League-of-legends – Do I focus the offtank/tank if he is fed

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When engaging in a teamfight what do you do if the most fed/most damaging champion on the opposition is a tank who does godly damage regardless of building straight health and tankiness, such as Darius.

What exactly do you do if it's recommended to leave the tank until last and focus on the squishies.It will leave you completely vulnerable and leaving 'insert tank here_____' (eg.Darius) with a satisfying cleanup.

What can be done to overcome this?

Best Answer

Focusing the tank can work, but I would not recommend it. You need careful preparation and coordination to pull it off, and if you fail its just painful.

The tank is generally going to be on the front lines trying to initiate; Poke him mercilessly. If he's stacking armor/mr, pick up last whisper/void staff. If he's stacking HP, have your ADC pick up a HP shredding item or two. Use your CC to keep the rest of his team busy while you burn him quickly.

Keep in mind, if the tank is fed, that likely means the rest of the enemy team is not. Pure tanks don't tend to do a lot of damage, even when fed; Generally a tank's job is to cause disruption in the enemy team. Darius is a bruiser, and he's most dangerous when built this way; his damage as pure tank is actually on the low side, and he's a glass cannon when built as pure damage.

In general for all teamfights:

  • Before the teamfight starts, put some solid poke damage into the enemy.
  • Try to force the teamfight on your terms, not on theirs.
  • It may be necessary to disengage and reengage during the fight; If Darius starts dunking people, snare him and back off until his ult has reset, then go back in.
  • Outmaneuver them and coordinate your CC and AE abilities carefully. If you're worried about the fed tank, consider what he adds to the fight, if its worth burning CC abilities on him, and when you should do so.
    • Rammus has strong initiation, so keep your squishies protected from a powerball+taunt. A carefully timed CC at the start of the fight can block his initial taunt, giving you time to reposition your squishies. During the fight, he will do constant AE damage, and will use his taunt to interrupt your channeled abilities and force target changes. If you have someone that needs to use a channeled ult (Katarina), they may have to dance around the edge of the fight until Rammus burns his taunt (and it may never happen). A CC may be necessary to allow her to ult.
    • Darius has a strong initiation, do not let your team get pulled. He follows up the pull with bleed damage, snares, and great cleanup. I'd toss CC on him at the start of the fight before he can pull, then hit him with CC again as soon as your team starts getting low on life. If he's a fed bruiser build, I'd just keep tossing CC his way throughout.
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