Which tank to pick?

[quote=Lambo]I'm looking for a tank to use, since the teams i play with are always lacking one. Just wondering if there is any advice in which one I should start using. I want to use one mainly for team support during ganks, and taking good damage for the team as well as high survivability. Here are some of my considerations: Amumu (can jungle too) Shen Rammus Udyr (jungle) Mordekaiser Nunu If anyone can give me some advice as to which ones are good (not necessarily the ones above) or tips if any tanks are fun to use, would be greatly appreciated![/quote]

[quote=kraz drack]Rammus is a pretty solid champ who is not hard to play. He's not one of the more overpowered ones and takes a bit to get going but he's great at pushing towers and singling out champs during team fights with his taunt. I go Ninja Tabi and straight to Thornmail afterward. Start with cloth armor and 5 health potions for maximum lane staying until you get enough gold for those two items.[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong]Lemme just quickly input: Nunu is NOT a tank. All the others are equally good, just takes a while to learn them.[/quote]

[quote=Restrictnine#5232]Udyr is pretty hard to learn due to a complete lack of range skills. He plays more as an offtank than a PURE tank, but is my favorite. Rammus and Shen are often times considered two of the best tanks in the game, but rammus is 1 dimensional due to his passive. Galio is basically the twin brother to rammus. rammus needs armor, galio needs MR. I personally want to pick up galio due to his poking abilities and his ult.[/quote]

[quote=Lambo]thanks for the comments! Nunu wasn't one of my best interests, but was considering since he was fairly cheap in IP. I am now actually highly considering shen or rammus, but does anyone have any input in comparison to Morde or Amumu?[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong]Morde isn't the best tank, he's more of a DPS kind of guy, his only damage comes from his ult when putting it onto a squishy (yi or the likes) and then using the clone to kill others. He pushes turrets well and people only build him tank in order to keep him alive long enough to use the clone. Amumu is a great tank, Sunfire + tears = painful just walking next to other people. If you can land his ultimate very well then your team is almost guaranteed a win in team fights.[/quote]

[quote=Gigaffect]I basically win every game with Shen by just being Shen, so he's definitely my favorite tank. His ult is just awesome for making people QQ.[/quote]

[quote=hypershatter][quote=B-Wong] Lemme just quickly input: Nunu is NOT a tank. All the others are equally good, just takes a while to learn them. [/quote] give me ur list of criteria for tanks and i will explain to u why nunu is an off-tank.[/quote]

[quote=Gigaffect]Off-tank =/= Tank.[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong][quote=Gigaffect] Off-tank =/= Tank. [/quote] This. I said he wasn't a tank, never said anything about off-tanking.[/quote]