Should there be a tank-only item with an active that gives you very brief CC immunity?

darkdill··1 votes·805 views

With Tenacity so ineffective due to either chain-CC or the widespread availability of displacement effects, I think that adding in an item with an active that gives you temporary crowd control immunity would help tanks avoid getting locked down. With tanks being unpopular right now (thanks a lot, new Infinity Edge), adding an item like this now would be very helpful.

Here are some rough notes on how the item could be developed.

  • This item should provide defensive stats (armor, magic resistance), but also reduce the user's damage as a passive; this would make it less attractive for juggernauts.
  • This item should have to be fairly expensive for a tank item, since the active would be so powerful.
  • The active should provide 2-3 seconds of crowd control immunity, but cannot be activated while you are disabled (unlike Olaf's Ragnarok).
  • The active should have at least a 2-minute cooldown (sans masteries).

Something along those lines would be a nice addition to a tank's defensive arsenal in those games where getting permanently locked down is otherwise inevitable, even with item 3111.

9 Comments

Ralanr4 votes

It would primarily be used by juggernauts and maybe divers over tanks. Especially if the damage reduction is during the active since they can use it for an escape.

If the damage reduction is always on, then no one outside of maybe Supports would buy it. Tanks may not build damage, but they don’t like having their damage gimped either.

darkdill1 votes

If tanks don't like having their damage gimped, why do they still buy item 3193 ?

And no, the damage reduction would not be tied to the active; it would have to be a passive effect.

Ralanr3 votes

Because Stoneplate’s damage reduction applies to the active, which is a short time frame.

Applying it to a passive effect would basically be gimping their damage 24/7.

z63XnLCMwX3 votes

I would take it on someone like yi, go conquerors + rageblade to deal true damage on hit while being immune to CC.

ChaddyFantome2 votes

how would you make it tank only tho? True damage characters would still be able to use it.

AlienPrimate1 votes

CC immune Yi while doing a bunch of true damage incoming.

Salvor Hardın1 votes

I remember the old W of Ornn . The pleasure of using him as support against Blitzcrank .

heroikc1 votes

Nah, I'd rather have a few more tenacity items.

DuskDaUmbreon1 votes

Tenacity works just fine against chain-CC. And, sure, about a third of champs have displacements, but most of those are super short, and a good number are because otherwise you'd get fucked over even worse (Anivia W, Trundle W, etc).

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