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tanks are to over power at the moment

mike3oxmall··2 votes·930 views

so, this whole season i have been struggling with 1 thing. And that thing is tanks in league of legends, tanks used to be just tanks but now they deal insane dmg too. in every other game tanks are just juggernauts but don't deal much dmg but here they do much dmg. there are just a couple balanced tanks who are almost perfect, those champions are: leona, gnar, poppy and ornn beacause these champions dont deal that much dmg but are really tanky and that is how it is suposed to be. it is like, when riot wanted to change tanks they were thinking like, ''okay, so adc has much dmg and low hp. they didn't know for mid lane so they gave a little bit of both and for top lane (tanks) they also didn't know but instead they went for full of both. It has been like this for an entire season now without changes so riot thought it was a good idea to give tanks dmg and tankyness. i would really like to see a nerf to the dmg of tanks and especially: nasus, urgot, darius, garen and malphite. share your thoughts about how strong tanks are at the moment in the comments. (and btw, i am gold 3 so i am not bad but not good either).Darius Nasus Garen Urgot Malphite

9 Comments

Kazekiba4 votes

Durr tanks too hi dmg complains about juggernauts

EVERY time.

Braum Amumu Leona Maokai Nautilus Shen

are tanks. And they're all garbage or only barely viable.

Paroe1 votes

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Durr tanks too hi dmg complains about juggernauts

EVERY time.

Braum Amumu Leona Maokai Nautilus Shen

are tanks. And they're all garbage or only barely viable.

Maokai is more a bruiser than a tank with his current kit, Regardless of how people build him. Hes comparable with sion rather than leona.

But im just being nitpicky.

xDogMeatx3 votes

those are juggernauts though (malphite is 1/2 jugg/tank imo). i do agree those characters (except darius since he has to buy resists to earn it) are tanky for almost no reason at all.

5or6stores2 votes

inb4 "oh these champs aren't tanks, they're [insert nitpick differentiation]". Darius really isn't a tank though, he's high damage and gets blown up pretty fast.

Statistically most of them are balanced though and they'll never change Nasus from low elo stomper who's useless as you go up. idk why but league loves characters like that.

Paroe2 votes

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inb4 "oh these champs aren't tanks, they're [insert nitpick differentiation]". Darius really isn't a tank though, he's high damage and gets blown up pretty fast.

Statistically most of them are balanced though and they'll never change Nasus from low elo stomper who's useless as you go up. idk why but league loves characters like that.

None of the ones the OP mentioned are tanks though. And i guarantee that the malphite he complains about built damage.

Kazekiba1 votes

Pub stompers are popular because braindead elo is 40% of players, and because high-elo only champs exist too.

Aatrox Akali Azir AurelionSol Elise Ezreal Zac

McKuntalds2 votes

These champions are useless in the current meta , at higher elo anyway .

Darius is an absolute joke especially, outside flash he has 0 , in the current meta , I repeat 0 gap closers and before he builds phage no speed boosts either. No way to slow you down from range either .

And he's squishy as fk , like everything else in the game really. Except he has no mobility or range . Why'd you pick him if you can pick ekko , 2 shot the enemy team and pop out lol rinse repeat 30 secs later as soon as they respawn

Velasan2 votes

These comments are tiresome. Tanks are not being heavily played or have high winrates right now.

To top that off tanks have ALWAYS had good damage if they are able to sit on an opponent. That's what they are supposed to do. If they can lock you down for 4-7 seconds they should have a way to win that skirmish.

What they are not supposed to do is burst people. However, even the ones you mentioned which are mostly juggernauts (more akin to fighters than tanks) still don't burst anyone. Darius for example has to stack bleeds and use ultimate.

McKuntalds1 votes

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These comments are tiresome. Tanks are not being heavily played or have high winrates right now.

To top that off tanks have ALWAYS had good damage if they are able to sit on an opponent. That's what they are supposed to do. If they can lock you down for 4-7 seconds they should have a way to win that skirmish.

What they are not supposed to do is burst people. However, even the ones you mentioned which are mostly juggernauts (more akin to fighters than tanks) still don't burst anyone. Darius for example has to stack bleeds and use ultimate.

You're not locking shit the higher elo you go . You'll have binds , stuns and ranged poke flying right your way before you even reach the front line . If you're a mad man and manage to duck literally everything, which is required btw if you want to reach the backline , the moment you get there and blow your CC you'll disintegrate. It's entirely on your team to work off of that.

That's why the only viable durable champion at high elo is a diver . A straight tank that just sits at the front and takes hits will just get fked.

You either have a MS boost in your kit + righteous glory or you die making no difference die to non existent mana issues and fuktons of CDR available to everyone .

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