why do tanks scale with AP

LatoyaFromTheBX·4/25/2019, 6:57:56 PM·2 votes·907 views

its bad when became bruisers why is it okay for to burst AND Be tanky because of their scaling and aftershock why dont they scale with max HP? or max Armor and MR. i feel like that would be healthier

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Sona Ping4/25/2019, 7:17:32 PM2 votes

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its bad when became bruisers why is it okay for to burst AND Be tanky because of their scaling and aftershock why dont they scale with max HP? or max Armor and MR. i feel like that would be healthier

Because that is not so and your change is what would actually make them do burst while being tanky.

Simply swapping it to make Malphite's Sunfire give him that AP damage is what would make him "burst AND be tanky" because the Sunfire has defense stats, he get the damage, and he would then have aftershock on top of that like in your example. Alternatively item 3285 does not make someone tanky.

Death by Glamour4/25/2019, 8:06:14 PM2 votes

Simply a dated feature which riot hasn't bothered changing since tanks stopped rushing RoA/Frozen fist lost its 30 AP

MordridtheBlack4/25/2019, 8:12:12 PM1 votes

talks about not scaling with armor and also mentions in the same sentence

Genius

Two of his abilities scale off his armor

Done254/25/2019, 8:25:23 PM1 votes

Because then you run into the issue of "why stack anything other than pure defence?".