Tank items and compensation

howstheweather13·11/3/2015, 11:13:32 AM·6 votes·989 views

Ok a lot of people miss the tank meta I had fun but I'm glad it's over. We have seen tank items become weaker(statistically, due to the juggernauts really). Coming S6 with all the WMD,s going around it would be fair to buff tank items a bit, even adding some interesting features. For one Sunfire and Thornmail are the only offensive armor options available and to be honest they are in "A bad place right now" and could use some minor upgrades. Critical reduction should be standard on most if not all armor pieces, I drooled when I thought of Thornmail/Sunfire having a Dot bleed effect similar to that of the new lifesteal item, what if armor items applied grevious wounds on being hit?

In all honesty shifting from As reduction to flat damage reduction on armor items would be cool and interesting to see. Items like FH also another item in a bad place right now would benefit greatly from this.

S6 is going to see a lot of assassins being played (time to become a ZED main lol) so atleast mobility and disengage tanks will still be viable but some minor tweaks to the current tank items would be widely appreciated and accepted with open arms by the community.

5 Comments

Aceatbl4ze11/3/2015, 3:24:39 PM4 votes

Simply answer : NO Advanced answer : No more brainless stacks of unkillable CC machines with more dps than vayne . Correct answer : LW is getting nerfed hard so you should not see that much of a difference since most AD items lost some AD too , just wait and time will tell.

Big Lincoln11/3/2015, 11:32:48 AM1 votes

some tank items need to be more expensive and more cost effective

thornmail and sunfire need to have more engaging gameplay; an active or some form of armor threshold, or scaling damage on Sunfire's part (a la OG Cinderhulk, increasing over the course of the fight)

MR items are more or less in a good spot, if a little too limited

Gnart Even Close11/3/2015, 1:01:05 PM1 votes

honestly, Riot needs to buff tanks' late-game scaling really hard. Thornmail would be a great place to look, as would Sunfire Cape. Critical reduction would be nice to have on more items, such as Thornmail. Honestly, I don't see why people complain about Thornmail: you may kill yourself from trying to kill the enemy tank, but autoattacking someone else to death from range is just stupid in the first place. it would be nice to see the game be in a state where ADCs weren't necessary every single game if you wanted a remote chance of winning. Mordekaiser, although poorly executed, was a nice step in that direction, and I would love to see more melee carries in the game (except Master Yi and Tryndamere, they should be reworked entirely).

ChoGathsSon11/3/2015, 3:25:49 PM1 votes

tank items are fine

A true tank isn't defined by items, but by their kits. And tanks don't need buffs.

I wouldn't mind seeing a few nerfs reverted here and there but overall, they don't need buffs