Dear tank mains: You shouldn't be immune to losing a fight against X or Y subclass

Hammermancer·10/24/2019, 6:23:36 PM·8 votes·1,695 views

Sorry not sorry, it's not balanced, rock paper scissors balance is a shitty concept for a moba

Being hard countered is not being outplayed or outsmarted, it's being forced to pick before someone.

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A lot of y'all are downvoting me on the assumption that I'm somehow supporting assassin dominance over adcs because I don't want to add 45 seconds of immobilized crowd control before the grey screen because the tank does like 10 dps more than my hp/5 can deal with but moving is against the law

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OtterlyLost10/24/2019, 6:28:07 PM11 votes

This same logic could be extended to Assassin mains. Just saying, they shouldn't hard counter ADCs and mages just by existing.

Keiaga10/24/2019, 7:36:19 PM5 votes

It's less like rock paper scissors and more like Pokemon or fire emblem. Champs have certain skills that counter other champs, and some classes are effective against other classes but that doesn't mean someone at a disadvantage can't win.

I don't think any tank main with a brain assumes that it's an automatic win.

On a side note, I think that very specific hard counters are a fine and healthy gameplay element.

Daddy Ants10/24/2019, 6:57:53 PM5 votes

EXACTLY

Tanks are meant to be able to live a bit longer than squishies but are NOT immune to losing fights.

Juice10/24/2019, 6:28:37 PM3 votes

"Remember when teams couldn't go FULL AD?!?!?!"

I love this stupid argument. Why shouldn't teams be allowed to go full AD? Because you picked tank and tried winning in champ select?

Do you think you're 5Head for picking tank or what?

Tanks are unhealthy by design.

meowwow710/24/2019, 7:07:25 PM3 votes

dear ____ mains: You shouldn't be immune to losing a fight against X or Y subclass

Sorry not sorry, it's not balanced, rock paper scissors balance is a shitty concept for a moba

Being hard countered is not being outplayed or outsmarted, it's being forced to pick before someone.

Pumpedhero10/24/2019, 6:25:09 PM2 votes

I like this guy. ^ He gets it.

Libido10/24/2019, 7:17:12 PM2 votes

Assassins in the background LUL

Ragnaveil10/24/2019, 8:17:13 PM2 votes

Okay, and the only think I want is Anti-poke being better. Regen does little, D-shield even with the change is still weak, Specters is a sad item. The only way to survive poke is sustain if the poke has anti-engage (Teemo, Quinn, Neeko, Trist, Vayne, etc), and not everyone gets sustain on a silver spoon.

Meep Man10/24/2019, 9:27:59 PM1 votes

Then can, as a Tank, I not have a severe disadvantage versus Bruisers? Or have all my resists turned to dust late game? Or auto-lose lane against any champion with decent sustained damage and mobility?

The thigh guy10/25/2019, 12:29:27 AM1 votes

So when are we going to make it so tanks don’t auto lose to 90% of the fucking roster.

The other 10% just being other tanks.