This game needs more tanks

[quote=Dirty Goolash]There's not enough variety of tanks in this game. They hardly ever come out with new tanks. Basically every champion they come out with is a caster/dps. If they came out with tanks more often, I feel like people would play them more often. Maokai and Galio are the only recent new ones, and before them it was Shen, which was a long time ago. And I could name endless new casters/dps they have come out with.[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong]Tank Veigar Seems viable.[/quote]

[quote=Jebus McAzn]We do need new tanks though. It's always the Shen/Rammus/Amumu ban and no new really good tanks have come up recently.[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong][quote=Jebus McAzn] We do need new tanks though. It's always the Shen/Rammus/Amumu ban and no new really good tanks have come up recently. [/quote] You guys get good bans? I get: Blitzcrank/Nocturne/Karthus/Singed .....Regularly. I think offtanks fill the role pretty well, though.[/quote]

[quote=Jet]jarvan singed shen amumu rammus chogath 6 tanks 1 for each team when 4 get banned think that's enough the problem with tanks is it's really difficult to make a tank that is balanced and doesn't either deal extreme amounts of damage while being unkillable or basically do nothing for the team except from providing CC (in which case you could just play an offtank with cc)[/quote]

[quote=Mickeyfree]How viable is Maokai in ranked? is abilities seem to be well put together. i honestly dont like his ult all that much. i just feel it could be better maybe. the dmg reduction is nice tho i suppose. If galio gets a well deserved buff he could be used a lot more.[/quote]

[quote=Nighthawk]A well played Maokai can be a huge pain in the ass and a relatively good tank. Malphite has been nerfed to the ground, but I still prefer him to Maokai. I will say whenever I see a Maokai early-mid game I scream. I can never seem to scratch him at that point.[/quote]

[quote=Mickeyfree]I would enjoy more tanks but i understand the difficulty in creating them i suppose keeping one balanced could be an issue. i just tank mainly and when i hit 30 its sad to see my favorite will be banned quite often(Amumu). I do love singed as an offtank tho and have experience with all the others. I vote for a female tank would be nice change of scenery in tanks.[/quote]

[quote=JunSupport]I personally wish all the "tanky" champions were less tanky. This game's metagames inevitably revolves around tanks. At first it was Amumu and Galio, because AoEs were the trend. Now it's Shen, malphite, etc, because tanky dps is where it's at. People don't really have a free choice on who they want to play because picking a tanky champion means they'll be able to "tank" for the team. The only way they can resolve tanky dps is by making it so pure AD/AP champions can effectively kill tanks to make not-building-tanky viable. But that makes squishies more squishy... The recurring issue? TANKS. It would be a dream come true for me if this game truly became one where you could pick ANY champion, and the only possible rage people give you for it is if it was the champion they wanted to play. People should be able to pick a team of Caitlyn, Mundo, Shaco, Soraka, and Anivia, and still be viable compared to a team with Shen, Teemo, Ashe, Taric, Morgana. :)[/quote]

[quote=Dirty Goolash][quote=JunSupport] I personally wish all the "tanky" champions were less tanky. This game's metagames inevitably revolves around tanks. At first it was Amumu and Galio, because AoEs were the trend. Now it's Shen, malphite, etc, because tanky dps is where it's at. People don't really have a free choice on who they want to play because picking a tanky champion means they'll be able to "tank" for the team. The only way they can resolve tanky dps is by making it so pure AD/AP champions can effectively kill tanks to make not-building-tanky viable. But that makes squishies more squishy... The recurring issue? TANKS. It would be a dream come true for me if this game truly became one where you could pick ANY champion, and the only possible rage people give you for it is if it was the champion they wanted to play. People should be able to pick a team of Caitlyn, Mundo, Shaco, Soraka, and Anivia, and still be viable compared to a team with Shen, Teemo, Ashe, Taric, Morgana. :) [/quote] That's another thing I don't get. Riot keeps talking about how they wanna move away from the tanky DPS meta, yet they continue to release tanky dps champions every other patch.[/quote]