The tank rework has removed tanks from top lane

Reworks Are OP··3 votes·605 views

Now that tanks have 0 damage or dueling power they cannot be played top lane vs the likes of fiora (% hp dmg) irelia (true dmg) and the many other popular top laners... so unless your on an organized team there is no reason to play one. I understand a tank should not be able to 1 v 5 like a riven or yasou, but the fact that after about 1 item most tanks cannot handle the enemy laner and is able to be tower dove.....

RIP tanks

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KoKoboto2 votes

I feel like tanks always lost against fighters. Been playing Nautilus top, always coming out of lane behind in farm. Play passively, try my best to farm, do better in teamfights and win. I'll try other tanks before I deem them "removed from top lane". I tried Poppy a few times as well but Poppy just kinda sucks at the moments. Thinking I'll try Malphite and Shen next. I usually play Sion as a full out health Zombie juggernaut (try to do as much before I die and run rampant as a zombie) but I'll try him with a tank build top lane.

Critmaster Garen2 votes

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I feel like tanks always lost against fighters. Been playing Nautilus top, always coming out of lane behind in farm. Play passively, try my best to farm, do better in teamfights and win. I'll try other tanks before I deem them "removed from top lane". I tried Poppy a few times as well but Poppy just kinda sucks at the moments. Thinking I'll try Malphite and Shen next. I usually play Sion as a full out health Zombie juggernaut (try to do as much before I die and run rampant as a zombie) but I'll try him with a tank build top lane.

actually they didnt.

not too long ago, poppy and nautilus came out on top in trades with fighters, just since they were so tanky that they won battles of attrition. i remember when top lane naut and poppy were meta they definitely did. poppy got nerfed since then.

its only a couple few fighters in my opinion that were always able to beat tanks. like darius for example.

Reworks Are OP1 votes

I get that but now any champ with the fervor mastery wins through autoing more... even with tabis

KoKoboto1 votes

Whoops forgot about the tank meta, I stopped playing around that time.

Fed by Snu Snu1 votes

There is no reason to play them even when you are on an organized team, because being either a) demolished or b) highly zoned out of creeps means you won't contribute much tankiness later on anyway.

Reworks Are OP1 votes

The thing is I love tanks, I use to play them in wow but I guess in a pvp environment a tank cant work

Critmaster Garen2 votes

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The thing is I love tanks, I use to play them in wow but I guess in a pvp environment a tank cant work

it all depends.

Braum is a very good example of the idea of a "classic tank". what doesnt work, is the idea of drawing enemy aggro in a pvp game. there is no a.i. to abuse in a real player behind a champion.

but they made it possible for him to incercept damage by proper positioning, essentially causing a similar effect.

for other tanks, its simply their gigantic hitbox that helps them body block slkillshots or divers like Kled who auto lock onto the nearest target.

other areas of classic tanking would be tanks soaking up damage from turrets and baron.

its possible, but takes a bit more creativity.

SheepNamedChance1 votes

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it all depends.

Braum is a very good example of the idea of a "classic tank". what doesnt work, is the idea of drawing enemy aggro in a pvp game. there is no a.i. to abuse in a real player behind a champion.

but they made it possible for him to incercept damage by proper positioning, essentially causing a similar effect.

for other tanks, its simply their gigantic hitbox that helps them body block slkillshots or divers like Kled who auto lock onto the nearest target.

other areas of classic tanking would be tanks soaking up damage from turrets and baron.

its possible, but takes a bit more creativity.

Braum is also incapable of being anything but a support... and a support tank is STILL just a support. Unless the game drags on or braum does extremely well he will NEVER be as impactful as, say, a naut or a sejauni.

In an age of pass-through skill shots, additional effects, strange interactions, rADC supremecy, and huge amounts of %HP damage, braum is to simple to be a "classic tank".

Marshbouy1 votes

I don't see any real change. Tanks haven't been in top lane for some time.

Rexxiee1 votes

Good, tanks ruin top lane when they are strong.

Squirmishers and fighters have much more gameplay and more exicting lanes than watch tank build tabi sunfire and roll the face on keyboard or just watch 2 tanks do nothing just waiting to TP bot.

Irelia Bot1 votes

So what you are saying is that tanks are not acting like fighters but instead are acting more like tanks?

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