User blog comment:C4bal/Corki in the Tank Meta. How to./@comment-24036535-20150614163022/@comment-24036535-20150616033721

First, no assassin is going to be targetting the same champions Corki is, if Corki is able to GET to the carry, he is either WAY out of position, or he doesn't need to worry about the enemy team in the first place. And I'm pretty sure Zed still get's BC, while Yasuo doesn't get it because LW is outright better on him, he doesn't need CDR, he needs crit and raw damage. The only AD champions who should be near Corki in a teamfight, are the enemies, or maybe a peeling bruiser or two, who likely have BC because of their champion picks. Not only do A: Most AD assassins still get BC, it's amazing as a third item, but B: If Corki is in position to hit the same people as your ASSASSINS, the DIVE portion of your team, then he doesn't need to worry about getting tanks stats, you know, the whole reason for the thread? Corki is part of this thing, called a backline, you know, where peel/squishy supports sit with their marksmen and most mages, while most bruisers, fighters, assassins, and some tanks dive the enemy. Corki shouldn't be in the dive portion of his team, otherwise he's handed himself to the enemy divers.

No stat is useless on a champion, (Except AP on nine of them). But for all intents and purposes, defensive STATS aren't close to as useful as damage stats, espcially considering the way the game is played. As I said previously, anyone who is close enough to Corki, doesn't need to worry about his tanking power, if a melee champion is close enough to Corki to deal damage to him, he's already mispositioned, dead, or both. He has his Valkyrie, but after that he doesn't need the defensive stats, because he won't be in range to take damage.

ADCs do NOT get defensive runes because they benefit from lifesteal, they get them because there are no other useful seals or glyphs for an ADC, and because in lane, they help. Lifesteal is a useful stat, but rarely, (Pretty much on Kalista and Vayne only) does it make the difference in a teamfight. BT is useful because it provides AD, and helps and ADC sustain after being poked, not for in fight sustain, there's way too much damage coming out.