Champions with high durability focused on soaking damage and disrupting enemy teams.
Champions tagged with Tank share a similar playstyle.
Use this list to discover new picks that fit how you like to play and expand your champion pool around this tag.
Best Tank Champions – Recommended Picks by Role
Alistar
SUPPORT
#1
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Boots of Swiftness
Enhances Move Speed and reduces the effect of slows
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Zeke's Convergence
Grants you and your ally bonuses when you cast your ultimate.
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Thornmail
Runes
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Font of Life
Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Hextech Flashtraption
While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.Hexflash: Channel, then blink to a new location.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Blitzcrank
SUPPORT
#2
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Boots of Swiftness
Enhances Move Speed and reduces the effect of slows
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Zeke's Convergence
Grants you and your ally bonuses when you cast your ultimate.
Thornmail
Shurelya's Battlesong
Activate to speed up nearby allies.
Runes
Glacial Augment
Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.
Hextech Flashtraption
While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.Hexflash: Channel, then blink to a new location.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Nimbus Cloak
After casting a Summoner Spell, gain a short Move Speed increase that allows you to pass through units.
Celerity
All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.
Braum
SUPPORT
#3
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W ➜ R
Items
Solstice Sleigh
Plated Steelcaps
Enhances Move Speed and reduces incoming basic attack damage
Bandlepipes
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Thornmail
Runes
Guardian
Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield.
Font of Life
Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Galio
SUPPORT
#4
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Plated Steelcaps
Enhances Move Speed and reduces incoming basic attack damage
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Thornmail
Frozen Heart
Massively increases Armor and slows enemy basic attacks
Protoplasm Harness
Runes
Stormraider's Surge
Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist.
Manaflow Band
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Transcendence
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Scorch
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Leona
SUPPORT
#5
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
W ➜ E ➜ Q ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Plated Steelcaps
Enhances Move Speed and reduces incoming basic attack damage
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Thornmail
Kaenic Rookern
Runes
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Font of Life
Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Maokai
SUPPORT
#6
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E ➜ R
Items
Solstice Sleigh
Boots of Swiftness
Enhances Move Speed and reduces the effect of slows
Trailblazer
Bandlepipes
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Thornmail
Runes
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Font of Life
Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Nautilus
SUPPORT
#7
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Plated Steelcaps
Enhances Move Speed and reduces incoming basic attack damage
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Thornmail
Kaenic Rookern
Runes
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Shield Bash
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Poppy
SUPPORT
#8
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Boots of Swiftness
Enhances Move Speed and reduces the effect of slows
Dead Man's Plate
Build momentum as you move around then smash into enemies.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Thornmail
Force of Nature
Move Speed, Magic Resist, and max Health Regeneration
Runes
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Font of Life
Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Hextech Flashtraption
While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.Hexflash: Channel, then blink to a new location.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Rell
SUPPORT
#9
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
W ➜ E ➜ Q ➜ R
Items
Celestial Opposition
Plated Steelcaps
Enhances Move Speed and reduces incoming basic attack damage
Zeke's Convergence
Grants you and your ally bonuses when you cast your ultimate.
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Thornmail
Runes
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Shield Bash
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Hextech Flashtraption
While Flash is on cooldown it is replaced by Hexflash.Hexflash: Channel, then blink to a new location.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Tahm Kench
SUPPORT
#10
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E ➜ R
Items
Solstice Sleigh
Plated Steelcaps
Enhances Move Speed and reduces incoming basic attack damage
Heartsteel
Restores Health on kill or assist
Thornmail
Spirit Visage
Increases Health and healing effects
Unending Despair
Runes
Grasp of the Undying
Every 4s your next attack on a champion deals bonus magic damage, heals you, and permanently increases your health.
Shield Bash
Whenever you gain a shield, your next basic attack against a champion deals bonus adaptive damage.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Triumph
Takedowns restore 5% of your missing health and grant an additional 20 gold.
Legend: Alacrity
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.
Taric
SUPPORT
#11
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
E ➜ Q ➜ W ➜ R
Items
Dream Maker
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Increases Move Speed and Cooldown Reduction
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Winter's Approach
Knight's Vow
Partner with an ally to protect each other
Redemption
Activate to heal allies and damage enemies in an area
Runes
Glacial Augment
Immobilizing an enemy champion will cause 3 glacial rays that slow nearby enemies and reduce their damage to your allies.
Magical Footwear
You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste
Conditioning
After 12 min gain +8 Armor and +8 Magic Resist and increase your Armor and Magic Resist by 3%.
Revitalize
Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.
Thresh
SUPPORT
#12
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W ➜ R
Items
Solstice Sleigh
Boots of Swiftness
Enhances Move Speed and reduces the effect of slows
Locket of the Iron Solari
Activate to shield nearby allies from damage
Zeke's Convergence
Grants you and your ally bonuses when you cast your ultimate.
Frozen Heart
Massively increases Armor and slows enemy basic attacks
Thornmail
Runes
Aftershock
After immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you.
Font of Life
Impairing the movement of an enemy champion heals nearby allied champions.
Bone Plating
After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.Duration: 1.5sCooldown: 55s
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Cosmic Insight
+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste