I'm looking for a champ that can deal with tanks at all points of the game and I'm interested in these champs
if none of them are strong against tanks I just want to know who's best.
edit- thanks for the help after hearing your opinions and looking at my champ pool I think I will be getting swain next
Akali is an assassin and as such to a degree, naturally countered by tanks since their designated role is to peel her off their carries (she can be quite hard to peel though, especially if she get's rolling), she also snowballs nicely given you manage to get ahead. She does have pretty powerful sustain in her kit though, so I think she could probably do well against tanks that don't rack of a load of sustain, in lane.
Graves is strong all around and as a marksman his role leads him to become a natural counter to tanks, he's very tanky himself and with items built out of vampire scepter can pretty much outduel any tank at most stages of the game thanks to the sustain he gets. I think he's more succeptable to assassins, at least if he hasn't ramped up his "Grit", fighters and mages.
Lissandra has lockdown potential and cc that can rival pretty much any tank, she's also pretty mobile. Being AP she can force alot of tanks that really want to itemize in armor early into more uncomfortable build paths. Not sure how well she does against tanks that have strong sustain and like to build MR early though, like Maoki.
Riven is more or less countered by the tank class, being a diving fighter they are the natural counter to her class (fighter),, but being one of if not the most versatile champion in the game, if you're good enough with her you can outplay just about anyone and anything, skill ceiling and floor alike are very high and she's incredibly easy to mess up with, she can beat pretty much any tank and get beaten by pretty much any tank, it mostly comes down to your skill and your opponents understanding of how her kit works. She might be somewhat on the weak side atm though.
Swain is a nightmare to deal with for many tanks since they are generally quite immobile and succeptable to his bind. Like Lissandra he can force alot of tanks into uncomfortable build paths. He pretty much outsustains any tank in the game but not until lvl 6 when he unlocks his ult. Regardless, a skilled Swain can make any tank's lane a living nightmare. I'm no Swain main but I'd assume his core weaknessess are being quite immobile himself, succeptable to ganks, squishy before lvl 6 and not quite possessing the brute and reliable initiation that hailmarks proper tanks although being having soaking abilities that can rival tanks.
So I guess it all comes down to you, tanks are aqually a little on the weaker side at the moment (since they get the least out of masteries compared to the other champion classes) so their natural counters (mages and adc's) fare pretty well against them, fighters and assassins don't quite fare as well as these are the classes tanks naturally counter but that doesn't mean you can't beat a tank with them, especially in 1v1 combat since tanks are extremely team reliant, especially later in the game when their scaling starts regressing.
Ergo, take whatever champ/playstyle attracts you the most and learn the matchups, like not picking Jax/Tryndamere into Malphite etc unless you are very proficient at that particular matchup or a one-trick pony. Pretty much all champions have at least 1 champ from just about every class in the game that either naturally counters them or can do well against them, thus it's not very likely that you will be beating every single tank in the game with one single champion.
My 2 cents.
All of those except Riven. Akali can out sustain and duel tanks, same with Swain and Graves. Lissandra can kite and burn them till the end of time. Riven is pretty shit though. Basically a throw pick.
Sustained damage is the key to fighting tanks. That and kiting (fuck Quinn).
The only sustained damage champion you have up there is Swain. Though I'm not sure if he's great vs tanks because of MR.
I would personally recommend Teemo actually. Not that I lose to him often (I main tanks) but because he's annoying as hell to death with and has only died when he got overconfident.
Graves is probably the most stable champ there that can beat tanks thought most of the game if played right.
All of them could definitely fight and beat tanks eventually. The problem is, how long will it take? Every second spent fighting that tank is a second the ADC/Mid/jungle spends getting closer to that tank to help them out
Just personal opinion based on my expirience:
Riven ... building A.pen might work, but you don't realy want to go vs a tank when you can focus low hp champs
Aka ... have a great sustain, but, again, you have to stay on a tank for at least 3-4 skill rotation.
Liss ... As soon as you reach endgame you will prob decide to avoid any fight with a tank ( 1 vs 1 ) ... she just don't have the dmg to pick on a tank straight on
Graves ... depends on the build .... he can 1 vs 1 tanks moslty due to his mobility, natural tankiness and sinergy with LS item
Swain ... prob the best anti-tank out of your pick ... he can outrade them pretty hard at any lvl
Old Swain in particular was a direct counter to immobile tanks up top, I'm not sure about new Swain. But then I don't enjoy new Swain :P Shen's actually pretty good at it, mainly because he can constantly get his empowered Qs off on a slow enemy. Combine that with a BOTRK and you can do sustained hybrid damage at all times.
Are you talking about int Lane or trying to kill them late game?
