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Ok, this is my first blog post on moba. As a guy who main(ed) tanks and played them 24/7, I've been feeling pretty devoid after tanks supposedly "moved out of the meta". I mean, I've managed to switch roles successfully to jungler, but I want to ask:
Why are tanks out of the mtea/ why do people believe this?
I realize that tanks are still in the game but only the jungling tanks or support ones. I don't understand why in ranked someone hasta QQ if someone still plays a lane tank. My solo top
Malphite works fine tyvm. So again, I want your opinions on whether tanks should be out of the meta and why they are. If I had it my way, I would bring tanks back into the meta? Is anyone else like me, waiting for return of the tanks? I notice riots been trying to bring them back in to the meta with the release of two tanks Sejuani and Nautilus.
Why are tanks out of the mtea/ why do people believe this?
I realize that tanks are still in the game but only the jungling tanks or support ones. I don't understand why in ranked someone hasta QQ if someone still plays a lane tank. My solo top
Malphite works fine tyvm. So again, I want your opinions on whether tanks should be out of the meta and why they are. If I had it my way, I would bring tanks back into the meta? Is anyone else like me, waiting for return of the tanks? I notice riots been trying to bring them back in to the meta with the release of two tanks Sejuani and Nautilus.
There is no champion that doesn't deal some damage. Maokai generally doesn't gear much for it. Like I said earlier, I mentioned him because he's picked for his CC and ult, not damage output. Galio's in there too, but he can deal quite a bit of damage. That's not why you want him on a team though, you want his lane presence and ult.
Yeah, yu are totaly right
I don't agree with Moakai, cuz even without some decent ap, he can still do some damage.
There is no champion that doesn't deal some damage. Maokai generally doesn't gear much for it. Like I said earlier, I mentioned him because he's picked for his CC and ult, not damage output. Galio's in there too, but he can deal quite a bit of damage. That's not why you want him on a team though, you want his lane presence and ult.
His ult supports yur team by decreasing the damage dealt 2 them. and he can throw wards.
In my perspective is
@PsiGuard I meant pure tanks who don't do damage, 'pure' meaning just taking damage, nothing more.
Technically what your describing is a soak (not a common term, but I've heard it used to reference this role), which is closer to
He's really not.
Tanky support Alistar is viable because he's not very item dependant and can disrupt fights with just some CDR and survivability. He also brings some nice CC and lane sustain to an AD carry.
AP Alistar works because he still has a lot of burst potential even after his nerf. He's very difficult to kill and can fill a tank-type role while still dealing huge amounts of damage to squishies.
AD Alistar is a newer variant I've seen, usually in jungle. He actually has a very high base damage for
Tank Alistar is something that I have never believed to be viable, never seen played at a professional level and never considered as an alternative to better tanks. He already gets a lot of tankiness from his ultimate, he requires a solo lane in order to farm up enough gold to buy expensive tank items, he's very cooldown dependant, he doesn't have much damage output without gearing for it and he basically becomes a big unkillable blob who annoys people every 10 seconds in team fights. In fact, tank Alistar and support Alistar can do the EXACT SAME THING, only tank Alistar needs solo lane farm and support Ali doesn't.
If you want to prove me wrong, explain to me how full tank Alistar is in any way superior to other tanks, how he can win a solo lane and how he isn't simply ignored in team fights OR show me some pro games with an Alistar building full survivability and still having a significant impact on his team's success compared to another tank or a support Alistar. Unless you can do that, I'm convinced that he is "unviable" as a tank.
note: problem with my scenario is things are not always even and a big part of that is people do not understand #1. how to follow their tanks judgment and commit to fights and #2.to not come back after escaping fight to try and "save" the tank just because he was ccing everything in sight so you could get away.
I think if teams learn how to work with their tank and find players willing to be dedicated pure tanks then we may see a meta shift back to having pure tanks (barring riot destroying tanks like they did to support :(.
oh and p.s.
@PsiGuard I meant pure tanks who don't do damage, 'pure' meaning just taking damage, nothing more.
There was a discussion about this somewhere sometime ago. The meta right now is all about damage. A dps can still kill a full tank in about 5 seconds, so why bother with building completely defensive when you can just outright kill them?
Hey that was totally almost exactly what I said. :P
Pure tanks that deal no damage but take a lot are out of favour for this reason. Much better to get an offtank who can take some beating and stands a chance of killing the AD carry before dying.
+ her damage isn't that strong to make her a serious threat for enemies.
imo solotop
Same with pre-buff
PURE tanks are out of the meta.
There was a discussion about this somewhere sometime ago. The meta right now is all about damage. A dps can still kill a full tank in about 5 seconds, so why bother with building completely defensive when you can just outright kill them?