User blog comment:Tails365/A true tank's role/@comment-5266525-20140122152925

No, the problem is bruisers just being too good overall. Tanks are in a good spot IMO.

And saying tanks deal no damage is false, certainly at least for most of the midgame. They have massive base damages to compensate for low scaling - of those champions you listed only Shen and Alistar don't have either good DPS or high burst.