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PSA: Juggernauts =/= tanks

The entire team·10/19/2019, 11:29:00 PM·45 votes·15,378 views

Please get this right, people.

Juggernauts barely have a lot of hard CC, not a lot of mobility, and not a lot of gap closers. However, that is made up for their high damage and survivability in duels and fights, often forcing fights and hoping for long trades.

Tanks, on the other hand, have a lot of hard CC, with mobility that is used for initiation, and crazy ton peels and shields for helping targets. They are team fight oriented, helping others secure kills with their lockdowns, but cannot fight independently unless built for it.

So don’t expect a juggernaut to help save you with a shield or heal that they don’t have. And don’t expect a tank to bust through other enemy defences like a damage dealer.

131 Comments

Verxint10/19/2019, 11:36:09 PM31 votes

I've found that at least 3/4 people who whine about dying to tanks proceed to bring up Darius, Nasus, Mundo, Voli, etc.

Sometimes they even double down to a level of "If it's not squishy it shouldn't be allowed to do damage"

MrFawknSunshine10/19/2019, 11:29:45 PM27 votes

AND MUNDO IS NOT A TANK

Zero Shingetsu10/20/2019, 1:25:13 AM12 votes

And don't expect a tank to survive in the current meta, either. The only way to survive as a beefy champion is to out-sustain, and that means having the damage to feed your lifesteal.

Keiaga10/20/2019, 12:12:36 AM5 votes

By that logic Bard Ekko Rakan Pyke are all tanks since they have initiation based mobility, cc and Shields?

Tanks like in any game, have the primary job of initiating and tanking damage without dying. Their damage cc or mobility are secondary characteristics.

Juggernauts are tanks.