User blog comment:Tails365/A true tank's role/@comment-5605969-20140127020849

Here's to clarify on a few things:

1 - This post is about true tanks. MY DEFINITION (opinion) of a true tanks is a champ that was made to tank and disrupt and whose kit is aimed at tanking and disrupting. Champs like these should scale bad with damage items COMPARED TO bruisers (if they go full AP they can work. AP Maokai and AP Nautilus work, but not their main job) but scale much better with dfense items. Finally they should not have many damage focused abilities. Maokai's sapling may have the biggest base dmg in game, but it's main use is to aquire vision of an area and ofc dmg in case someone appears there. Sejuani's W although mainly a dmg spell is used in teamfights to proc her passive, which in turn procs her E.

2 - The reason why Shyvana, Mundo, Cho and others aren't here is because they are mostly bruisers, meaning their job is to tank and deal dmg at the same time. Compared to a true tank, they soak a bit less, but dish out more dmg. Amumu is a tank. I just hate the absurd dmg he can dish out with his W and his E active and his passive are purely dmg oriented. His W, although dmg oriented, is suppose to be his tank dmg dealer, meaning it scales with defenses because it always deals the same dmg and the beefier you get the more dmg u take the enemy.