Not talking about tank supports for botlane, I'm talking about Shen, Nautilus, etc.
What's the point of having one pick sponge that delas no damage and just gets popped by broken ap and ad items? Over a bruiser that can take a punch, split push, and hold its own against adc overlords
FalconPawwwwnch5 votesBecause tanks are way better teamfighters
Sire Hippington5 votesCC! also, no one says you have to built them fulltank, most 'tanks' scale very well with magicpen and ap. Mao is a massive beast, malph can win a clash with a single ult, Nauti is strong at catching and peeling, alistar still is pretty strong, one of the few melees that actually survives an engage for longer than 5sec while bringing massive cc. right now, most bruisers are shit compared to tanks, cause they rely on snowballing the lane and afterwards splitpush, since they suck in clashes.
TeemoJenkins1 votesNautilus late game wins, you cant' escape him and he can peel like a mutha trucka.... but his early game clears suck balls, so your team has to survive long enough to let him be viable.
U4fyn2vZzW2 votesThat's the point, if the enemy team is raping early to mid game taking all dragons and towers his lategame prescence won't matter.
Sachabot3 votesThat's why your whole team picks well to adjust for it. Tanks wreck when the team is coordinated. So the answer is:
Pick a bruiser if you can't count on your team. Pick a tank if you can.
AtheosisX1 votesErr...cc would be a pretty good reason. I hate when I'm playing a squishy, especially an immobile one, and we have no proper peel.
Jamaree1 votesBecause when your team already has 2 to 3 damage dealers, you normally don't need another and a tank normally has FAR more CC then a bruiser. Sejunai, Amumu, Nautilus. Yeah, end game, have fun trying to escape these three.
TheKingDodo1 votestanks have slows, stuns, taunts and snares bruisers, assassins, and others have knockups and displacements... I'd say no.
Kowe The Ewok1 votesWell malphite is .... wait... nevermind, he's a burst mage now.... Not a tank, carry on.
Ch0c0lateJesus1 votesBruisers fall off even faster than tanks.
Eventually even fighters will become nothing but meat shields, at least tanks can be meat shields with lots of cc.
SmokingPuffin1 votesThe theory is that tanks provide better CC and disruption than bruisers.
In practice, that doesn't seem to be working out. Irelia is pretty disruptive.
FantasySniper1 votesYou don't die as quickly.
Getting focused as a bruiser can make your life difficult, but as a tank it will punish them much more than it does you.