Compared to the other Trees, the resolve tree sucks and is full of either underwhelming, underpowered runes, or very niche specific ones. Seriously, this tree needs to be looked at and receive actual buffs or get reworked.
All 3 keystones are solid. Every bracket has at least 2 good options.
I politely but firmly disagree with you. I will not downvote you for this disagreement.
To all the people saying resolve is ok.
Resolve would be ok in the old runes+masteries system
Except aftershock (which isn't even a solid choice for most top tanks) every other rune is lackluster compared to every other tree. Compare old mastery system ADC runes to current precision runes. Not even a debate... Compare new assassin runes to old masteries... Not even close... Meanwhile tanks didn't even get upgrades from the old mastery options... Oh grasp now gives 5 hp per proc... Oh but you lose all the resist runes and all the old tanky masteries... Oh also, you can't have the 10% extra HP mastery...
It's ridiculous how much every other class gets from their rune compared to tanks.
Imagine being a tank on this this current time period. … Oh yeah, that's no longer a solid concept anymore. For tanks, you're either an offensive vanguard or defensive warden and neither of these roles can utilize the Resolve tree efficiently. What about divers and juggernauts? Oh don't you worry. They have grasp and often trade that out for a much more effective rune only because it trades better at all times and poking as a high HP choice isn't really a mechanism any more seeing how the soft lock is in place, slows are super hard, gap closers are very often, and combos work 5,000 times more efficiently than a champion who works best when treating each of them as individual use only.
Preach!
It needs split up. Resolve shouldn't be Tank/Support It should be a tank tree and make Support it's own tree like "Divinity" or something
I wish they'd buff Grasp, but that's about it. I don't feel like resolve has any unfairness with what you can take. Everything feels evenly spaced out for maximum customization to me. Unflinching feels geeeewwwwwwd on champs like Shyvana and Yi jungle that get chain CC'd and use Smite constantly to proc it. I get that Tenacity stacks multiplicative and not straight stacking, but it's noticeable.
Right now if something isn't based around damage it's generally underpowered. They have to change the meta for the resolve tree to actually become more useful, which requires a bit more work than simple stat changes... and we all know that they prefer simple stat modifications over anything else.
Grasp of the Undying and or Aftershock Shield Bash Conditioning Overgrowth
the rest are 100% useless
My problem isn't that the Resolve tree is bad. It's a pretty fair tree. It's that all the other trees have OP or more relevant power and or runes, so it makes Resolve look weak in comparison.
1st row: Demolish is ok, front of line is too lack luster to use and shield base would be better if it included allies that you shield. 2nd row: Bone plating or gtfo, the other 2 are not even noticable 3rd row: Shitty all around. Overgrow amounts to maybe a ruby crystle, revitalize is not notable and tenacity is only useful on garen.
Bone plating is insanely good in the right situation, for example having it against Jax makes it an autowin for all champions that's also a giant reason why Jax is harder to balance. Shield bash is ok but few champs can use it, demolish is only useful if you get multiple plates with it, third one nobody uses. The third row is really bad that's true.
