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The tank meta was more fun then the one shot meta,change my mind

ProffessorAutism·10/31/2018, 7:23:15 PM·73 votes·16,493 views

How can it be more fun to dies in 2 second to being right clicked than watching the circus that happens when the only two people left alive are and both running grasp just beating on each-other while screaming "IT JSUT WONT DIE". Imo it was better than , ,, [insert fun and fair champion] walks up,adc dies in 1 second form being right clicked or hit with low cooldown nuke 5k hp 300 armor 200 mr tank dies as well but this time they have to use 1-2 abilities (comentators yelling "A BRILIANT PLAY FROM [ASSASIN OR BURST MAGE GOES HERE]") Lets keep out of this,that thing deserves her own discussion but i'l say this WHO THE FU.CK THINKS A HIGH MOBILITY HALF ASSASIN HALF BRUISER HALF TANK IS A GOOD IDEEA AND A AD SCALING SHIELD COMBINED WITH A DASH AND A STUN but she sells skins like hot cakes cuz fan service so idk i gues she's balanced cuz boosters and abusers say so

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Moody P10/31/2018, 8:09:41 PM52 votes

"tank meta" and then you list 2 bruisers. lol..

I remember S5 actual tank meta when Sejuani Gragas Zac Sion would run your carries down with 5k+ HP builds with Gromp smite + Thornmail and anyone who right clicked them would deal more return damage to themselves than they did to the tank

or s6 "tank meta" where everyone who could run item 3025 item 3068 shit on everyone who couldn't

or the early s8 tank meta in top lane where Ornn Maokai Chogath would beat the piss out of every fighter in lane and then massively outscale them in terms of team value.

I don't remember any of these times actually being fun and I play champs who are "supposed" to be one of their hardest counters.

chipndip110/31/2018, 8:54:05 PM25 votes

The issue isn't "tank meta or not".

The issue is that people won't play tanks, regardless of how good they are, unless they're overpowered. Also, people in solo queue don't play into the advantage of having a tank very well.

D4M2X010/31/2018, 8:29:03 PM15 votes

season 5 tanks yes. season 6: sunfire+iceborn on any champ, fuck this but its better then 1 clickers. season 7 tanks: FUCK NO. THEY ALSO 1 CLICKED.

Wilyum10/31/2018, 8:13:09 PM11 votes

The tank meta was bad because of how much damage tanks did while not dying, they could one shot the assassins. Riot doesn't know how to have a balance between health and damage, this is why the game is in the place it is in. Items like Titanic Hydra and Triforce synergize too well with too many tanks/bruisers who become unkillable but deal huge damage.
The problem is its always one or the other, either tanks never die and deal hella damage or they die too fast and everyone gets one-shot.

SnugglePuggle9410/31/2018, 9:07:58 PM7 votes

Man I miss those days so freakin much. I hate this stupid meta. I hate Runes Reforged.

Bring me back the good runes and masteries system :( Ugh! I hate change.

GigglesO10/31/2018, 10:48:35 PM7 votes

Tank meta is only healthy when all champions have access to real defense options. Otherwise it feels bad because the only viable champions are those with artificially high base stats that were given to them only because tank items suck dick.

LilxPaprika10/31/2018, 8:04:17 PM6 votes

It saddens me that riot cant get it right. Either over shoot it or under do it.

They are setting themselves for this though when they put so much emphasis on scaling. And there needs to be a feature that gives them more champion by champion tweaking control like this: https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/skin-champion-concepts/OcqEj4Ep-feature-idea-merchants-value-to-offer-better-tradeoffs-custom-tailoring

Illabethe10/31/2018, 8:23:43 PM4 votes

Dude...... tbh tank meta is still here. I'm a Diamond II level Nami player, and can't carry teams in silver which consist of Maokai Sion Leona

I can pubstomp the bot lane Leona and her adc..... but the top Sion gets so fed he only needs to land 20-25% of his kit to control the game, and the Maoki is self healing for so much it makes a LeeSin Amumu look like they do no damage at all (Seriously; without Grievous wounds, Maoki comes out of that fight with 100% HP. With..... a little less)

The bottom line is..... sole discipline tanks who only build Armor or Resist, (not both in the same build) are the most influential champs atm.

Adcs fall at the mercy of whether or not the other team has a front line, because they can't reach the back, and if they attack the front, the back kills them. Healers only carry vs tanks until late game, and the respawn timers being short and abuseable usually means that in the time you whittled down a tank as a team, his dead teammates have revived, and prevent you from pushing a turret.

Most mages have kits which are completely or almost completely negated by tanks. Resist is heavily rampant, and Second Wind Punishes Mages far more than AD champs. If you are a Morgana vs tanks, expect to lose disproportionately, simply because the only viable parts of your kit are Q and R. W will heal them!

And now that it's late season..... every game is 2-3 tanks. People are pulling out the tanks because they can yolo push objectives, and body block like this, when there's more than one tank.

You need a team with fighters, and more than one of them..... to beat a tank team. Vayne might be able to chip away and kill one or two solo very late game, but usually that's after the damage is already done.

We are in a tank meta.

P.S. Pyke doesn't 1 shot and you know it.

Quort10/31/2018, 9:36:22 PM3 votes

I won’t change your mind, but you won’t change my mind that tank metas suck. It’s just personal preference.

Nothing quite like loading into a game and seeing Moakai top, Gragas jg, and Braum support on the enemy team to make me want to go play a different game. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Automated Riven11/2/2018, 3:31:55 AM2 votes

Fun is subjective, your opinion is just as valid as anyone elses. That being said, it's still just an opinion. I agree with you but nobody else can change a subjective opinion.