How do you fight a team of tanks?

Niyumi·9/30/2015, 6:41:12 AM·1 votes·717 views

So, several times now, I've gone against teams where 3-4/5 people were tanks, with 3.5k+ HP, loads of resistances, but still able to nearly instantly kill you, and stunlock you for a good 10 seconds (you usually die before the CC even begins to wear off)... How do you fight something like that? I can build Liandry's + Rylai's, a BORK + LW, all that, but nothing can even scratch a team like that, and then they just roll through our base and win the game pretty much uncontested.

How do you beat tanks, when anti-tank itemization doesn't do squat?

7 Comments

Deep Terror Nami9/30/2015, 6:48:38 AM5 votes

If you can't kill them, don't try. Win by rotating better and taking objectives faster :3

Renaille9/30/2015, 6:47:42 AM2 votes

You position correctly and melt them as an adc with bork and lw.

StoryDuck9/30/2015, 12:11:09 PM1 votes

I've seen a few heavy tank teams. The key is to focus on protecting your ADC as you need them to deal that consistent damage to that heavy front line. Focus on protecting them and kiting back and you should be okay. Tanks often have very strong engaging so getting items like item 3102 helps with that and item 3140 item 3222 help a lot with CC. Most tanky teams will have a damage carry (Probably ADC). You need to take them out if able and they will lose the majority of their damage. Keep in mind Tanks have a very powerful midgame. Play defensively around midgame and don't go looking for fights when everyone has 1-2 items as tanky items are better at this stage. At 3-4 items the carries have the upper hand.

or you can just pick up a tank killer ADC like Vayne KogMaw . Other ADC's can wreck tanks too but they need the items first. Wait it out save your CC for when they engage so you can peel them off. You don't need kills, you just need to survive to late game.

GastonBarnacles9/30/2015, 12:12:46 PM1 votes

Hate to promote cancer soraka.. but she counters tank teams hard. Tanks with their low dmg need their whole kit to kill you and struggle so if their is a soraka, she can heal whoever they focus and silence the tanks, that rely on abilities, they wont be able to focus and kill targets.

SoI Invictus9/30/2015, 10:30:45 PM1 votes

Rotations and split pushes if you can't team fight head on. Pressure objectives. Tanks generally lack damage, so use that to you're advantage. Other then that, build a last whisperer or items with armour pen. As for mechanical skills, just kite and Cc.

TouchpadExpert9/30/2015, 10:46:33 AM1 votes

Split pushing to split them up. Poke them down. Ward objectives. Steal objectives. Zz'rot and banner of command work wonders against teams like this too.

BluePolarizer9/30/2015, 6:45:54 AM1 votes

Be an ADC. Spam Vayne in normals until you are a mechanical god of kiting.

ADC is the #1 class in the game. There are teams without tanks but no teams without ADCs.