Rammus in this Tank Meta

DorkunedAuras··2 votes·579 views

Before cinderhulk in the land of assassins, Rammus was extremely strong. He could survive any assassin's burst, and taunt them for an easy kill. Him jumping on an ADC is pretty much a guaranteed half healthed if not more carry. Most enemies didn't have the peel necessary to keep him off of the team.

However, with the new tank meta, he's suddenly much worse off. Since he has no %hp scalings of any kind, he's very weak at fighting other tanks. He has respectable base damages, but nothing enough to chunk his brethren. So most tanks can output more damage to tanks than him. Before the meta shifted though, this wasn't too big of a deal, as you only had to deal with at most 1 tank on a team. Now that there's so much more peel and tankiness on the enemy team, Rammus can't do his job. He can no longer CC the enemy assassin/mage, as there's this brick wall he can't get past. His only mobility is literally body blocked by them. His damage is ignored by them. Yes, he can always do damage to the ADCs, whom he counters, but with so much more meat there, he just can't get over there.

And thus the meta shifts away from my favorite champion, ironically in a "tank meta".

8 Comments

Radioactive Man1 votes

Ok.

DorkunedAuras1 votes

Rammus alright

PapaGreg211 votes

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DorkunedAuras1 votes

Last I checked he was about 51%. Unless they've changed him, which they haven't, he's probably still averaging that I'd bet. And yes, he did have the highest win rate in the game S4.

Drunk Rummate1 votes

Rammus > ADCs > Most Tanks

He's still great in a 2-3 tank composition if you target their ADC.

DorkunedAuras1 votes

While yes rammus does beat ADCs in a way most tanks don't, he is more kiteable than most are. If there's something blocking his powerball, he can't get on top of the back line without a really good flash, and even then, he just gets kited. At least people like Maokai can jump on the adcs guaranteed.

PapaGreg211 votes

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DorkunedAuras1 votes

One problem is, right now, there's so many sources of engage, and Rammus isn't one of them, If your team is starved for an engager, then rammus should not be your tank. he's decent at counter engaging, but not engaging.

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