Fun Fact about Armor

Did you know that builds into every single armor item in the game? Wasn't the point of the change specifically for assassins, so that their transition from early- to mid-game was smoother Why then, are we wondering why tanks appear to not have a weak point during the game? We give them an early item purchases in and then reward them by having those same items still have value late game, either by scaling off of enemy damage, or building into other relevant items.

I think that the entire problem with top lane is because tanks can mindlessly buy stuff without having to worry about it impacting their late game.