Tank Meta

People were whining as soon as cinderhulk was announced on the PBE.

^ that's still whining about mobility meta.

excluding the league of warmogs, tank metas have always been when the game is most balanced IMO.

Meh. I was never a fan of the tank meta. It is just a royal pain. No reason to complain about it though, just take whatever the meta is and conform to it and abuse what's strong.

I never feel bad for feeding tanks because they rarely get any kills anyway. "The person you aren't focusing is GETTING HARDER TO KILL!"

I also have no sympathy for people who complain about this "Tank Meta." Tanks aren't just OP for no reason because of Cinderhulk. You do more damage, but you know what else you could have bought before this change to deal aoe burn damage and give you tons of survivability? Sunfire Cape. It's been around for a long time, people. Wake up. It may have not been the same amount of damage, but it did the same thing.

Assassin melts literally every role, no one bats an eye. Tanks are back to how they actually should be, everyone loses their minds.

Step 1: Step 2: AP Step 3: Take off 54% of enemies' max health with one ability.

also work well, but there's nothing as satisfying as 50-0ing an enemy Vlad who has 3000 max HP.

Oh no, I have to do more than breathe on something to kill it.

This tank meta makes me feel important. :D

:3

They are already whining. ADCs aren't used to not being able to melt everyone they come in contact with, and they're so surprised when they die to a tank with thornmail, Gromp buff and Cinderhulk just by auto attacking them

I'll bet we can thank Ghostcrawler for that, of which I am grateful. Nothing is more silly than playing an instagib match, it is so stupid and pointless and the end result is nothing thrilling at all. Teams should have to use coordination to win games and that's why having a strong tank presence in the game is a necessity. I never liked playing squishies, so I couldn't be happier.

Personally I think it's quite hilarious that the meta has shifted due to ONE ITEM. And of course, I'm all for it because at the end of Season 4, Spirit of the Ancient Golem's bonus health was what it should've been all along. Once that was taken away, and the mana regen nerfs happened, BAM assassins are king.

I don't see it happening. while it's very nice to see tanks, especially tank junglers have a stronger presence in the game now that feels viable it isnt game breaking. Tanks will still need a good team and if their is no good team play it will be easy for a team with enough damage to melt through them. Champs like and will melt tanks in no time. Two of which can kite them pretty easily and provided enough peel will still make tanks just huge meat shields. That being said though the best tanks I find in today's meta are . Point and click CC with a ton of AoE CC/Damage is really potent in this meta. Some of these tanks are a must ban for me for that very reason.