This Tank Meta needs fixing

Umbre0n··2 votes·870 views

Tank meta would be fine if not for the fact that essentially every tank can actually deal damage like a carry. Or if they did the job a tank is originally suppose to do which is protect the carries. Whether it be an adc or apc, i feel as though both are very underlooked in this meta and the tankiest team generally wins. It might not be as prevalent in top tiers but casual players or low elo players have trouble if they play a champion that isn't a tank. Voli, Tahm, Mundo and other strong tanks are far too strong but all that riot has recently done is nerf assassins and mages. I used to main adc and mid but now the idea of playing against a team of entirely tanks besides an adc makes me want to just support, seeing as i'll barely be dealing damage anyway. It shouldn't be tank meta or adc meta or mage meta or any sort of position being stronger than the rest, the game SHOULD BE BALANCED. The team that wins shouldn't be decided on who has the most meta team, it should be decided on what team has done with the champion they have. It shouldn't take everyone targetting a mundo for 10secs in a 5v1 to kill him but at the same time an adc should not be able to crit for a mages entire health, while at the same time one spell shouldn't kill an adc. Just a thought but it be better for the game to really balance every role. A lot of people aren't playing the game as much because it is losing its value as a casual game and more tailored to top tiers. The professionals should not be the reason things are changing, it should be the community as a whole.

13 Comments

Boulderox4 votes

Manwhile all the top tanks aren't getting the kills... They are having more assists than kills, it is a carry meta, and tanks are strong to feed the carries in said meta

CEXY3 votes

Tanks tend to do chunk damage because ADC's, Assassins, and mages are all glass cannons in lower elos. Makes it easy for the tank... auto - CC - auto - auto - CC - auto - auto dead....

Crett3 votes

calling DrMundo and TahmKench and Darius tanks is throwing real tanks like Nautilus Alistar Braum under the bus.

That's not a tank meta --- those champs are what you'd call juggernauts

ArlanKels1 votes

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calling DrMundo and TahmKench and Darius tanks is throwing real tanks like Nautilus Alistar Braum under the bus.

That's not a tank meta --- those champs are what you'd call juggernauts

Always sad when nobody thinks of Rammus before any other tank :(

Crett4 votes

I hate Rammus because of how much of a freaking assassin he can be. I know he's technically a tank but he makes me mad 8)

Some people call him the Hero of this ADC meta, the defender of the weak against the AD overlords. I believe the real Hero is Malphite

Ralanr3 votes

He's only an assassin if you hit him.

And you will hit him. You can't stop it.

ArlanKels1 votes

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I hate Rammus because of how much of a freaking assassin he can be. I know he's technically a tank but he makes me mad 8)

Some people call him the Hero of this ADC meta, the defender of the weak against the AD overlords. I believe the real Hero is Malphite

I find Warwick and Rammus have very similar playstyles in a sense. They both go in, they both lock down a target. Rammus however tends to do more AoE and is far more durable, whereas Warwick tends to literally just tear down his target and then either run away or move on to the next.

Umbre0n1 votes

I always forget about Rammus but hes not broken or over played. hes actually very balanced.

Umbre0n1 votes

Very true, forgive me. I am not a fan of the juggernaut meta, but Nautilus is more of a juggernaut than pure tank. If squishy he can combo and do pretty high damage.

EcchiOtakuTM1 votes

Would say bruiser.

ivnkoxhcuc2 votes

My biggest gripe is the fact a tank (Poppy, or somesort) can 100 to 0 me with only tank items.

Fiora is KIND of understandable due to the true damage bullshit, but, the burst-damage tanks really need to go. Even bruisers were never that bad.

CEXY2 votes

Other than item 3512 you don't seem to build much armor... Squishy champs like Nami need more of a defensive than that...

ivnkoxhcuc1 votes

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Other than item 3512 you don't seem to build much armor... Squishy champs like Nami need more of a defensive than that...

On my supports, no, but tanks, like Gnar? (Talking about Mega Gnar) where I'm tanky as hell? I just die. I know I'm squishy as a support due to my build, and the champion alone being overall squishy. But I'm talking about other bruisers/tanks just get destroyed by my above example.

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