Talk:Rammus/@comment-4636093-20120708083945/@comment-75.80.39.167-20120724110844

I used to kind of feel that way about leona, I main tanks too and just didn't like her.

the main secret most people don't do that helps INCREDIBLY is take ghost. you can chase down literally anyone. Ezreal, kassadin, twisted fate with his ult (if you know where he landed), shaco if you have pink wards or oracles, other rammuses. once you initiate with powerball and ghost, it's a done deal.

also defensive ball curl is aoe damage of sorts.

Don't listen to the guy that says taunt is suicide. build a fuckton of armor and resist, max taunt first.

if you have a few mana runes --you don't even need a full section like all mana blues-- you won't have any mana problems. Don't build RoA, or Rylais. you don't need much ap if anything, build abyssal scepter as one of your last two items. and NEVER get frozen heart. Honestly it bugs me how much people say to build it on rammus. cdr is nice, but his cooldowns are short enough with some masteries in it and above all, you want people hitting you as much and fast as possible as rammus. frozen heart reduces attack speed meaning the damage you return to ad carries is reduced. Sunfire cape + thornmail+defensive ball curl means you end any ad carry in as long as it takes to taunt them (if they don't have tenacity or 4000hp)

Also, the only boots you should ever get on rammus are mercury treads. the magic resist and tenacity are too good. Also a rammus without tenacity is pointless because your biggest counter's are hard cc (stuns and silences) and champions with lots of health (like mundo and singed). Unfortunately there's nothing you can do about those high hp champions but help your carries kill them once the rest of the enemy team is dead.

Also, a good thing to remember is powerball isn't there for damage. use it as a tool to interupt/slow/block and get from place to place.

I think the biggest difference is champions like amumu and leona can do a lot of crowd control and be effective without getting hit, while as rammus you HAVE TO get hit. if people aren't attacking you, something's wrong.

I don't know what it is, exactly but something about the way I play makes people want to focus me (something I need to find out how to stop when I'm not tanking) it makes it so when I'm rammus people are always around long enough for me to taunt multiple enemies and ult whole teams nearly to death by myself. I wish I could explain how to look like an easy target without being one (not going past 3000 health while getting well over 200 armor and mr might be part of it) but that's the key. for me the most satisfying experience tanking is when I'm playing rammus.