How do I itemize agianst % HP as a tank?

SwiftKitten88··1 votes·285 views

they have a Warwick with item 1416 anditem 3153 I'm a tank RekSai .

now i can get item 3140 for his utli and i can getitem 3123 for his insane healing. but the fact is .. he still melts me...

I'm not sure what to build to fight this

they literally had 4 of them pushing top and.. he soloed elder...

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Ralanr4 votes

Unless it's true damage, resistances should reduce it.

PermabannedGaren4 votes

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they have a Warwick with item 1416 anditem 3153 I'm a tank RekSai .

now i can get item 3140 for his utli and i can getitem 3123 for his insane healing. but the fact is .. he still melts me...

I'm not sure what to build to fight this

they literally had 4 of them pushing top and.. he soloed elder...

You're not supposed to be able to fight Warwick one on one as Rek'sai, or as most champions for that matter.

Warwick is an extremely powerful duelist.

Catastrop2 votes

It's not true damage, get the resistances and health. You're still going to reduce his damage.

Very Hard Engage2 votes

spirit visage/sunfire along with other combat oriented tank items such as thornmail, deadmans, titanic hydra for actually dueling with them.

the items you want to avoid are frozen heart, randuins, warmogs IBG, GA wont give you better dueling power against them.

ultimately you have to build enough damage to kill them or you cant 1v1 them at all, full tank just straight loses to %damage.

basically add in a triforce/titanic hydra to give yourself dueling power and you should be ok.

Astôlfo1 votes

You don't need to be dueling them. If you're a tank in the first place, you'd probably be the one trying to tank it/soak up the damage + CC/CC others. Thus, Frozen Heart (for AoE AS slow), Randuin's (for utility from its active), and other such items would be more helpful in that situation, by making it easier for your carries to kill them while you CC them manually otherwise to prevent them from getting to said carries.

Very Hard Engage1 votes

reksai offers no mitigation from her kit so its better for her to survive just long enough than to fill a niche role that someone could do much better. scoring a pick > being a team player (in season 6 anyway)

i agree that those items are better for hard damage mitigation, but reksai is picked in lcs for her ganks and vision control, not because shes a great sponge.

Astôlfo1 votes

Yeah, I meant in general, not for Rek'Sai specifically. But Rek'Sai is basically just a knockup bot in non-competitive play anyways.

Big Lincoln1 votes

if that's all he's buying, just stack some armor

% HP damage is pretty negligible without any penetration to punch tanks with

SwiftKitten881 votes

Thanks for the help guys!! [slayer-jinx-catface]

Mig891 votes

Get more health.

Astôlfo1 votes

Eh, building resistances would help more, since % health would still do the same relative amount, meaning they could kill you in the same amount of time, it's just it'd take longer if an ally of said % health damage dealer was trying to kill you after say, a few autos from said % health damage dealer.

Mig891 votes

Resistances always help, yes but I'm looking at the context of a team fight. If you're a pure tank and run into vayne 1v1 you should run because you're not winning that fight. If you're being a good tank in a team fight having more health is always beneficial. resistances are always good to have but I always look at health like its resistances to both ad and ap.

Astôlfo1 votes

Well against Vayne in a teamfight, I'd probably build Randuin's for the health, AS slow, and the active. Hit Vayne with CC, CC her again with Randuin's active if necessary, and hope your team can follow up and kill her before she kills you.

OurLestrade1 votes

Resistances counters health, health counters penetration. That's why you want a healthy mix of both.

Abyssphere1 votes

My voluptuous Karma has a heal.

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