The new tank items

Parasom·8/23/2015, 1:00:04 AM·2 votes·1,385 views

Hello, as I've been playing these recent patches I've come to a conclusion that each of the new tank items are ridiculous. It frustrates me because Riot keeps putting out champions or buffing champions to the point where they can literally build full tank and duel people who build straight damage. The biggest issue of this game is that tanks do a lot of damage. Tanks should not do an insane amount of damage, to the point where they could 1v2 an ADC or a Mid laner with just tank.

Now I know there's certain champs with damage into their kit like Darius, and there's cons to him such as easy ganks, etc. But champions like Nautilus or Maokai or Malphite should not be able to kill people as fast as they do with just building tank. It's stupid. The tank role should be a nuisance to carries, not a threat.

Anyways, besides all the rage about certain champions who do a LOT of damage with tank items. I want to address the tank items.

There's no reason to make tanks do an insane amount of damage.

Titanic Hydra? Really? You're going to let tanks do 100 extra damage on hit and the active with 400-500? How is that fair? Why can tanks 100-0 carries and the carries can barely get them down to 2/3 hp. Why do tanks deal so much damage?

Each of the new items have just been insane for tanks. It makes them carries who can kill carries rather than to be there while their carries kill.

These tank buffs are really not necessary to the game at all. The warmogs buff gives tanks way too much survivability in sustained fights, the Sterak's Gage is an okay item but the cooldown is way too short. Besides, why do tanks need a statik shiv? (Dead Man's Plate)

There's so many ways for tanks to deal damage now which is not their role. You might as well move the tank role to assassin.z

Tanks have way too many options to deal damage rather than be a tank now. One or two items are okay such as Black Cleaver and Sunfire Cape but tanks are too strong right now.

Leave your thoughts please, I want to hear what you have to say.

3 Comments

Crett8/23/2015, 1:06:21 AM2 votes

Tanks should be able to 1v1, but they should not be able to assassinate people by diving the backline I think their damage should be shifted heavily to reactive damage (countering, thornmail) to reward them for being focused, (and in turn cementing that no, you should not focus the tank) and to keep them from simply being mowed down

I don't like stuff like Gragas and Sejauni 100-0ing the ADC, but tanks should not be impotent when in extended combat