Talk:Zed/@comment-5557556-20150423095708/@comment-24447033-20150426033049

You are so wrong. In my example it is indeed 110 armor reduction. But if you had a thornmail only 50 of it would be reduced, the other 60 would come from elsewhere. If you did not buy the thornmail, you'd have 120 armor and 60 reduced, if you had it, the result would be 220 armor 110 reduced - 50 difference. Your notion of mathematics is incorrect. furthermore the pros do it because it WORKS. If it works, don't fix it. The tank meta is something that works, and I've seen it work against your argument of glasscannon. Most tank teams will win against glasscannon teams. I have no idea which division you're in, but from where I stand, I play with people who are actually up to date and play the tank meta. Your idea is even worse. The reason for armor penetration is to introduce counterplay to armor stacking  whores. Malphite with 500 armor will have 83% damage reduction (and yes 500 armor is viably possible). That alone would make you require about 1260 damage just to remove the passive shield (with no bonus health). Frankly, if armor penetration did not exist the game would be far worse off.