I honestly don't know why people are complaining about tanks...

GigglesO·Mar 13, 2017·4 votes·469 views

What league of legends has is not tanks, they have DPS champions, and then there are tanky DPS champions. Anyone that just tanks is pretty much useless right now.

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agbudarMar 13, 20172 votes

you answered your own question....

EschetonMar 13, 20172 votes

True tanks are bad. Because the DPS role they have always been tanking, peeling and engaging for (ADC) is in kinda a bad spot. With the state of botlane and the frequency of games decided before the marksmen can ramp up. So early game tanky bruisers are in a good spot because they can cover damage for the ADC not being strong yet, and because the enemy adc isn't either they are quite tanky (to burst) also.

Alex h8721Mar 13, 20171 votes

Thing is a "tank" isnt just about being the frontline, its about being the engage for your team, thats why solo q tanks sometimes do so poorly especially in lower elo because the team does not follow up.

The purpose of the tank is not solely to soak damage in the frontline, but to do that while targeting an enemy carry and taking them out of the fight w/ your team's followup. EG, nautilus in front in a teamfight, ults the enemy adc in the back preferably also knocking of others on the team, hooks another squishy target, keeps the enemy team from kiting w/ his root from autos disrupting the enemy team which allows his team's carries to be more likely to keep free-firing. Arguably CC is one of the most important elements in this game.