Why Sunfire Cape is listed as a recommended item for tank supports?
For example, it is listed as a recommended item for 
and 
. I don't know if it is also listed as a recommended item for other tank supports such as 
or others that may be used. I don't usually play support, and when I do, I like to use non-tank supports.
That said, why is Sunfire Cape listed as a recommended item for them? This item is a complete noob trap for supports. I am not questioning whether this item is useful or efficient for champions on other lanes (it is actually really good for top lane 
and 
, Shen because of his lack of waveclear, and Malphite due to him just scaling really well with armor items). However, this item should be removed from the list of recommended items for tank supports for a couple of reasons:
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Tank supports are not there to deal damage. Their function is to be durable and to have CC, peeling, and utility for their team.
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As you all know, supports should not be farming. Sunfire Cape disrupts your allies when they try to farm since the passive will be doing damage to minions. This also means that the risk of stealing farm is big.
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It isn't even that useful. The passive is very overstimated. In reality, this passive does not do that much damage, and as the game goes on, this item's passive fall off, especially when your enemies buy magic resistance. A single
will make Sunfire Cape do close to zero damage if purchased by tank supports, which will not even buy magic penetration. Also, it is required that your champion has ways to stick on the enemy and most tank supports can't stick on their enemies. -
It is outclassed by other armor items.
is a much better armor item for tank supports, thanks to its aura which is actually useful and utility oriented. 
is more useful as a HP/armor item due to its passive and active. Even 
is better due to allowing tank supports to engage better. Even if I were to buy a damaging armor item, 
is better for that, since it doesn't require you to stick to your enemy, just to be auto-attacked. -
It is very gold inneficient. Not only Sunfire Cape is not worth a slot, it is also wasted gold for supports, which can't afford to waste any gold.
...Explain that shit LOL
OR 
, also I sometimes use it on 
against certain matchups where you are required to build tanky instead of building damage, such as 
or 
, due to the fact that this item provides both damage and armor and those champions are not auto-attack based so Thornmail does not work well against them (especially due to recent changes).
...Also sunfire got nerfed a good bit).