User blog comment:Braumissomanly/Whats with all the percentage damage?/@comment-5077844-20140817090513/@comment-5331854-20140817105117

@Lykrast

That's the definition of a tank in common RPG-lingo. But it doesn't really apply to a MOBA, because while a tank in other games can survive a group of enemies, in a MOBA they still get erased within seconds. Tanks in MOBAs tend to elongate battles and protect their teammates not by throwing themselves into danger (only Shen, Rammus and Braum could do that anyway), but by applying hard CC and making them a general nuisance no matter if they're alive or not.