Welcome to the era of tanks.

InSingedWeTrust·Mar 22, 2015·161 votes·23,609 views

LCS is actually fun to watch again. ADCs have to actually think about positioning and not just mindlessly attack. Diversity is back in the jungle, and other lanes as a result. 5.5 is the BEST patch in a very long time.

184 Comments

SleepyLionCubMar 22, 201580 votes

League of assassins: gets deleted in 1 second, lol wat just happened.

League of mages: gets deleted in 1 second from 800 range, lol wat just happened.

League of adc: gets deleted in 1 second from 550 range, lol wat just happened.

League of bruisers: gets deleted in 2 seconds by someone 3 times as tanky, that was fair...

League of supports: dies to a support, what the fuck

League of tanks: fair gameplay, fun teamfights, proper balance and class identity. Fun jungler diversity, and interesting team comps.

SammystormMar 22, 201597 votes

bias post is biased.

AnysonAcEMar 22, 201510 votes

+1 to sin counter

blobs2Mar 22, 201525 votes

there was league of tanks before and people complained and it got nerfed, trust me people will complain again soon

Xuan XuanMar 22, 20155 votes

Just wait till they "Olaf" Sejuani and Volibear...

SharjoMar 22, 20155 votes

Fitting considering all three of them are allies in the lore

AuryielMar 22, 201534 votes

League of tanks: Get killed by someone who builds no damage and takes no damage

League of everyone has a place in a team comp and no class invalidates another: What we all wish LoL was

ARCDASHMar 22, 201515 votes

League of Fantasies.

TotalJerkMar 22, 201543 votes

Literally nothing has been done to lane tanks since when people were shouting "Tanking is dead". Now, here we are saying they're viable because their innately less efficient jungle brethren got buffed.

The Blue RoosterMar 22, 201527 votes

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Literally nothing has been done to lane tanks since when people were shouting "Tanking is dead". Now, here we are saying they're viable because their innately less efficient jungle brethren got buffed.

It is way more easy to punish a lane tank than a jungle tank. The problem with tanks has always been they always meant you lost the game before you could become effective. Now that tank junglers can actually survive the early game. They can exist again.

SleepyLionCubMar 22, 20152 votes

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SinlaireMar 22, 201514 votes

Some clarity if you please, but is Irelia a tank or not a tank?

because her damage is often good and her LS on hit due to her W? and Ult often make her deceptively tank, but i often see people either add her or forget about her in the list of tanks.

maybe she's more feed or famine than i assume or her non tanky build is more prevalent then i thought?

HeadHonchkrowMar 22, 201515 votes

Oh, Irelia is a melee bruiser, not a tank. I don't really know why they downvoted u

idokiMar 22, 20159 votes

Irelia is a melee assassin bruiser mage support tanky dps carry. Or is that Lee Sin? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

DrCyanideMar 22, 20159 votes

No, Lee Sin is that Ranged, Melee, Tanky DPS, Assassin, Mage, Tank, Support and Jungler. I can see how you got confused though.

RiotRiot TikiMar 22, 201524 votes

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LCS is actually fun to watch again. ADCs have to actually think about positioning and not just mindlessly attack. Diversity is back in the jungle, and other lanes as a result.

Had so much fun watching some of the recent LCS games. Nunu , Chogath , and Diana showing up made my days. Especially Diana , she's my favorite :)

Avios1Mar 22, 20159 votes

I am not too happy about the LCS for really one reason. Urgot 's true strength is now revealed and people will start playing my favorite main more.

Although, I am happy to see that he got some love in LCS.

Now its time to go into the night..... Evelynn

RiotRiot TikiMar 22, 201516 votes

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I am not too happy about the LCS for really one reason. 's true strength is now revealed and people will start playing my favorite main more.

Although, I am happy to see that he got some love in LCS.

Now its time to go into the night.....

Haha, a fellow Rioter and good friend mains Evelynn and is Diamond. The night is scary.

gubigubiMar 22, 20152 votes

Wait he is the player Diamond? Or Is A Diamond player?

RiotRiot TikiMar 23, 201531 votes

Yes

DuffkittyMar 23, 20151 votes

So I started playing maybe 3 months ago now (don't play often) and 2 champions literally jumped out at me before doing any research.

Poppy and Urgot

Little did I know at the time but bought Poppy with IP anyways. She's fun but haven't invested a whole lot of time in her because of an impending rework. Now if I grab Urgot (after actually enjoying him the free week) I'll just be hopping on the bandwagon.

Avios1Mar 24, 20152 votes

Well my brother, enjoy the disgustingness of Urgot while you can.

Old Man TeetoMar 22, 201521 votes

Someone will complain about tanks. Threads about how happy people were tanks were dead and assassins, mages, and carries were playable in the jungle/top/mid popped up.

Doesn't matter what's being played, someone will be upset.

IcyPepperMar 22, 201516 votes

I'm seeing a lot of adc mains go "omg they shouldn't deal damage without building it"

And I'm like

item 3153 item 3035 item 3031 item 3046 item 3006 item 3022

if it's really that much of an issue

KaisadiIIaMar 22, 201524 votes

"omg they shouldn't deal damage without building it"

Then ADCs shouldn't tank without building it. So let's reduce their tank-stats to 100 HP and 10 armor. Let's remove lifesteal from offensive items, and let's remove all kind of CC/mobility/passive tankiness ADCs have.

SinlaireMar 22, 201511 votes

the downvotes make me think that people missed the invisible #kappa in this post....

KaisadiIIaMar 22, 20154 votes

People has no sense of humor these days D:

Troy242621Mar 22, 20156 votes

I'm a jungle main and I still maintain that tanky mobile damage dealers are absolutely retarded >.>.

IcyPepperMar 22, 20158 votes

SInce cinderhulk, any abilities that scale off HP have made some champions ridiculous (Sej, Voli, etc), but people forget that adc's scale into late game. If a tank can reach an adc before late-game, of course the adc is going to die. They're tissue paper. That's why they have a support to protect them, that's why positioning is so important.

Late-game, adc's make tanks their bitch by outright ignoring 1/3 of their armor, doubling their attack damage with critical chance, several autoattacks every few seconds, and not to mention dealing 8% of their health if they have botrk and so on and so on.

shrugs

Late-game, if my calculations are correct, a tank can last upward to 10 seconds against a full-build adc. The exact number might be different, but it's worth some investigation.

But adc's are squishy. Because of the late-game scaling, they can't take it until their full build gives sustain, and they can't dish it out about mid-game. So of course any amount of damage from at tank is going to kill them. Armor and magic resist start falling off late-game, and between LW and all the other items, adc's will start domination.

And before people say I'm biased, I play adc plenty (I find it kinda boring, but that's because I don't like taking risks and focus on cs), I play a few tanks (the really strong ones, sorry... trying to find weaker ones to play so I'm not some meta broker), I play squishies and bruisers and blah blah blah. And besides, I hope no one tries to get angry at me or say I'm "bad" or something, I'm just giving my opinion on a forum (so many people...).

kirbyzamaMar 22, 201514 votes

Has anyone ever thought that a meta where tanks are strong is a meta where adc's are strong? In a world where Sejuani and Nautilus are good how can the likes of Ahri or Zed kill the enemy Jinx or Kog? They can stay safe behind their now relevant allies and kill the powerful enemy tank no one else can. Seriously, tanks are like an adc's best friend not an adversary.

Brenticus12Mar 22, 20158 votes

Assassins are a dying breed, that's all I've gotta say.

AuryielMar 22, 20158 votes

Tanks also make control mages strong because of the obvious synergy between the two

Raise your Orianna

It Hertz When IPMar 22, 20156 votes

It's like people are finally remembering how to play LoL or something.

1st HanarSpectreMar 22, 201513 votes

There's not more diversity, characters like Sejuani, Amumu and Zac are just coming back and taking the spot of now slightly weaker jungler. Same shit, just different heroes.

DarksideEricMar 22, 201522 votes

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There's not more diversity, characters like Sejuani, Amumu and Zac are just coming back and taking the spot of now slightly weaker jungler. Same shit, just different heroes.

People on here don't actually know what "Champion diversity" is.

PhrixscreothMar 22, 201512 votes

To quote Left 4 Dead...

ahem

TAAAAAAAAAAAANKKKKKK!

Lemons22Mar 22, 20158 votes

Agree completely. It's great having tanks back in the meta. The game is much more balanced because of it.

CrettMar 22, 20158 votes

Maokai, 4000 HP, 400 Armor, 20% damage reduction from ult, 10% damage reduction against critical strikes I'm Yi

Maokai: yi come 1v1 me at baron see how fast you can kill me Me: ok kills maokai in literally four seconds

Laughing FishMar 23, 20157 votes

This is how it feels to use a tank right now: http://cdn.themetapicture.com/pic/images/2015/03/20/funny-gif-kitten-fighting-big-cat-hit.gif

WutsKrakenMar 22, 20155 votes

One day, people will rage about the rise of the tanks again. Remember the beginning of S4 when Mundo, Renekton, Shyvana, and Trundle ruled the game?

Yep...that sure changed quick

Some older champs may have risen up, but all they did was crowd out some of the older ones, then when they cycle of nerfs returns, it's back to no more tanks

SleepyLionCubMar 22, 201511 votes

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One day, people will rage about the rise of the tanks again. Remember the beginning of S4 when Mundo, Renekton, Shyvana, and Trundle ruled the game?

Yep...that sure changed quick

Some older champs may have risen up, but all they did was crowd out some of the older ones, then when they cycle of nerfs returns, it's back to no more tanks

Renekton and trundle arent tanks tho.

their bruisers

Ariel the CruelMar 22, 20158 votes

Nah, Trundle's just a troll.

SpecterVonBarenMar 22, 20154 votes

Does Mundo count as a Bruiser too since he has only one source of cc?

SoaringfireMar 22, 20154 votes

I remember in S2 when you had to have a tank to win lol! DrMundo

SyvenonMar 22, 20154 votes

I'm okay with it as long as league of bruisers doesn't come back. That was an absolute mess. On-release Darius shudder

ZylotheWolfbaneMar 22, 20153 votes

The era of tanks is upon us. How long before the return of Trundle? I'm hoping soon.

Brenticus12Mar 22, 20153 votes

God save us all when the Troll King returns

Chaotic ReksMar 22, 20153 votes

good. im glad i no longer get destroyed instantly when i go into teamfights

blobs2Mar 22, 20153 votes

yes so much fun watching farmwhores do nothing entire game then shit on everything midgame, indeed a great design when person playing lee needs to do 10x more things early game, requires 10x more skill still becomes completely useless unlike autistic retard who plays sejuani or amumu

PuaruMar 22, 201510 votes

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yes so much fun watching farmwhores do nothing entire game then shit on everything midgame, indeed a great design when person playing lee needs to do 10x more things early game, requires 10x more skill still becomes completely useless unlike autistic retard who plays sejuani or amumu

Lee Sin main confirmed.