@Riot Why Is J4 the only tank in the entire game who builds nothing but damage?

UnwardiI·1/12/2017, 10:39:46 AM·1 votes·1,177 views

I've made this argument before and I'm going to keep on making it until I get a response from Riot about it.

Jarvan is NOT an assassin. Nothing about his lore says that he is, nothing about his theming says that he is, I mean, come the fuck on, he wear's ostentatiously coloured, incredibly impractical body armor and carries a massive "fuck-off" phallus he uses to poke people with. That is not an assassin.

He doesn't PLAY like an assassin either. He plays like an initiator. Like a slightly more selfish Leona. He wants to get right up to the enemy and do a bunch of damage to them and hold them down long enough for his team to follow up. That's what his ult is meant to do. It's not meant to goomba stomp the squishiest enemy on the team and then get left behind to cover his retreat when he flashes away.

But that's HOW EVERYONE FUCKING PLAYS HIM! And do you know why? Because he's the only tank who has fucking 0 reason to build like one. Fucking Yi gets better scaling off defensive stats and items than Jarvan does, so the hell should anyone build him like a tank?

Do you want to know the single best way to play Jarvan at the moment? It's to play him as a support with a Kalista, Build a sightstone and then go full AD from there. Guaranteed free wins in anything bellow plat as long as your Kalista isn't literally downs.

That is not Jarvan and you fucking know it.

I could give you a billion ways you could fix him without a rework which he doesn't need, but I want someone at Riot to admit that Jarvan is a fucking mess.

Say it. Say what everyone knows is fucking true.

13 Comments

ZephyrDrake1/12/2017, 10:43:10 AM2 votes

because he is not a tank? he has one shield ability that isn't even that good. That does not make him a tank. He is a diver, a fighter, bruiser. Whatever you want to call him but a tank he is not. He is the farthest thing from a tank possible. He can build like one but that doesn't make him one

Subject 51/12/2017, 10:47:39 AM2 votes

Vayne item 3124 item 3143 item 3083 item 3153 item 3065 item 3047

Vayne is the only tank that builds nothing but damage

SNSD Sunnny1/12/2017, 10:44:56 AM1 votes

swain is the only tank that builds nothing but damage

This Is Your Dad1/12/2017, 11:01:59 AM1 votes

I build j4 asa tank exclusively. Works fine for me, especially later in the game. Tiamat into titanic is literally the only damage i get.

BeatzBoyFTW1/12/2017, 6:01:32 PM1 votes

Remember AP Gragas back in Season 3? Now everyone builds him full tank after Runic Echoes. The meta just revolves around it, not the lore.