Talk:Skarner/@comment-26177661-20160912095940/@comment-28977071-20161017224105

Regarding the differences between those official (sub)classes, as defined by Rito (the non-differentiating features were excluded):

Tanks fill the role of team defenders and team crowd controllers, but primarily not the role of damage dealers.

Vanguards are the subclass of tanks filling the role of team crowd controllers, but not primarily the role of team defenders or damage dealers.

Fighters fill the role of damage dealers, but not primarily the role of team utility.

Juggernaut is the subclass of fighters filling the role of sustained damage dealers, but not primarily the role of burst damage dealers or team utility.

Bruiser is the unofficial class used by LoL players. If the old term defined any of the above, it'd become redundant and hence obsolete. Every player defines this unoffical class differently, so I just sticked to my old personal definitions, that fill gaps between the official classes:

Warden- 6 def items; focus on team utility, low dmg

Vanguard- 6 def items; focus on team CC and engage, low dmg

Off-tank- 6 def items, then, CDR; caster-based; focus on team utility and engage, significant 1vsN through AoE abilities

Juggernaut- +5 def items,  build; AA-based; focus on 1vsN  and constitution

Tanky DPS- +5 def items, then, ; AA-based; focus on 1vsN  and sustain

Bruiser (BotrK)- +5 def items, then, ; AA-based; focus on 1vs1  and sustain

Bruiser (TF)- +5 def items, then, CDR; caster-based; focus on 1vs1  and utility

Bruiser (LB)- +5 def items, then, CDR; caster-based; focus on 1vs1  and utility

Diver-, +3-4 def items; then , APene; caster-based; focus on 1vs1 , burst and mobility

Yes, I run short on names with bruisers, couldn't find any more terms in LoL community at that time. And I needed to distinguish the item paths, because I'm using the class names for my custom item sets. Admittedly this is just a personal terminology (my own breakdown of the former into more nuances) so you are officially correct about the bruiser class, but the rest of classes from your post is offically well-defined. However, I also explicitly stated that bruiser is a custom term..