Buff towers to do true damage

slippykitten·May 13, 2015·2 votes·291 views

And then create an expensive item that specifically negates tower damage. That way tanks cannot itemize to sit under towers taking champion AND tower damage for days without repercussion.

3 Comments

junglerboy16May 13, 20151 votes

I'm sorry, but you must not understand that the main reason tanks always stack armor is to tank towers. Tanks may be overturned a little bit right now, but you are basically asking to make tanks not do the main thing they are supposed to be used for.

IcyPepperMay 13, 20152 votes

I understand tanks are a little strong (hey, bruisers and assassins had their time to shine), but I'm not quite sure what people want them to actually do.

If they deal no damage at all, certain tanks (Volibear, other dps tanks) will be easily ignored. There will be no incentive to focus them at all.

I understand cc tanks should deal less damage and still be useful (Nautilus is a great example imo), but I'm not understanding the rest. Do people think that tanks should never do any damage at all, even if you build absolutely no defensive items at all?

junglerboy16May 13, 20151 votes

No, I think certain tanks should definitely deal damage (although that essentially makes them a low damage high durability fighter), like Volibear since that's about all he really does, one slow and a long cooldown single target displace is pretty minor CC. Someone like Sejuani or Maokai? They probably shouldn't deal a lot of damage. Some damage, but not a lot. In general though, tanks exist for 3 fundamental uses: Tanking towers, controlling teamfights, and peeling for allies. Tanking towers requires that the towers not be allowed to deal true damage, otherwise there is very little point in tanks outside peeling and controlling a fight, and if being tanky is of less use and a fighter can control a team fight and peel for carries better than a tank, then there is no need for a true tank anymore.