Talk:Warmog's Armor/@comment-217.248.127.235-20130123175920/@comment-150.210.231.26-20130131220545

Chained prometheus, I hope you realize that champions like Elise and Katarina don't NEED to build damage to do damage. That's why it's being built on them. Of course, the fact that the pros are doing it is the reason why it all started, but the reason it stayed is because it WORKS and it's BETTER.

Kat no longer needs to rely on her Death Lotus for burst and, with high survivability, lasts long enough to get a handful of her skills off and now relies on her Sinister Steel. Same with Elise, she doesn't need the damage to do tons of damage. Her Q scales with the enemy's health, guaranteeing a fair amount of damage. So when you build tank, you simply just outsustain your opponent and then kill them before they can kill you. Building tanky also gives utility to the team and helps you protect the ADC by not dying and acting as a frontline.

It's popular because the pros invented it and it worked, not JUST because pros began doing it. That's just part of the reason, although I won't deny that it's a big one.