armor is still worthless.

The thigh guy··4 votes·1,910 views

I sure wish the 300 armor I build to deal with an all ad team comp meant ANYTHING AT ALL.

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DuskDaUmbreon11 votes

You mean in this game, where you were 4/13, and they had a fed Twitch and a fed Jhin? Where you died at three minutes in to a fucking Twitch jg and a Nasus?

Yeah. This isn't "Armor is worthless xd", this is there being two fed ADCs, one of which is a fucking hypercarry that should never have done well since he's a fucking Twitch jg against a Nocturne but you still fed him anyways.

The thigh guy1 votes

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You mean in this game, where you were 4/13, and they had a fed Twitch and a fed Jhin? Where you died at three minutes in to a fucking Twitch jg and a Nasus?

Yeah. This isn't "Armor is worthless xd", this is there being two fed ADCs, one of which is a fucking hypercarry that should never have done well since he's a fucking Twitch jg against a Nocturne but you still fed him anyways.

Congrats? You found a game where I played a tank and didn’t do well? You want a cookie? And no. This wasn’t me into an all ad team comp. :/ you people love picking out shit that has nothing to do with the post to make people seem like they are mad about one game.

FYI. Posted this before that game happened.

hrooza dota 1 votes

just saying if you dont post a match where armor was worthless vs a full AD comp that will just happen ppl will go check your matchs and might assume the first bad match where you played tank.

Anime Fizz6 votes

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You mean in this game, where you were 4/13, and they had a fed Twitch and a fed Jhin? Where you died at three minutes in to a fucking Twitch jg and a Nasus?

Yeah. This isn't "Armor is worthless xd", this is there being two fed ADCs, one of which is a fucking hypercarry that should never have done well since he's a fucking Twitch jg against a Nocturne but you still fed him anyways.

'"armor is useless i cant go 0-10 in lane and then buy 1 armor item and be unkillable to fed hyper carries, NERF DAMAGE"

Your average boards post right here.

Get Ogre Here6 votes

Meanwhile you can build a singular cloth armor to make any AD assassin disconnect from the game

The thigh guy5 votes

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Meanwhile you can build a singular cloth armor to make any AD assassin disconnect from the game

Except Lul muh lethality and %pen

Fízz v23 votes

Meanwhile I go cloth armor plus double armor runes plus bone plating and Zed still oneshots me with a Dirk if he hits 2 or 3 Qs xd

Sir Saltarin2 votes

AD assasins mains vs AP assasin mains

[slayer-pantheon-popcorn]

ZephyrDrake6 votes

When armor actually becomes worthless you can comeback and speak

The thigh guy1 votes

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When armor actually becomes worthless you can comeback and speak

Armor is reduced by 24% by default.

When black cleaver doesn’t exist anymore you’ll have an opinion here.

ZephyrDrake3 votes

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Armor is reduced by 24% by default.

When black cleaver doesn’t exist anymore you’ll have an opinion here.

I forgot that everyone has a black cleaver by default. When people actually use black cleaver as a DEFAULT item YOU will have an opinion here

The thigh guy1 votes

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I forgot that everyone has a black cleaver by default. When people actually use black cleaver as a DEFAULT item YOU will have an opinion here

Excerpt I do have a point. Black cleaver is in EVERY game. And armor comes online after 2 items. So no. I do have an opinion here you are just biased af.

ZephyrDrake2 votes

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Excerpt I do have a point. Black cleaver is in EVERY game. And armor comes online after 2 items. So no. I do have an opinion here you are just biased af.

"every game" you say huh? you don't mean it's a core item on Riven Aatrox MissFortune Nocturne Kayn

also of the last 20 games you had on SR the item was there only 10 times in the aforementioned champions... seems to me YOU are the biased one here.

The thigh guy1 votes

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"every game" you say huh? you don't mean it's a core item on Riven Aatrox MissFortune Nocturne Kayn

also of the last 20 games you had on SR the item was there only 10 times in the aforementioned champions... seems to me YOU are the biased one here.

“It’s core item” is not an excuse for it’s insane build rate. :/

That’s like saying boots are broken because everyone wants them hur dur.

ZephyrDrake3 votes

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“It’s core item” is not an excuse for it’s insane build rate. :/

That’s like saying boots are broken because everyone wants them hur dur.

yes it is! that's like saying item 3031 build rate is insane and crit ADCs building it EVERY SINGLE GAME is no excuse... sorry but what? do you know what CORE ITEM means?

The thigh guy1 votes

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yes it is! that's like saying item 3031 build rate is insane and crit ADCs building it EVERY SINGLE GAME is no excuse... sorry but what? do you know what CORE ITEM means?

Except infinity edge is an adcs ONLY FUCKING CHOICE. They have ZERO other good options. Let’s look at anti tank options.

Black cleaver Bork Bloodrazor Liandries Lord Dominik’s Mortal reminder Void staff Conquerer Sorc shoes Morello

Hmmmmm. Seems like tanks are getting fucked pretty hard to me.

ZephyrDrake1 votes

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Except infinity edge is an adcs ONLY FUCKING CHOICE. They have ZERO other good options. Let’s look at anti tank options.

Black cleaver Bork Bloodrazor Liandries Lord Dominik’s Mortal reminder Void staff Conquerer Sorc shoes Morello

Hmmmmm. Seems like tanks are getting fucked pretty hard to me.

sorry but what? all of the flat pen in the game gets negated by a SINGLE completed item. %pen might do something against tanks but tanks still can survive more than enough. A tank isn't mean to be unkillable, they are meant to die! get that through your THICK skull. Sorry that you cannot go 1v5 and take every ability in the game and survive. Sorry you cannot do that. Are you going to say something of value? or are you going to keep jumping from one topic to the next when you cannot defend the previous one anymore?

The thigh guy1 votes

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sorry but what? all of the flat pen in the game gets negated by a SINGLE completed item. %pen might do something against tanks but tanks still can survive more than enough. A tank isn't mean to be unkillable, they are meant to die! get that through your THICK skull. Sorry that you cannot go 1v5 and take every ability in the game and survive. Sorry you cannot do that. Are you going to say something of value? or are you going to keep jumping from one topic to the next when you cannot defend the previous one anymore?

Nice job gaslighting sir. I mentioned the flat pen that mattered.

ZephyrDrake2 votes

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Nice job gaslighting sir. I mentioned the flat pen that mattered.

nice job jumping topic from topic. When you actually have something useful to say you can reply to me. Otherwise good day sir

Deliberate Inter3 votes

Ok i'll keep building armor and swimming in freelo and you can struggle. Sounds good :)

The thigh guy1 votes

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Ok i'll keep building armor and swimming in freelo and you can struggle. Sounds good :)

Good joke.

Deliberate Inter1 votes

PRO TIP: Good itemization often involves building a lot of armor and up to the right threshold of HP but good itemization alone isn't going to make you tanky and survivable. When you understand that you will start to climb....

The thigh guy1 votes

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PRO TIP: Good itemization often involves building a lot of armor and up to the right threshold of HP but good itemization alone isn't going to make you tanky and survivable. When you understand that you will start to climb....

There’s a difference between tanky and survivable and “oh look I instantly died in 1.1 seconds while being full tank” than you don’t seem to understand. :/

Deliberate Inter2 votes

Well you're not exactly correct! More importantly, teamfights at the competitive level are decided in less than 1.1 seconds most of the time and let's be honest, you shouldn't be dying at all without getting huge value as a tank in solo queue so there's also that ;)

The thigh guy1 votes

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Well you're not exactly correct! More importantly, teamfights at the competitive level are decided in less than 1.1 seconds most of the time and let's be honest, you shouldn't be dying at all without getting huge value as a tank in solo queue so there's also that ;)

Except between last whisper and cleaver tanks do always die in 1.1 second now.

And pro play and average play are not the same and should not be judged as the same. For proof look at ryze kalista and azir.

Deliberate Inter2 votes

ACTUALLY, even zed's full burst doesn't pop a tank , adcs take longer. Or are you saying 5 people melt a tank together? That tank that was "popped' probably just won his team the fight and a neutral objective so you didn't exactly make an argument!

Deliberate Inter1 votes

It's true that casual players can't play at the same range that a pro would, ie can't get the same value. If a scripter is a 100 and DopA is a 95 or a 94 I might only be an 80 and you might only be a 42 but that doesn't help your case. League is best balanced around the objective facts of what champions can and cannot do relative to each other, not the subjective what ifs based on real, human pilots, especially not at lower levels. You would be more valuable playing a 50 / 110 udyr mid than you would be playing a 30 / 880 azir mid for example. Does that mean udyr is a better midlaner than Azir? God no.

KVbqbFsC8e2 votes

It will always remain so as long as Conqueror exists.

GigglesO2 votes

You aren’t going to get upvoted by all these assassin/adc mains that frequent the boards. They hate tanks, and they hate the idea of having players not die in 1 second.

DuskDaUmbreon3 votes

I primarily play tanks and juggernauts. Armor is just fine if you're actually building a decent amount and you aren't against a 12/5 hypercarry.

The thigh guy1 votes

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I primarily play tanks and juggernauts. Armor is just fine if you're actually building a decent amount and you aren't against a 12/5 hypercarry.

(Reminder) that game was played after this post. So still irrelevant.

DuskDaUmbreon3 votes

So you're telling me that slightly before this post I won't see another game where you were significantly behind and they had 2-3 people extremely fed?

The thigh guy1 votes

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So you're telling me that slightly before this post I won't see another game where you were significantly behind and they had 2-3 people extremely fed?

You’ll see a rhaast game that I couldn’t carry. XD

Thats the closest you are going to get.

Illabethe1 votes

Maybe you should learn what item 3143 is. Don't build other armor items. build this one.

Vs assassins build item 3110

The thigh guy1 votes

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Maybe you should learn what item 3143 is. Don't build other armor items. build this one.

Vs assassins build item 3110

Smh. Frozen heart blows into assassins. You’re better off with something that gives hp and armor. Not just armor the as slow means almost nothing to them.

Illabethe1 votes

It's about the CDR/Raw Armor to cost ratio. 100 Armor vs 90/60 options, with 20% CDR. It allows both tankiness while building Transcendence to become offensively stronger as well. Single item negates all Lethality, and a net + ~60 Armor.

Only a few assassins exist where HP matters more.

5050BS1 votes

When Armor lowers damage by 75% but Crit (with IE) raises damage by 225% AND LifeSteal by the same amount then Ya Armor is worthless

The thigh guy1 votes

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When Armor lowers damage by 75% but Crit (with IE) raises damage by 225% AND LifeSteal by the same amount then Ya Armor is worthless

It’s not even just that at this point. Even when infinity edge had 250% crit damage and thornmail didn’t give grevious wounds, tanks were still in a healthy spot.

But now with everything having true damage, %hp damage, %max hp damage, %missing hp damage, flat pen, %pen, %shred, or some ungodly mixture of them, tanks just can’t do anything.

Fiora has the chance to do up to 118% max hp true damage. I’m sorry. But I don’t care how much ad you have, I don’t care that you had to invest 5 item slots to do that. That is 118% of non negatable damage that is not balanced in the slightest. It also doesn’t help that she can proc that in under 3 seconds.

Vayne atleast takes a few seconds. :/

DuskDaUmbreon1 votes

Raises it by 125%.

And even then, there's still a net benefit in favor of armor. It's 125% of that 25%, which is only 60%. And that's overall bad math - the damage would still be reduced by 75%.

MankeyMadness1 votes

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When Armor lowers damage by 75% but Crit (with IE) raises damage by 225% AND LifeSteal by the same amount then Ya Armor is worthless

IE doesn't raise damage by 225%. It's only 100% increase (double) which is completely negated by 100 armor which many champions get without spending a single gold on Armor, even though Zhonyas or GA and Tabis exist so they'll have that too.

Warlord Rhinark1 votes

I mean, to be fair, that Jhin did buy a LDR, which gives him 35% Armor Penetration, and Twitch did have 4% max health damage per auto + 8% current health damage per auto.

Tanks are inherently supposed to be countered by ADCs.

The thigh guy1 votes

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I mean, to be fair, that Jhin did buy a LDR, which gives him 35% Armor Penetration, and Twitch did have 4% max health damage per auto + 8% current health damage per auto.

Tanks are inherently supposed to be countered by ADCs.

There is a very very big difference between being countered by a 3000 gold item and rune combo. And being made entirely irrelevant by 8 different items.

Warlord Rhinark2 votes

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There is a very very big difference between being countered by a 3000 gold item and rune combo. And being made entirely irrelevant by 8 different items.

Well, yes, there is.

Mostly because you can't even have 8 items on you at the same time.

But you can't really be mad that your Armor isn't as effective if something actually itemized against said Armor by building Penetration. You'd have a point if they only build straight AD, as Armor is certainly supposed to counter that.

The thigh guy1 votes

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Well, yes, there is.

Mostly because you can't even have 8 items on you at the same time.

But you can't really be mad that your Armor isn't as effective if something actually itemized against said Armor by building Penetration. You'd have a point if they only build straight AD, as Armor is certainly supposed to counter that.

Not how I meant it. There are 8 different items in the game to make tanks irrelevant. And nothing that counters those 8 items.

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