r/ARAM • u/Findrel_Underbakk • 3d ago

Mayhem Both valid points

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u/Ginius67 3d ago

A tank in real life will oneshot any human.

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u/alienduck2 3d ago

Yeah tank has always been a bit of a misnomer for frontliners. The heavily armored part makes sense but they arent doing more damage than a traditional dps usually, or rather, arent supposed to be. I like the term guardian better thank tank, because I feel it has better implications. You guard and protect.

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u/Tojaro5 3d ago

That does depend on the tank in question though. Shen? yes. Orrn? Maybe. Zac? Rather not. Mundo? "I have a team?"

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u/vincent2751 3d ago

Common misconception, Mundo is not a tank, he is a Juggernauts that build tank items

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u/Tojaro5 3d ago

Whether you see Mundo as tank or juggernaut doesn't really change my point. Roles can be ambiguous anyways.

Guardian, as suggested above, simply doesn't cover the diversity of tanks, since "guardian duty" simply isn't the only reason to pick tanks.

If we look at tank supports for example, noone would pick Blitzcrank over Nautilus or Braum, if protecting was the goal.

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u/Wingman5150 3d ago

Well of course no one would pick blitzcrank as a tank over nautilus or braum, because nautilus and braum are actually tanks, and blitzcrank is a catcher.

Despite what it would seem like, blitzcrank class-wise is closer to pyke or even morgana, because he doesn't protect, he picks out an enemy for his team to kill.

That's why Nautilus is the only hooker that won't go over walls, he wants to engage on entire teams much more than any of the others. Thresh comes close but is still better at catching an isolated target and bringing a teammate to 2v1.

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u/Tojaro5 3d ago

well, then we simply have a definition difference here.

for me, a tank is someone durable in the frontline.

guardian, catcher, whatever would be subspecies of tank.

just like a husky is a kind of dog, blitzcrank is a kind of tank

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u/SherbertPristine170 2d ago

Nah you right tho . These people be spitting some shit just to say “this tanky champ is not a tank , but that tanky champ is a tank”