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Why are tanks are busted?

Killer INTstinct·1/16/2018, 7:10:31 AM·2 votes·534 views

So I am a adc main is silver II and before i get the comments of "silver players are bad" "they dont have fingers" I would like to state that I have seen the same trend in higher diamond games as well(through various friends) and I am curious. Why does a tank with no damage item do more damage than a 3 item vayne. I play vayne and I quite enjoy the champion but once weakness I have found is that if a tank runs at you and your team is too ignorant to peel or what have you, the tank can easily solo you and you do virtually 0 damage to them. Now last time I checked I was sure that tanks were there to have cc and face tank things, but I could be wrong. For instance, a few days ago I was playing against a Tahm Kench. I had just killed xayah and had full health as Tahm ran at me. My thresh peeled for me the best that he could but the 1/0 Tahm with dead mans and t1 boots easily soloed me. Now i do believe that Tanks need to have high base damages and such as it is essential to their survival of the laning phase and such but then the same Tahm(this time with dead mans, merc treads, and a knights vow. Ran at me and tanked me, thresh, and a jax. long enough to kill me again(the peel wasnt exactly the greatest but its the concept) So why can a tank have such high armor and tank stats but still, even when I have 3 items, kill me like this. Please Riot do something to fix that. I know other people have been complaining too.

8 Comments

DU Baymax1/16/2018, 7:16:53 AM4 votes

if you are getting 1v1'd by a tank as a vayne and you aren't insanely behind, it's operator error

SmallieBiggz1/16/2018, 7:15:21 AM2 votes

Bruh I have been preaching that like all night up and down these boards!!! Legit take talon for instance your lvl 1 and you get both procs of w plus an aa. That procs electrocute. They trade back with no damage at all but grasp of the undying out trades you. Not only are you forced to pot but also by this time you are probably getting ganked depending on which side of the map you are on.

redniwediS1/16/2018, 7:25:54 AM1 votes

Did a bit of scrolling through your match history, and I see the problem. When you play ADC you don't buy armor pen, at all. You get BotRK sometimes, but I don't see a game where you tried buying the best tank buster item in the game; Lord Dominik's Regards.

Try buying that when there is a tank being a problem, preferably as your third or fourth item, and then see how the tanks are treating you.

EDIT: Nevermind saw one game where you got it on Tristana and one game on Twitch, but you pass it up on Xayah and Vayne which can use it incredibly well. Give it a try.

SmallieBiggz1/16/2018, 7:32:03 AM1 votes

The again looking at your match history you should just stick to twitch you int with every other adc you play in ranked.

thefourtysn1/16/2018, 8:06:08 AM1 votes

In a nutshell you're a monkey. No flame [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

kaironen1/16/2018, 8:25:11 AM1 votes

Just going to say that vayne hard counters tanks with silver bolts. If you are still struggling to kill tanks only with auto attacking and you are kiting decent, get a item 3124 and blade. Those items help to kill tanks quicker. Vayne is broken right now too but if I am ignoring the fact you are playing vayne, tanks aren't really op in general. Some might be too strong but if you are in a good position in the backline and don't get picked off you should be fine vs them.

People have been complaining about bruisers being weak on the board more than tanks being op but right now the meta is kinda decent for both I think except a few exceptions that are top tier.

Infernape1/16/2018, 8:27:49 AM1 votes

You're playing Vayne. Vayne literally makes tanks her bitch thanks to her W.

Done251/16/2018, 7:25:11 AM1 votes

I'm sorry, but if Tahm kills you in a 1v3 when you were Vayne and had Thresh+Jax to peel for you? That just means you're bad. Unless you can upload the replay I'm just going to have to assume the worst out of the situation.

You made no effort to dodge his Q.
You made no effort to avoid letting Tahm get three stacks on you for Devour.
You did not properly kite him with R+Q or your E.
You outright went AFK mid fight.

We'll need more info if you want to prove otherwise.

Edit: I looked up the match in question and everyone on you team, other than the Malphite who farmed all game, was so far behind that a wet fart could have soloed them.