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Shen or Taric better tank?

Creator: CelticChampion September 23, 2011 6:22pm
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So Morgana wouldn't really be used for Ranked matches?


Morgana is considered very powerful right now from what I've heard, what he's saying is that Morgana is better played as an AP carry in mid than as a support.

Support being when you duo lane, don't farm minions and buy gold/10 items instead.
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Your forgetting about Soraka and Taric.

IMO .

it goes

1. Soraka
2. Taric
3. Sona
4. Janna (Due to the skillcap)

Taric and soraka are overrated.
Janna is the best support you can ask with an AD prevalent team
Sona is the best support you can ask with an AP prevalent team
Soraka has higer damage as for now and is pretty easier to use
Taric is overrated due to tankyness and stun, yet Sona's Passive can do way more than anything taric can do.
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Why Taric is a support? Only because he can heal and has a aura that gives armor?
So Shen is a support too, his Q can heal allies if they hit the target and his ult can shield.

Taric is not a support as you guys said, he's a tanky support, just like Alistar (but the cow is more tank than support).


Celtic's question gave me a great idea: make a list of champions and say advantages and disadvantages. Then put it on a good place on MOBAfire so people dont need to ask who's better or anything like this.
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TheJohn wrote:

Why Taric is a support? Only because he can heal and has a aura that gives armor?
So Shen is a support too, his Q can heal allies if they hit the target and his ult can shield.

Taric is not a support as you guys said, he's a tanky support, just like Alistar (but the cow is more tank than support).


Celtic's question gave me a great idea: make a list of champions and say advantages and disadvantages. Then put it on a good place on MOBAfire so people dont need to ask who's better or anything like this.


Yeah Indeed. I know you can look at pro and cons in each guide individually BUT if you want to compare all tanks in one section like shen > taric etc pro and cons, someone should do this. I would certainly make one with peoples helps n tips etc BUT i dnt really know how to work these guide making skills lol :(
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TheJohn wrote:

Why Taric is a support? Only because he can heal and has a aura that gives armor?
So Shen is a support too, his Q can heal allies if they hit the target and his ult can shield.

Taric is not a support as you guys said, he's a tanky support, just like Alistar (but the cow is more tank than support).

You are so very wrong. Taric is a support. He is not a tank at all. Soraka's passive gives an MR aura, does that make her a tank? NO! Taric's heals and auras are his strongest attributes (even his ult is an aura), while Shen's tankiness, taunt and survivability make him a strong pick. Taric is also usually built with SUPPORT items (gold/10, CDR, auras) while Shen is built with TANK items (with a bit of AP since his buff). Shen has support traits, but he is not a support. Taric has tank traits, but he is not a tank. Ask any prominent member of MobaFire.
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PsiGuard wrote:

You are so very wrong. Taric is a support. He is not a tank at all. Soraka's passive gives an MR aura, does that make her a tank? NO! Taric's heals and auras are his strongest attributes (even his ult is an aura), while Shen's tankiness, taunt and survivability make him a strong pick. Taric is also usually built with SUPPORT items (gold/10, CDR, auras) while Shen is built with TANK items (with a bit of AP since his buff). Shen has support traits, but he is not a support. Taric has tank traits, but he is not a tank. Ask any prominent member of MobaFire.


I'll tell you a thing: this thing really doesn't make sense to me. I got what you've said, I'll make a list of what I think of each role:

Support: Heal, shield and aura
Tank: Defense and disable
Mage: AP and MPen
Fighter: AD and APen

These are the basic "classes", there are a lot more, but I dont want to write things that arent related to the point.

Checking the list, both Taric and Shen can be support and tank.
Taric has heal and aura, but his aura gives defense and he has a disable.
Shen has shield, kind of a heal, defense and disable.

imo building a tank Taric isn't wrong, just like building tank Alistar. Building support Shen may not be that viable, so no one does it.




You sure are going to say I'm wrong again, why would a person that builds tank Morde be right anyway?
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TheJohn wrote:



I'll tell you a thing: this thing really doesn't make sense to me. I got what you've said, I'll make a list of what I think of each role:

Support: Heal, shield and aura
Tank: Defense and disable
Mage: AP and MPen
Fighter: AD and APen

These are the basic "classes", there are a lot more, but I dont want to write things that arent related to the point.

Checking the list, both Taric and Shen can be support and tank.
Taric has heal and aura, but his aura gives defense and he has a disable.
Shen has shield, kind of a heal, defense and disable.

imo building a tank Taric isn't wrong, just like building tank Alistar. Building support Shen may not be that viable, so no one does it.




You sure are going to say I'm wrong again, why would a person that builds tank Morde be right anyway?
The best you can do with Taric is acting like a meatshield for your carry. Shen on the other hand is simply not a viable support, without minion kills he'll just end up feeding. Per se; the terms support, tank, mage and AD carry are often defined depending how viable the champion is at these roles.
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OK, some things are clear like Shen being a tank and not a support. But what is a tank? And a support? Why few people build tank Alistar and the rest is now thinking he's a support (hes not, but people dont think so)?
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Why wuld you build "Tank alistar".

Baddies ofc.

Alistar is the best support in game right now in my opinion. Basically counters any aggressiveness bot lane. And require no real items what so ever to be useful.

What is a tank?

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Definition: When used online, especially while playing an MMORPG, this term is used to describe a player character class which is designed to absorb damage from others or computer aided characters.
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Support Alistar builds tanky :P

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