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Tank support item feels bad.

The Trent·5/26/2019, 12:37:10 PM·6 votes·1,665 views

I honestly would love playing tank supports (I mostly play enchanter), if the tank support item wasn't so trash. I honestly feel like that's the reason a lot of support players just don't touch tank supports unless they're op. I don't think it's literally bad, it just feels so bad to use. Like I don't think it has a balance issue or it's too weak, it's just not fun to use. It doesn't give as much gold while roaming, you can easily mess up and attack it a little too early (adding an execute indicator on minions would be nice for meele champs) and not be able to get the second auto in time, you have to sometimes put yourself in danger to use it, it doesn't feel that good. I've heard balancing team members say this multiple times: if something is fun and useful (like flash) we don't want to nerf it, we want to make other things feel as good as it. So why won't you guys do that for the tank support item? Frostfang is 20x more satisfying and can be used to tell if you hit your abilities too. This isn't about the strength of the tank support item, it's about how bad it feels to use. Anyone else think the same?

edit: this was about the tank support item that u buy at the start of the game. I can tell a lot of you guys didn't even read what my post was about because you decided to talk about all tank support items. Also I don't need advice from unrankeds, so if you are unranked, please don't tell me how tanks work, I'm aware.

13 Comments

Lrrr Omicronian5/29/2019, 7:37:47 PM6 votes

Nobody understood that you were talking about RELIC SHIELD.

Clockwork Mouse5/26/2019, 1:56:26 PM3 votes

I quit playing Tank Support recently. There is just something wrong playing a tank with item 3190 item 3109 item 3050 and being only slightly less squishy to burst mages than your ADC.

The thigh guy5/26/2019, 2:21:03 PM2 votes

All tank items feel horrible.

kuzzy475/26/2019, 2:50:27 PM1 votes

Well tank supports need to survive and engage. So to engage they need to be high health so they need mr and health regen because of poke. So they need armor,mr, health regen , hp, movement speed, mana. Getting some means you miss the others which makes you vulnerable. It may sound fine but a supp like lux and morgana can build just ap and mana regen and do fine. The only tank supports worth playing are the cc beasts that also get high survival Nautilus Thresh .

Death by Glamour5/26/2019, 2:01:38 PM1 votes

Knights vow is an amazing item when you pair it with someone like yi or jax.

LordGeovanni5/29/2019, 10:57:05 PM1 votes

Riots philsophy tank items must be weak support items must be weaker. by transient property of being both they are the weakest items in the game

Thingamajig5/30/2019, 3:21:47 PM1 votes

tanks as a whole are doodoo not only supports

Linna Excel5/30/2019, 4:50:50 PM1 votes

The worst thing about the item in when your ADC last hits the cannon minion.

you have to sometimes put yourself in danger to use it

Riot probably sees this as a good thing because it is promoting interaction in the lane. For example at level 2 leona probably wants to start a fight.