Tanks don't start off tanky. Their tankiness comes from runes/masteries and/or their items. Assassins have such high base damage and scaling they don't even need items. So please NEVER complain to me about tanks. We actually have to work for our tank stats. You assassins have tons of damage at level 1.
Targon3 votesAssassins are generally stronger than tanks early game. Late game, tanks are usually more valuable than assassins, especially in team fights. So each of those roles have trade-offs. Out of all of the assassins, I wouldn't say any have insane damage at level 1. In my opinion, the only assassin that has a solid strong level 2+ is 
(because of her high early burst and passive) and the only assassin that has a solid strong level 3+ is 
(due to resets).
Other assassins like 
pretty much need their level 6 to get a solo kill unless their opponent makes a pretty severe mistake. And most assassins have mana as a resource (with the exception of a small handful) and usually have at least one or two abilities with rather high mana costs.
Cloud2731 votesAssassins are generally stronger than tanks early game. Late game, tanks are usually more valuable than assassins, especially in team fights. So each of those roles have trade-offs. Out of all of the assassins, I wouldn't say any have insane damage at level 1. In my opinion, the only assassin that has a solid strong level 2+ is
Other assassins like
Tanks are garbage late game lol. Assassins will always be able to one shot a squishy even late game. Late game it's super easy to melt armor/mr. And about half of the assassins u mentioned are manaless LOL. Please stop talking. You're so full of sh*t.
Targon2 votesI never said tanks were in a good spot late game, I just said they were more valuable late game than assassins - one of the main reasons being is that even if they do die faster than they used to, they usually take longer to kill a tank than a squishy. Plus, most tanks have heavy CC that can disrupt carries and assassins and can completely obliterate an assassins attempt if the assassin goes in at a wrong time to try and kill a squishy.
And I didn't list all of the assassins in League. Of all the champions, I would consider:
assassins. 4/12 don't use mana as a resource. Arguably, 
could also be considered assassins to some extent, and if that were the case, then 5/16 don't use mana, and some of the manaless assassins still have a resource to manage, like energy.
Big Lincoln2 votesthe difference is that talon builds a ghostblade and kills you
poppy builds a sunfire and kills you
Dynikus1 votesIn other news; the difference between pineapples and bicycles.
ChaddyFantome1 votesthe only assassins with anythign resemling a ton of damage at level 1 are Rengar and KhaZix.
Cloud2731 votesOh and tanks aren't manaless. LOL. You see we actually have to spend mana for everything that we do.
Dark Nephthys1 votesOh and tanks aren't manaless. LOL. You see we actually have to spend mana for everything that we do.
Hmm 
Cloud2731 votes[{quoted}](name=Dark Nephthys,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=lNl7bskE,comment-id=00020000,timestamp=2017-01-15T03:55:38.868+0000)
Hmm
Forgot about those guys. But aren't they more bruisers than tanks?
Dark Nephthys1 votesForgot about those guys. But aren't they more bruisers than tanks?
Some of them could be considered bruisers but I consider tanks. If you go by the wikia, then are both primary tanks and the rest are considered primary fighters. Even so, all of these champions on this list are all built tank, some just grab 1 offensive item (but for who probably use more than 1 offensive item)
Poro Snax1 votesI looked at your game history for the past month and you don't even play any tanks. Unless you want to say Trynd counts. Which would be dumb because he doesn't use mana like you are whining about and you don't even build him tanky. LOOOOL Please stop talking. You're so full of sh*t.