5 Tank Strategy

cardinals1392·2/15/2019, 8:25:22 AM·3 votes·1,603 views

So, I am just going to say at the beginning that there are many issues with the strategy I am about to lay out. But keep in mind that it is just an idea to win a single 5 man game, and not something I think could become a viable long term winning strategy, especially the higher elo you go. But the strategy is to play just 5 very tanky players with demolish. Something like a

Top-Garen Jungle-Amumu Mid-Galio ADC-Urgot Sup-Blitzcrank

With a whole lot of people you could sub into these roles based on enemy team comp, or just your personal preference and skill level. Such as a Sion probably deserves to be in any game like this and Rammus TahmKench Nautilus Maokai DrMundo Chogath could all be included depending on team comps. You would have to ban a few champions such as Vayne Tryndamere and then just another couple champs who could really do a lot of damage in a long team fight like Brand . But the overall goal of the strategy is just to survive the first 25 minutes of the game until all these tanks become tanky and then they can win long team fights even with relatively little damage. An Amumu ult followed by a Galio ult still does quite a bit of damage, and the longer the fight goes, the more it favors the unstoppable tanks. Split pushing is an ease with many demolishes and enough health to survive if the enemy tries to stop you. And well, if you take rift, that is a free inhib if the whole team groups with demolish.

I have played 6 games of this and gone 4-2. Both losses came when one lane fed so hard early that the enemy team was able to end before our tanks became unstoppable. However, knowing that, it isnt too hard to avoid feeding if your entire strategy revolves around just staying alive for as long as possible to prolong the game.

I am just wondering if anyone has any thoughts, either on improvements to this strategy, or ways to counter it (a few friends and I already thought of a few, but I'm wondering if anyone else thinks of them).

6 Comments

Critmaster Garen2/15/2019, 8:38:30 AM4 votes

this isnt viable.

amumu is ass unless youre playing at shit tier mmr. hes a low elo stomper, but thats it.

urgot bot just gets dicked on by marksmen and their supports. hes too short ranged.

garen is weaksauce on top lane right now. especially when youre trying to build for lategame, which is by far his weakest game phase. youd need to switch him for a tank, or you pick darius so the team doesnt lack damage later on.

ValyrianBlade2/15/2019, 1:26:16 PM2 votes

as someone else mentioned, 4 tanks plus an ADC works better.

I've played against enough of those teams, even if the ADC feeds like mad early, they have so much peel late that they do all the damage anyways, and outdamage your fed adc by the end of the game.

ı Sona ı2/15/2019, 9:17:44 AM1 votes

Very viable, love it.

Noor Sakata2/15/2019, 10:35:39 AM1 votes

I remember how Brain Dead all tanks picks in season 7 and the beginning of season 8 People were like , the more Tanks you have , the more chances to win you get

That time I got matched with 4 premades who asked me to play Yasuo but I refused and went Ahri

Malphite Top Rammus Jungle Maokai Support
Alistar Bot

They all were feeding They were all bad players , that time we got matched against Golds as Silvers , though they flamed me for not picking Yasuo

I somehow holded the match for 15 minutes They suddenly became Tanky and out damaging everyone , they played horrible and missed their Combos but they still won lol , at the end I wasn't even needed