are tanks better build with health or armor

mechray·Jan 22, 2014·1 votes·524 views

im planning to play tanks for fun like alistar really good but dont know is it better to go armor mostly or health

7 Comments

AndrewTenshoJan 22, 20141 votes

You can do a mix of both if you're not sure, you can only trail and error your build, I make my own builds and keep changing to counter, but here are two items that armour and health item 3068 and item 3143 .

VortellusJan 22, 20141 votes

Dont think of it quite like that. The fact is, different champs do different things. Some have more penetration, and some have more burst damage. You have to buy to fit the current match. At first I would say buy some armor, but dont forget to build up health also. You don't have to always rush an item, build around. You may end up wanting to sell that item 3025 gauntlet to go for a item 3075 Thornmail (i.e. if you're being targeted by the adc a little too much for your own good, this will help.)

How many times is it about 40 minutes in and you're full build, back against your base with 4k extra to spend?

Sir ArmaMalumJan 22, 20141 votes

Depends on who is doing the most damage on the enemy team. Their APC doing a hell of a lot? Build health and a bit of MR. ADC ripping you to pieces? Get a item 3075 and/or a item 3110 . Just keep in mind you need some health behind any armor or MR you buy. Having 600 armor means very very little when you only have 1100 health at minute 30. Because of that, item 3143 item 3068 item 3102 and others that give health and resistances go a little bit farther in my book.

JackAquaJan 22, 20141 votes

Do not buy Thornmail AND a Attack speed slowing item, ever !

VortellusJan 22, 20141 votes

Correct -^^^ They contradict eachother. The item 3075 Thornmail passive returns 30% damage back to its attacker. (it takes in AD, dishes out AP)

The item 3110 Frozen Heart reduces attackers attack speed by 20%. So thats only 10% damage you're doing back to them. As these are pretty expensive items its a waste all across the board.

Sir ArmaMalumJan 23, 20141 votes

Also, another thing is to know when to get item 3110 or item 3143 . It's much easier to make FHeart effective if the carries on the enemy team do not focus you, but Randiun's will be much more effective if you can get them to hit you and/or the fights don't last longer than the active. The fact is, there are very very few instances when you should have both on the same champion.

Psyco001Jan 23, 20141 votes

I main tanks and i had the same question starting. Building health is very important. Items that give you both health and some ability power or attack damage are great. The only time you build throughout the game is when you play Rammus. For Alistar, health and ability power is the way to go. Good luck man. (btw warmogs is your best friend).