User blog comment:Mineko Charat Lucky/Stop Telling Me What to Build, Thanks/@comment-4057638-20131013234410/@comment-1330314-20131015133627

@SirAston: Thanks!

Truth be told, though, by your reasoning every champion technically has the potential to be a tank, considering everyone has disruption. Teemo, for example, is usually super-squishy, but can shut down the enemy ADC and slow enemies with his mushrooms (which might explain the existence of the elusive Tankmo). To me, a tank is a character that's meant to hold the enemy's attention and soak up as much of their damage as possible (hence the name). Tankiness isn't just meant to help, it's the core aspect of their build because it helps them take more damage (which is why Rylai's isn't as much of a tank item as Warmog's even if it offers more disruption potential). Tanks don't build up at all in teamfights, quite the opposite: tanks are meant to initiate, and usually their entire power output resumes itself to the first 5 seconds of combat (i.e. Malphite's ultimate or Alistar's E+Q combo).