% Max Mages?
Since the tank meta rolled into the meta, I've been struggling to find a mid laner that can even remotely deal with tanks that well. Is there any mages that have % max hp damage? Preferably someone with long range.
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Brand is the only mage that I can think of that deals % damage. Alternatively you can play high dps mages like cassiopeia or Karthus so you can shred through them anyway
I saw that you play Katarina and Leblanc in your ranked match history at mid, so I am going to assume you like champions that can burst squishies down super quick. Issue is, now you want a champion that can reliably blow up squishies will also being able to melt tanks. There is one champion in this game capable of that that fits your playstyle, and that champion is 
Some good choices are:
who can lock down and murder anyone who approaches him, which can let him easily kill diving bruisers and tanks. Good lock-down, silence (to stop CC tanks), and percent health damage. He can also build a bit tankier than many mages without suffering damage-wise.
his passive (especially with Liandry's Torment) is good for whittling down tanks before a fight. His spells offer a lot of AoE damage, all of which applies his passive.
offer very high DPS when they can get it off and scale quite well into the mid-late game.
can easily kite enemy tanks and has true damage on his passive, which he can repeatedly apply.
have high utility and good DPS. Kayle can shred the tank's armor and MR when autoattacking them. Orianna has her passive and Q for sustained damage and good engage/counter-engage through her ultimate.
has very high damage and can easily zone enemies with his ultimate and Q. Great synergy with Liandry's Torment on all of his abilities.
good consistent damage and durability for a mage. His ultimate can amplify all damage dealt to the target(s) which can help your team kill the enemy tanks more quickly.
can easily poke from outside of most tank's effective range and whittle them down before a fight. In addition, his W and E are useful for kiting backwards and peeling for your team.
's ultimate can be used to give your team a second ADC to help kill tanks and many tanks have trouble killing him through his shield/spellvamp without help. His ultimate deals significant percent health damage as well.
Typically you want some form of sustained damage, consistent percent max health damage, and/or long range to deal with tanks.
and 
are good purchases against a team with tanks, though they might have to be purchased earlier than they normally would be.
malzahar is pretty good
, 
, 
(AP scaling True Damage), and 
(AP).
Keep in mind that unless you're fed, you can't 100-0 tanks (and you shouldn't). You can soften them up, but it's primarily the adc's job to do so.
Of course, that's late-game. Early-mid, it's a tad more even because tanks tend to go for health before magic resist, but I suggest building to help soften them up.
velkoz doesn't do % max but his long range true damage and kiting potential allows him to do well vs tanks.
is your man. That true damage wrecks tanks, especially the large ones who have difficulty with your skill shoots. Fun as hell to play (imo) and solid all around, not op just balanced.
No one said 
yet. He is very good against tanky opponents as he has very high dps, mr shred, and a shield that refreshes very often. However he is probably best if you have another high AP damage champion on your team, pairing him with Vlad, Rumble, or Karthus is such a deadly combination
He may have a low winrate right now, but I think he is really strong in the right hands.
Brand and Malzahar have high maxhealth damage and solid range, both are really strong with a good frontline which u usually get these days. Besides that, aniva and vel'koz should work great aswell, both synergies with liandriel and offer alot controll in teamfights while profiting alot from a strong frontline. Also, anivias raw samage is high enough to threaten tanks and vel'koz truedamage hurts those guys alot aswell. I really wonder why the 'classic' mages aren't back in meta right now, they love nothing more than controlled fights with a massive tank frontline. ap-kog with nashors+huricane can hit 3 enemies for ~11%hp per hit with nearly 2.0AS, and he again profits alot from a solid tankline to protect him.
Oh, if you like playing off-meta builds, AP Varus is an amazing tank killer as well in the mid lane. Basically, each autoattack makes a blight stack on the target, you can have up to 3 stacks at once on someone, and each stack deals 5% (+2% of your AP) of max health as damage. So basically, lets say you have only 300 AP as AP Varus, by getting 3 stacks on someone then detonating the stacks, you just did a total of 33% of their max health in damage.
You got a crazy full build Varus going? Lets say you have 600 AP. That damage went up from 33% of their max health to 51%. Crazy right? Theoretically, you could 100-0 anyone as AP Varus in 6 auto attacks at that rate.
He isn't popular though due to the fact he has no mobility and that his CDs are pretty long for someone who relies on them to detonate his stacks.
You don't need %Max. %Current and %Missing typically do more damage against tanks too.
These are the only normal build Mages that deal % health damage to my knowledge. Brand and Mordekaiser are the only ones to deal % max health damage. Overall Brand is the better Tank buster and is longer range. Therefore, Brand should be your guy. Get Liandry's and Rylai's for LOTS of tank shred.
Team void is the 3 champs you need to melt tanks.
Take the blue build and get on each of them. Other options include 
. Under no conditions should you get 
because it is not blue.
Q and W are relatively long range, ult to counter initiate and deal with high priority targets out of position.
And he has % max HP which can get a little crazy once he gets a lot of AP. 15% of your max HP every second while in his W? no problem!
Plus, getting multi-kills with your E after you die is the best.
There are some mage with %HP Skill (Does count? Im not sure).
If you ask for melee, so we have 
Cass or annie dont listen to these half wits not brand he does do hp% but you will be dead before it matters
Rumble, Malzahar, Zyra, and Brand have really good synergy with Liandry's if you want to whittle down a tank line.
Personally I like to just play champions with high sustained dps and/or true damage like Azir and Ahri though.
I like Karthus. High-range, and can poke the crap out of them at all stages of the game.
is your best bet. Best AP tank melter in the game. Strong 1v1 and laning. Brings some utility with his AoE silence. His range is average: ranging from 650 to 900 for his spells.
No one really has %HP at long range. Kog'Maw has long range, but he has to auto attack for his %HP so that's a no go for mid Kog.
and both have Max HP % damage.
And they both work well with , which kills tanks even faster.
i just played galio.
he does fairly well against ahri.
% HP damage and sustained damage is your friend. Malz and Brand in the first crew (wouldn't recommend Elise), Azir and Cass in the second.
Brand, and he's a solid DPS mage as well. With Torment and Void Staff, he'd shred tanks pretty badly.