A new team comp: Double tank in the bot lane?
So this is kind of a random post but I wanted to hear your opinions and maybe even own experiences on this.
Me and a few friends have started goofying around with new team comps and came up with this:
Carry champ in top (no ADC) Carry champ in mid (no ADC) Carry champ in the jungle (no ADC) Double Tank bot lane
I have to say this double tank bot has been working out "okay". We haven't done a lot of games with this nor were they high elo games (mid plat - low dia MMR) but still, there might be something to this comp.
The playstyle is simple, all lanes other than bot picks carry champs (Riven top / Kha Jungle / Viktor mid for example). Bot proceeds to pick 2 high pressure tanks.
The tank you HAVE to get is Maokai from what I have seen. Mao is here to gain bush control / ward with his sappling / negate some poke through his passive and make the lane safe, also he has one of the most reliable engages in the game to set the second tank up.
The second tank needs to be one with a very good waveclear and/or poke. Best one here is Sion. Not only his high base damage is helpful here (since Mao can set his Q up) but his poke and wave clear is exactly what this lane needs.
Who farms?: Well most of the time the tank that is more item dependant (Ornn for example). If you have a Sion then he needs to cs because of his soul furnace.
Morgana and Brand destroy this lane pretty badly, also Tristana and Ezreal are very good picks since you rely on your cc hitting. This lane is VERY good against immobile ADCs and enchanter supports. Whoever gets near Mao will get stunned for a pretty long time.
Mao E into Sion charging up his Q into Mao throwing that guy into Sion Q with his Q into Sion E into Mao ult into Sion ult into another Mao Q into another Mao E into another Sion Q... yeah ^^
It is VERY important to chain your cc nigh perfectly so its not just braindead button smashing for the tanks, also thanks to the high base damage of tanks your kill pressure against 2 squishy enemies is very high. One of the tanks (most of the time its NOT Mao) gets demolish while the other one (most of the time Mao) gets the one healing allies whenever you cc someone (forgot the name).
You have to wait until level 3 to engage, both tanks (unless one of them has a very low impact ability like Mundo W) should wait for level 3 before engaging a real fight.
You thought killing just a tank was hard? try it with 2! Due to the low damage ADCs put up in the early game dying as 2 tanks is pretty damn hard even in a situation where you get ganked, your tankyness and cc just allows you to more or less walk out of it.
Both tanks start with relic shield to get a shit ton of sustain. Mao is mostly the one getting MR if there is an AP threat (spirit visage rush) whereas the other one gets a random armor item (Sunfire for Sion / Iceborn Gauntlet for Ornn etc.)
Both tanks go TP / Flash. Not only can you just go back and TP when you are poked out but you also have the ability to help your top laner. Yeah you heard it right, bot lane Tping top to help him out. Mao is mostly the one tping to other lanes why the other one just clears waves until he is back.
When the laning phase is over both tanks get a locket and Mao gets righteous glory. If the other lanes haven't gone down the shitter then the 2 tanks set them up in teamfights and play around them (whoever is the strongest or needs a setup).
Thats pretty much it! After that you just go full tank and try to win the game.
What do you think?
