Anti-tank toolkit

Lioness's Lament, a TFT Set 17 Anima cash-out item

Lioness's Lament

anima

Description

Every 15% max health lost, fire crescent projectiles in a line dealing physical damage equal to 50% of the holder's Armor and Magic Resist. Steal 4 Armor and Magic Resist from all enemies hit.

Recommended Roles: Attack or Magic Tank

Source

Lioness's Lament enables

  • Drains a stat (Armor, Magic Resist, Attack Damage, Ability Power) from enemies and grants it to the source or an ally. Distinct from Shred and Sunder (one-way debuffs that only reduce the enemy stat) because the holder gains what the enemy loses.

Lioness's Lament scales with

  • The physical-defense stat that reduces incoming AD damage. Tank items, the Bastion trait, and champions or items that grant flat Armor all feed into this mechanic, alongside the handful of effects that scale a bonus off a unit's Armor value. Sunder is its inverse — a debuff that reduces enemy Armor.

Lioness's Lament counters

  • The physical-defense stat that reduces incoming AD damage. Tank items, the Bastion trait, and champions or items that grant flat Armor all feed into this mechanic, alongside the handful of effects that scale a bonus off a unit's Armor value. Sunder is its inverse — a debuff that reduces enemy Armor.

  • The magic-defense stat that reduces incoming AP damage. Many sustain items, the Bastion frontline trait, and "Gain X Armor and Magic Resist" effects grant or scale off it; Shred is its inverse.