I hate to nitpick, but I am getting so sick of seeing this.

Melledoneus··5 votes·291 views

STOP CALLING EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T SQUISHY A TANK.

Fighters, juggernauts, bruisers, and tanks all have different roles. Here they are for reference:

Fighters: A very diverse class that ranges from squishy DPS to slightly tankier variations, they sport good dueling damage and usually bring little in terms of utility to a team. They are meant to make up the front line and pressure the enemy carries with their damage. Examples include Riven, Fiora, and XinZhao.

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Bruisers: A very tanky variation of fighters, they have good base damages so they generally build much tankier than fighters. They have a similar job to regular fighters, but they are much beefier and act as an off-tank, soaking damage and dealing it equally. Bruisers can clean up fights if things don't go too well, and can turn around fights by themselves with powerful team fight presence. Examples include Nasus, Renekton, and Volibear.

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Juggernauts: A variation of bruisers that prioritize health stacking over resistances, given they have good base resistances. Acting as raid bosses, juggernauts bring great strength to a team, should they reach their squishy targets. While lacking in mobility, they more than make up for it in damage and survivability. Examples include Garen, Darius, and Illaoi.

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Tanks: Extremely durable champions that prioritize resistances and HP over any other stat. They are diverse in their roles, including engaging, locking down carries, peeling for carries, and soaking up cooldowns. They use their arrangement of CC to debilitate enemies as to make up for their lack of damage. Examples include Shen, Alistar, and Malphite.

I have encountered way too many people calling everything that builds a shred of HP a tank, and it annoys many tank mains to no end.

#Don't downvote if you knew this.

13 Comments

Cowgirl Ed9 votes

labelling things is racist

Melledoneus1 votes

I'm trying to educate the community on the difference between tanks and everything else that has more than 2k HP. It's less like segregation and more like telling people the difference between different asian cultures so they don't call everything Chinese.

Dominick Destine1 votes

No tank you.

Melledoneus1 votes

Ok, that's punfair. That one deserves pun-ishment.

Protokai1 votes

you have shen as an example of tanks twice :P

Melledoneus1 votes

Fixed it. No blatant favoritism.

Protokai1 votes

i will now up vote you because of the formatting and non-redunant things :D its really easy to read

Sinister Anubis1 votes

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Fixed it. No blatant favoritism.

I just changed my vote because you took out what i disliked. Well done mate!

Catastrop1 votes

People who call DrMundo Gragas tanks.

Vistha Kai1 votes

Wrong. There are:

  1. Damage dealers
  2. Tanks
  3. CC bots not being one of the above.
Sinister Anubis1 votes

You lost me on tanklivesmatter. I really hate that movement and term.

Dominick Destine2 votes

I agree, that movement is very racist and second, it serves only as an excuse for criminals to commit crime.

Anyway, tanks are doing pretty good right now Amumu Malphite Rammus

Melledoneus1 votes

I never said we need to buff them. Just trying to note the difference. But people don't read it, so they downvote it.

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