what's the point in armor?

The Bard Dog·Dec 17, 2014·6 votes·1,279 views

seriously. like i had 300 armor 4000 health and 200 MR and still got melted by yi, kalista, and nidalee in 5 seconds.

18 Comments

Drunk RummateDec 17, 20146 votes

damn you died quickly in a 1v3 against 3 high damage carries?

quickly, alert the presses, gather the balance crew, we must fix this atrocity!

redniwediSDec 17, 20141 votes

This comment has made my day!

The Bard DogDec 17, 20141 votes

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damn you died quickly in a 1v3 against 3 high damage carries?

quickly, alert the presses, gather the balance crew, we must fix this atrocity!

all im saying is there's so many penetration items available to buy that it completely invalidates building tanky and pushes people to just all pick carries.

Drunk RummateDec 17, 20144 votes

all im saying is there's so many penetration items available to buy that it completely invalidates building tanky and pushes people to just all pick carries.

5 seconds is actually a really long time considering the champions you were up against

true damage on yi %max hp on Kalista's W passive %execute on Nidalee's cougar Q

Fight with your team so they can take advantage of the fact that 3 people were pummeling you with everything they had. The only person of those 3 who could be justified attacking you in a teamfight is Kalista, and that's only if you're in her face and positioned well. The rest of them would get blown up for focusing you if your team was there.

JustMyBassCannonDec 17, 20143 votes

The point of Armor is to delay the inevitable.

Physical damage tends to come from basic attacks, which means consistent DPS, which means you will eventually die. Armor increases how long you will survive despite physical damage. You will still eventually die if focused, but it takes longer with more Armor.

And you got melted by 3 champions at once in 5 seconds. That's not abnormal, especially considering Nidalee's Q is actually magic damage scaled on your missing HP.

RawrfulDec 17, 20143 votes

You were a Trinity/Randuins/Sunfire/Banshees/Ninja Tabi Shen. You were fighting: Yi with Stalker's Blade, BotRK, Infinity Edge, Shiv. Kalista with Infinity Edge, Shiv, Last Whisper, BF Sword Nidalee with Deathcap, Grail, Void Staff, Liandries.

So, you died relatively quickly in a 1v3 against late game damage dealers, two of which are of a design archetype (Sustained damage carries) specifically based around killing tanks? That is working as intended.

disregardableDec 17, 20141 votes

This is why I don't like tanks.

Der LindwurmDec 17, 20141 votes

Your heavily armored tank will last a whole 5 seconds where most champions would die in 2-3 seconds.

That's almost twice as long, yo! :p

jpguy902Dec 17, 20141 votes

Thats just how quick people can die late game, when most champs are 18 with nearly a full build.

Cloud273Dec 17, 20141 votes

What they should really do is make it so thornmail damage isn't affected by magic resist. It should just be a flat amount or something. Also buff sunfire cape.

ThelmonDec 17, 20141 votes

I find with armor, just checking the percent reduction while building it, you gain a lot of percent reduction at first and then the percent reduction kinda falls off. That's why bruisers can build 1 or 2 tank items and be decently tanky while tanks can build all tank items and won't end up that much tankier than the bruisers.

Cloud273Dec 17, 20141 votes

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I find with armor, just checking the percent reduction while building it, you gain a lot of percent reduction at first and then the percent reduction kinda falls off. That's why bruisers can build 1 or 2 tank items and be decently tanky while tanks can build all tank items and won't end up that much tankier than the bruisers.

It falls off the entire game because true damage and armor pen/last whisper stacking.

Epilogue of LifeDec 17, 20141 votes

Or because the as the number goes up the percentage increase goes down.

Kuroi86Dec 17, 20141 votes

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DontDieRespawnDec 17, 20141 votes

lol You all are playing the wrong tanks, or do not have a team backing you up. yeah 1v1 a Yi as a tank you will be melted, if your team doesn't commit you will be melted. It's called knowing who to hit and when to hit. I do not have a problem with my tank jungles. True damage Irelia doesn't even bother me, let them focus me while my team melts their faces off.