passive: Reduces the health gained from lifesteal and spellvamp by 10(+2 per 100 bonus health)%

Obviously, this is a lot, but I'd love to hear feedback on the ones you like/don't like and how you would change them to make them better. Also, if you like them, upvote so the Riot Reds can see it.