

One way of countering this is by purchasing items that give you added waveclear such as Sunfire Cape or Tiamat. You should try to stop this from happening because it will bounce and it may reset the lane. As tanks do not have the best wave clear in the early game, the enemy may be able to push the wave into your tower. In this situation, you would want the enemy minion wave to have at least 2 or 3 extra minions than yours does.įor example, if you have five minions, you would need the enemy wave to have 7 or 8. By doing this, the wave will not push back towards them unless you clear the minion wave or the tower starts attacking the minions. To keep the wave here, you want to make sure that the enemy has more minions in their wave than yours. You should keep the wave here for added protection against all-ins from the enemy as well as protection against enemy ganks. The majority of tank champions would like the wave to be quite close to their side of the map but kept outside of their towers range at all times. If you’re playing a tank, you would need to avoid falling into this trap and giving the enemy the opportunity to fight you. This is because it will allow them to engage on the enemy and go for frequent trades. If you read our previous guide, you would know that fighters want the wave to be pushed towards them or kept even at all time. If you’re unsure on what to build, refer to the Pre-Game. Of course, there are exceptions to this rule and some champions may benefit from different starting items. In most cases, many tanks will take this item because of the sustain it provides. Taking this item will give you lots of sustain which will allow you to negate a lot of their damage.

I would recommend taking this item whenever you are against a champion that likes to go for frequent and deadly trades. This item is great as it gives you so much sustain in the laning phase and throughout the game. The 2nd starting item that you could take would be Corrupting Potion. While ranged fighters are not exactly common, you would also want to take this start when you’re against them. You would want to take this starting item when you are against a champion who is AD and doesn’t go for frequent trades every few seconds. The Doran’s Shield’s passive increases the amount of health regeneration that the user gets which will allow them to stay alive for longer in the lane as well as get health back after each trade.

The reason for this is that many tanks do not get enough of value from this item as it lacks sustain and defense capability.ĭoran’s Shield is a fantastic item because it allows the tank to have some defense stats which can help them out when it comes to laning against a fighter. Doran’s Blade, for example, is out of the question for practically all tanks. Generally speaking, no other items are taken as they do not benefit them enough in the lane. The two main options are Doran’s Shield and Corrupting Potion. While most tanks have a limited choice for what starting items they can take, it is important that you choose the correct starting item in each scenario. This means that it can be quite difficult for them to lane against a champion that deals damage in the early game. I would recommend that you read that guide as well as this one to understand what the enemy may want to be doing in this matchup. They are usually immobile and do not have the strongest of laning phases. As we all know, many tanks are incredibly weak in the early game and lack damage.
TOP LANE TANK BUSTER 2017 HOW TO
In this Mobalytics guide by PicklePants, we will teach you how to have a better laning phase as a tank champion when you are against a fighting or dueling champion. This time around, we will talk about how you should play as a tank when you’re against a fighting champion. Previously, we talked about how you should play as a dueling or fighting champion against a tank. Sometimes the best offense is a good defense
