So what is everyone's thought on the tank meta right now?

Prince Nikku·4/13/2016, 2:35:24 AM·2 votes·826 views

Maybe it's just me but I'm finding the current way of things going on the Rift a little stale. Every game it's the same old same old.

Tank Ekko top who can build tank instead of damage because his kit gives him the burst he needs in order to live. Jungle/Top Bruiser Graves Who has the same effect Ekko does. Tanks who just do way too much damage yet have really high defenses: Amumu, Shy, Trundle , Udyr, Naut (Him being A HUGE ONE).

It's just right now I feel like meta has always been like this not with these champs but just the entire "Tanky" Meta type builds when there doesn't really seem to be any option to do so. Maybe it will change when the new Mage patch hits but even then will it still be that way where maybe the new changes bring even more options to build new champions tanky and unkillable ?

16 Comments

Ralanr4/13/2016, 2:44:19 AM3 votes

Shyvana, Trundle, and Udyr aren't tanks.

junglerboy164/13/2016, 2:43:24 AM2 votes

This is bruiser meta buddy, not Tank meta. Very. Big. Difference.

Sona Ping4/13/2016, 2:57:33 AM2 votes

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Maybe it's just me but I'm finding the current way of things going on the Rift a little stale. Every game it's the same old same old.

Tank Ekko top who can build tank instead of damage because his kit gives him the burst he needs in order to live. Jungle/Top Bruiser Graves Who has the same effect Ekko does. Tanks who just do way too much damage yet have really high defenses: Amumu, Shy, Trundle , Udyr, Naut (Him being A HUGE ONE).

It's just right now I feel like meta has always been like this not with these champs but just the entire "Tanky" Meta type builds when there doesn't really seem to be any option to do so. Maybe it will change when the new Mage patch hits but even then will it still be that way where maybe the new changes bring even more options to build new champions tanky and unkillable ?

The majority of the champs you mentioned aren't even tanks, they aren't the ones in the meta, and that's because Tanks aren't in meta, and further, tanks aren't even the thing that you are complaining about.

MorganFreemanBot4/13/2016, 2:58:03 AM2 votes

The only part of this meta I currently have a problem with is graves.

Tankier than a tank, more sustain than a drain tank, far from immobile, great utility (smokescreen is crazy strong if used right), and he still pumps out adc levels of damage.

He literally has everything any champion could ever want, save being resourceless.

Baby Ghoul4/13/2016, 1:17:30 PM1 votes

The one thing you'll find while browsing the boards is how sensitive some tank mains are.

A significant portion of them on the boards like to think their their the class of champions that is more or less balanced, but honestly, they're doing way too much damage.

In reality though we aren't in the tank meta, or the marksman meta, or assassin meta, or the bruiser meta. We're in a weird state of balance where tanks are chunking people's health bars, assassins are incredibly safe, fighters are absorbing significant amounts of damage, and marksman can be played in every single lane.

Everyone is out of control and nobody is having a good time. This is the anything goes meta.