As a tank player, the current state of the game saddens me.

Mal the Red·Feb 11, 2017·2 votes·655 views

Lethality might as well make armor completely pointless.

11 Comments

Reaper SorakaFeb 11, 20173 votes

Lethality kinda sucks against tanks. The problem is...well.. they're putting a lot of their damage in non-crit. Make a frozen heart and tabis, then ignore them. ADCs going lethality builds are useless compared to ones that go crit.

Mal the RedFeb 11, 20171 votes

I find the exact opposite is true.

Crit builds are useless compared to ones that go Lethality.

Reaper SorakaFeb 11, 20171 votes

I think varus would be my only exception. Cait and Jhin should just take LDR and crit/dmg items.

Sorry I didn't circlejerk your thread with you.

EschetonFeb 11, 20171 votes

Auto attackers like Jinx or Ashe take crit, ad casters like varus or base damage amp champs like MF take lethality. And every other ad champ except for Yasuo and Trynd go lethality.

Nasus WithersFeb 11, 20173 votes

If anythingthe only item that bothers me are the last whisper items - 45% bonus armor pen is kinda strong, especially when that person also goes black cleaver

JbelsFeb 11, 20172 votes

Except most tanks can get onto an ADC and do considerable burst to them, and if the team is nearby, ensure their death because of it.

Mal the RedFeb 11, 20172 votes

Marksmen are at their weakest right now and the few marksmen I see build... Guess what... LETHALITY!

Because it makes being a tank ultimately pointless.

EndlessSorcererFeb 11, 20174 votes

Marksmen aren't weak. If they manage to get their items, they are as strong as they have always been.

Their main issue is the increased focus bottom lane due to FB tower and Dragon control. Their performance in lane generally depends on whose team helps them more and games are often decided before they become influential.

EschetonFeb 11, 20172 votes

Lethality in combination with item 3071 and item 3035 that is. One shreds your base, the other shreds everything you build trying to cover the loss of your base.

Nasus WithersFeb 11, 20171 votes

lethality is strong but not that strong unless the enemy gets fed. I think riot had the right idea with changing armor pen to lethality, but then they changed how much base armor pen you get upfront from lethality from .4 per 1 lethality to .6 per 1 lethality. They just need to change it back IMO.

Overall though, most of my games are still pretty good for me, and I am a tank player too. I play a lot of sion, galio, and sometimes malphite. Lethality hasn't made my armor worthless by any stretch of the imagination, you just have to communicate with your team and focus down the damage dealers just like always.