Thread:Willbachbakal/@comment-1920550-20150512100119/@comment-1330314-20150625004006

That doesn't stop Heartseeker from being an AD stacking item and Devourer's Gauntlet from being an AD/life steal item. Even though Heartseeker can stack from minions and Devourer doesn't lose stacks, both occupy the exact same niches as SotO and BT, respectively. Devourer's Gloves doesn't accrue stacks over time, and so is nothing like.

While it's true that tanks have become tankier after the update, the state they're in right now is pretty good, when factoring in penetration items. Without them, though, tanks would be far too tanky, and even now there's a push towards better MR reduction options for bruisers after got updated. I feel simply making top-tier tank items provide about 35% less resists (while keeping the same values for basic components), and adjusting scalings accordingly, would allow pen items to be removed.