My opinion on the "Tank meta"

I Q·8/15/2016, 4:35:34 AM·4 votes·732 views

Alright let me get this off first, if you think this meta is a tank meta you are wrong. Cinderhulk meta was tank meta, not this meta.

"Tank are getting blown up to easily" Is an argument I hear ALL the time, and honestly it is WRONG. If you take a second and look at their op.gg pages they either are 1) Facing a team of tank shredders or 2) Weren't building tank (They were building AD bruiser items. EX: item 3071 )

item 3036 Doesn't deny a tank from doing what a tank does. This item takes a slot of 6 to simply DEAL MORE DAMAGE TO TANKS. That is it. Most of the time when you build this item enemy carries aren't tankier then you unless they are building AP/AD bruiser, in which case is the special time where you should take this item ALWAYS.

And even if that isn't true, if you build item 3075 the enemy ADC will kill them self by simply doing what their role is meant to do, Auto Attacking. The only way they can counter this is by buying one of the most expensive items item 3072 instead of buying a item that would help them out with other problems.

By buying item 3075 you not only get the highest armor stat in the game, but you force the enemy ADC to either 1) kill them self by autoing or 2) buy one of the most expensive items in the game.

Tanks are dealing too much damage! Sure, they can but when they do build damage they aren't as tanky as a normal Zac Sion Garen or any normal tank. Lets go through the items shall we! item 3025 : Sure gives you armor, but gives ZERO HP, meaning AP damage dealers will BLOW THEM UP. item 3001 : Same as above, but with AD. item 3071 : Any tank shredder = R.I.P. (EX: Vayne ) item 3053 : ^ item 3748 : ^^

All of these items have a weakness, and if you don't have a tank shredder against a team of 4 tanks and a ADC, you picked your champions wrong. There is a champion in each role that can shred tanks easily. I will now list a few for each. Top: Darius Garen Fiora Kled Teemo ADC: Vayne Kalista KogMaw Twitch Mid: Malzahar Yasuo Morgana Veigar (Can one shot tanks)Zed Support: Zyra Karma (Can slowly kill them while kiting with EQ, and can help their ADC/Team kite too!) Jungle: Kled (If you don't own a new character) Trundle (Can take your defenses, while becoming a better tank for his team)

These are my opinions on the tank meta and what people are saying with it, sorry if it is a little ranty. I hope you enjoyed reading and you learned something out of it, and if you disagree that is fine aswell. [slayer-jinx-wink]

5 Comments

OneMustFall8/15/2016, 5:35:11 AM2 votes

Completely disagree. Tanks do get melted. I've seen full tank die in 3 seconds to an ADC. My personal favorite was full build Voli getting melted by a Kindred who fed the whole game. Hell once I get full build as an ADC, I know I'm gonna delete everyone. Thornmail is a nuisance, not much more.