why do tanks take ignite instead of flash top lane?

MunchCrunchLunch··3 votes·550 views

in low elo at least. only to get camped and feed the enemy team and get useless. I mean your a tank why do you need ignite in the first place. drop tp and take it if your that much of a bloodthirsty tank

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Spanked eGirl3 votes

When you said "In low elo" you answered your own question

GamblerOfLives1 votes

everything works in low elo...so, it doesn;t really matter

redniwediS1 votes

Depending on how low of elo you're talking about they don't care about escaping. Their entire goal is to get kills and snowball.

What kind of tanks are you talking about though? I could see Malphite and Volibear doing it, but I can't think of many others it would be worth while on.

Gadwar1 votes

Wait. So If i play against swain or Vladimir I'm not allowed to take ing to cut the healing. Interesting. Even if my ult is global like shen or sion or tahm.... hmmm.. wait what if it's tryndamere? No? Ok.

redniwediS1 votes

He's making the assumption that flash is a requirement, and that you should replace teleport with ignite instead, not that ignite is a bad choice.

Gadwar1 votes

My bad i misunderstood the post. Sry op.

AlwaysByMySide1 votes

Because they're bad.

Shocker.

Variks the Loyal1 votes

Some champions, with easy escapes, take Ignite over Flash so they can keep the TP advantage.

summoner 14 summoner 12 on Hecarim during last season made him a top tier pick, since top lane, he could use Devastating Charge and Onslaught of Shadows to escape ganks, and Ignite gave him powerful kill pressure.

Sahn Uzal1 votes

Unless it's a Darius, they shouldn't. summoner 31

Count Zubat1 votes

Maybe they think that they might be able to quickly kill their opponent and snowball like crazy to carry a game... as a fcking tank... Well, I have no other ideas what reason it can be, unless you have good escape taking ignite over flash is like holding a sign saying "pls kill me".

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