How to fix tanks in 3 easy steps

deusexeesti·3/4/2017, 11:56:00 PM·2 votes·565 views
  1. Move some of dmg scaling to defensive stats/CC/in-combat scaling.
  2. Add protection/sustain passives/procs to skills
  3. Make AAs interceptionable

Result: Actual tank that doesn't faceroll enemies while still being a threat.

4 Comments

Mecha MaIphite3/5/2017, 12:08:46 AM2 votes

If it were that simple, wouldn't it have been done already?

I've never found damage scaling on tanks to be a major problem. If anything, I enjoy it; if I want, I can build glass cannon on a tank and have fun while playing a normal. If you take away too much of the damage scaling, you'd gut all the "fun" playstyles. Also, a lot of tanks already have built in defense. Malphite has bonus armor and a shield, Maokai has sustain and damage reduction, Braum has bonus resists and directional damage reduction, etc. Also, if tanks could bodyblock ranged AAs, you'd also have to rebalance ADCs and other ranged champions to consider this. It would just create way more problems than it would solve.