As a person in low ELO, I would like to thank people who play tanks in low ELO

420Templar·May 2, 2015·101 votes·5,021 views

I mean, I sincerely thank you. I don't know how you play tank and not want to kill yourself after you finish a game. We don't follow up on your engages, we seem to find a way to stay as far away from you and as close to their fed Ahri or Zed at all times, and we have no concept of upgrading trinkets so we have more than 0 map vision so we can't even contest objectives but you still do it. You are truly a paragon of patience and understanding and I wish I was more like you guys, because I do not have the patience to play tank in low ELO. Once again, thank you.

57 Comments

2000boxesMay 2, 201529 votes

I play tanky supports talk about a double whammy and to put the final nail in the coffin i play tanky supports in bronze i have all the frustration of a tank I have to baby sit the adc and listen to them complain about my job when they don't even know how to do my job without saying anything back to them and bronze is just bronze so it's already frustrating

Lore VentusMay 3, 20159 votes

Every now and then ppl expect thresh to be natural tanky, its not... He has to either get the necessary items or build it up via souls...

Only Play DariusMay 3, 20152 votes

Which is why Braum rarely gets played, despite being an outstanding support.

ChaoticPineconeMay 3, 20154 votes

leona is pretty easy-win in bronze. wait until 3, then hard engage every time your cooldowns are up. eventually youll get a kill as long as there isnt a Braum who shields all your ADC's autoattacks.

DrukyulMay 3, 20152 votes

all your ADC's autoattacks

the problem is, these things are not guaranteed in bronze

for all you know, they decided that instant to go back to base, and are already looking at the shop

ChaoticPineconeMay 3, 20151 votes

i meant as long as the enemy support isnt a braum who shields your ADCs autoattacks. (i guess theres another problem if a thresh or janna interupts your zenith blade, but that never happened to me in bronze). as long as that doesnt happen, leona zones/wins trades so easily if you go HAM on the ADC every time.

GG LeonaMay 3, 20154 votes

can confirm. you can get away with anything and as long as your adc attacks to proc your passive you'll eventually rack up kills

AbodyHUN666May 3, 20152 votes

This is one thhing I have to get used to on Leona. I'm more used to playing passive supports, like Braum, Lulu, Soraka, and Janna. To me the idea of diving onto the enemies with so many minions around in such an early game feels so unsafe that I tend to play passively instead and wait for level 6. Interestingly with junglers I'm quite the opposite, maining Zac and being happy to engage fights all the time.

SkuntMay 3, 20153 votes

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This is one thhing I have to get used to on Leona. I'm more used to playing passive supports, like Braum, Lulu, Soraka, and Janna. To me the idea of diving onto the enemies with so many minions around in such an early game feels so unsafe that I tend to play passively instead and wait for level 6. Interestingly with junglers I'm quite the opposite, maining Zac and being happy to engage fights all the time.

You pick your engages. If there's a big wave, let your adc get that wave down to a couple minions, and if they enemy adc sticks around in your e range, go for it as long as it's not under their tower. Your minions will aggro them and they will have lose a huge chunk of their health. If they stick around at real low health, you can dive them and get out.

LańceMay 3, 20151 votes

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I play tanky supports talk about a double whammy and to put the final nail in the coffin i play tanky supports in bronze i have all the frustration of a tank I have to baby sit the adc and listen to them complain about my job when they don't even know how to do my job without saying anything back to them and bronze is just bronze so it's already frustrating

roam alot. if its a bad lane just roam hardcore. lulu, thresh are good roamers pick alistar and u can dive enemy under tower at 6 ez

2000boxesMay 4, 20151 votes

i never have a bad bot lane because it's my job to make sure it doesn't get bad even if the adc afk's i will 1 v 2 to keep them off the turret but i will wait for the mid laner to roam before i go aggresive

Buttigieg 2020May 2, 20156 votes

Well ~~tank~~ thank you as well :)

CubedJusticeMay 3, 20156 votes

Just play Gragas, ult people into your team and force them to follow up, or die.

DorkunedAurasMay 2, 20155 votes

Rammus ok

ZeeDrakonMay 2, 20153 votes

i always felt like its hardest to carry low elo with adc. on my mid-bronze smurf i had the worst winrate with adc, followed by jungle, and those are my main roles (and im playing rather agressive junglers)... maybe its just coincidence though. if you play tanks better than the rest, go play tanks. you can carry equally as hard by disrupting their backline when your ahead

Angry MonsterMay 3, 20157 votes

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i always felt like its hardest to carry low elo with adc. on my mid-bronze smurf i had the worst winrate with adc, followed by jungle, and those are my main roles (and im playing rather agressive junglers)... maybe its just coincidence though. if you play tanks better than the rest, go play tanks. you can carry equally as hard by disrupting their backline when your ahead

The difference is that the adc can choose to work with and follow up with a tank. Where as a tank can only make smart plays and pray that their team chooses to follow.

ZeeDrakonMay 3, 20151 votes

And where is the difference? As adc you need a smart team that engages and peels, and as tank you need a smart team that follows up and deals damage. And i found that most people actjally follow up on emgages if you actually engage while the team is around

DrukyulMay 3, 20151 votes

I usually did OK when I built a little tankier than usual in low Elo as ADC. BT, Frozen Mallet, maybe a Maw of Malmortius. You're not getting any peel, so it's best to spend your time kiting things around for as long as possible. You're going to outlast the enemy ADC (who also isn't getting any peel), which is good enough.

Spacesuit SpiffMay 3, 20151 votes

I found most bronze games were decided by which adc wanted to facetank the whole enemy team, if not just run around alone in the enemy jungle all day. Being the adc would save your team from that, at least.

aaronconlinMay 3, 20152 votes

As a Nautilus jungle/support main, you are welcome. And thank you

blacktornado21May 3, 20152 votes

Us top laners have been stuck on an island for the past 5 seasons we'll do anything for a friend.

Meanie40May 3, 20151 votes

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, That started from this tropic port, aboard this tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailin' man, the Skipper brave and sure. Five passengers set sail that day for a three hour tour. A three hour tour.

TibberinoMay 3, 20152 votes

ADC is the most stressful role. 0 peel, support with 0 wards, jungler 0 ganks with 0 objective control, top laner ran ignite instead of teleport and still never got a kill in laning phase, mid laner won lane but doesn't roam so he ends up throwing away his advantage, and you're just sitting there praying to God that you can carry this piece of shit team after you finish your IE and PD.

And the best part is that in post-game chat, they'll be typing "GG noob ADC did no damage".

theragingnerdMay 3, 20152 votes

Sion i willlcrush them with my kicks of destiny

BloodAncientHDMay 3, 20151 votes

You are very welcome!! :D

- Garen Malphite Leona JarvanIV Nautilus Maokai MonkeyKing User

Captn PantyraidMay 3, 20152 votes

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You are very welcome!! :D

- User

is that first icon a new champion? : ^ )

WolfBVMay 3, 20151 votes

I've tried playing tanks before, and I can honestly say that I was kinda scared since I usually play squishes. Even though I'm tangy I usually think that going in will mean instant death, but I still do it.

Only Play DariusMay 3, 20151 votes

I used to play tanks in low elo. Then I realized I can only take so much frustration.

Now I play splitpushers exclusively. Nasus MasterYi Tryndamere <---- Your best friends in low elo.

Spacesuit SpiffMay 3, 20152 votes

then your sona flash engages a clear 4v5

one of the best feelings about plat/diam is that splitting actually works without your team immediately dying.

HouseCat01May 3, 20151 votes

no udyr? his phoenix stance pushes lanes so fast

Lt CuddlesMay 3, 20151 votes

item 3717 item 3075 ...They will know my agony...

Spacesuit SpiffMay 3, 20151 votes

I basically had to pick tanks every game in low elo, or we wouldn't have had one. I couldn't even first-pick something that wasn't a tank, because too often we wouldn't end up with one.

And in the patch before cinderhulk, RekSai with warriors and then full tank were about 95% of my games in the jungle until I got out of shit elo.

DyviusMay 3, 20151 votes

Oh believe me, this season for ranked I've completely abandoned my native Top Lane because I actually wanted to climb.

I could be the super-est of Tanks with 4k HP and resistances to hell and back, but I know my carries will be screwing around while I'm peeling both of the enemy carries.

So in order to make it to gold, where I sincerely hope tanks can be appreciated, if even a little bit, I switched to an ADC main just so I actually control the outcome of my games.

My heart yearns for the days when I can play Top Lane in comfort.

AyRe CoNteMpTMay 3, 20151 votes

in any elo really. nothing changes up here in diamond.

SkuntMay 3, 20151 votes

While I'd like to play more squishy supports in low/mid silver, I find it's best to pick Leona or something tanky. The enemy adc seems to always focus you because you're in their face while your adc if they're competent will kill them. Plus, with the lack of map awareness, It's far easier getting out of a gank alive with someone tanky with a stun than it is with 2 squishies in the bot lane.

FirstSergeantBimMay 3, 20151 votes

Playing a tank is probably the easiest way to lead a team to victory. Unless you are a god-tier carry it's really hard to push objectives as a squishy. Furthermore, most tanks have high base damage and possess enough kill pressure to get fed early and snowball into an unstoppable force. All those Sejuani bans are happening for a reason: players are more afraid of tanks than assassins. This is a good thing, so take advantage of it. Besides, tanks are way more forgiving to play and thus inherently low-risk : high-reward.

BlancmarkMay 3, 20151 votes

You're welcome. Part of being a tank is not giving up, even if our teams are being dumb.

terkmcMay 3, 20151 votes

On the other hand, it more forgiving as tank because you are less likely to get blind-sided, who would want to gank a tank, and even if you mis-position you are less likely to die because you are bulletproof
P/S: Props to the Soraka that kept me Nautilus alive 1v4 in the middle of the enemy team, in return i make sure none of them can touch you (or move for that matter)

foreign8May 3, 20151 votes

you are tottally right

The Tilted KingMay 3, 20151 votes

I love tanking, but i hate that everyone just..runs away. engage a 4v5.. BUT WE GOT THIS teams run away... "stop feeding voli" really.... FK IT, ILL CARRY. lol theres also that credit we dont get, yknow like... volibear Q'ing an enemy towards the team. *flips the adc over. all right guys, dinners served. but im not doin anything am i. no no nooo

DeathToEcchiMay 3, 20151 votes

This is why I like to play carry tanks, such as Cho or Voli. "oh the team didn't follow me? let me just slowly walk back to base while they futilely try to kill me."

TeemoLikeCookiesMay 3, 20151 votes

This is why I play malphite. A tank that deals damage.

wetPPMay 3, 20151 votes

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I mean, I sincerely thank you. I don't know how you play tank and not want to kill yourself after you finish a game. We don't follow up on your engages, we seem to find a way to stay as far away from you and as close to their fed Ahri or Zed at all times, and we have no concept of upgrading trinkets so we have more than 0 map vision so we can't even contest objectives but you still do it. You are truly a paragon of patience and understanding and I wish I was more like you guys, because I do not have the patience to play tank in low ELO. Once again, thank you.

thx man, tear it's a hard thankless job when you play a tank as a tank. It also makes me sad to see all the people playing tanks in the back trying to last hit the enemy champ to get the kill. These low elo people only play tanks because they aren't good enough to play a bruiser or carry and think they can do that job with a tank and die less (so many stupid people in league).

I was reported once by 2 people on my team once for being 5/12 as mundo (I was 5/12/46 and dealt twice the dmg than the next highest dmg dealer and soaked 3 times more dmg), but I got two reports for that because I let the carry's get the kills.

It's nice to know there are a few people who understand and appreciate the role in the cluster of so many who will never get it.

HyperZEROXLMay 3, 20151 votes

I may not be tank player, but I've been saved by tanks so many times, I can't even count it anymore. So, thanks tank players for saving me by shielding me from skill shots and giving me time to escape.

Your's truly, HyperZEROXL and

SgtCrispyMay 3, 20151 votes

It's honestly easier to play tanks because nobody actually farms or builds right in low ELO so all the carries do no damage, you're pretty much a raid boss.

LańceMay 3, 20151 votes

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It's honestly easier to play tanks because nobody actually farms or builds right in low ELO so all the carries do no damage, you're pretty much a raid boss.

sheen the only damage u need lol

AthenasVendettaMay 3, 20151 votes

Leona in my bae... She is the rock of the team, for their sake I must be strong

Dr EasterMay 3, 20151 votes

I play only Dominion. Yeah that "huh who cares" mode. And there I find these situations in every match (except for the trinkets part ofc, but then anyway people don't watch their maps), I'm playing tank or something that can support most of my games there. And the people that do the most stupid stuff are from unranked to D1. And tbh... high ranked players tend to be a lot more annoying. At least the low ones will be more afraid and either will engage with me, run back when I'm almost dead or not engage at all (what keeps me free to fall back without worrying about one of them getting killed).

pls update shyMay 3, 20151 votes

If your tanky top laner is 1v3ing top, don't chew him out. He's managed to get 3 enemies to all try to kill him. Do something with your map advantage! Go push or clear their jungle! Even if he dies you can get an easy objective . I just wanted to mention this since ive played 3-4 games as cinderhulk top Garen and routinely get into dumb messes that i probably shouldnt, but at the same time my team hasn't taken the advantage. Pushing a lane and forcing a 4v2 because they cant ignore me is such an easy fight, all you have to do is notice it.

AelvrMay 4, 20151 votes

Fizz Corki "Malphite! MALPHITE!...Why is he sacrificing himself, Dad?" "Because we have to abandon him." "He didn't do anything wrong!" "Because he's the hero we need, but not the hero we deserve right now. So we'll abandon him, because he can take it. Because he's not a hero; he's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. He's Malphite."