When playing a tank, how do you make sure that you get hit in teamfights?

Question

This goes especially for playing tanks that don't have a taunt. I know standing in front of your carries is important, but what else can be done to protect them?

Asked by Zach Kay

Answer

As a tank, you want to be a disruptive as much as possible. In lots of cases, simply zoning out their carries will let you win the teamfight. For example, one of my favorite tanks is Singed. I know I can use my slow to separate their team in a teamfight, activate poison to do a little damage to everyone, then run full speed at their carry. Their carry knows I have a fling, and generally my fling will put them out of position, so simply by running at them, I can force them out of the fight. If they are out of the fight, they are not hurting my team which is really the goal of a tank in a teamfight. In fact, I end up dealing more damage with my poison than they can do cause I make myself the only target they can attack.

These things ultimately depend on what your team needs you to do. I would not have chosen Singed if my team was playing protect the KogMaw, there are far better champs that can do that - Alistar, Galio, Janna, Nunu for example. But no, there are no way you can force the enemy to hit you in teamfights, but at same time, that isn't always your goal or shouldn't be. You want your team to do more damage than their team collectively. This simple statement usually determine who wins the teamfight.

Answered by user22193

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