A question regarding mage secondary roles.

Jingerbeardman·May 6, 2014·2 votes·284 views

So I happened to be admiring some new skin splash art, syndra in particular, my eye wandered over to the name plate and I see that her secondary role is "support". My first reaction was WTF... then I thought about it and could see it being done. Out of curiosity I scrolled through all the mages on the roster to see who else has the secondary of support. I was somewhat surprised at what I found, champions I couldn't even see as a support had it while ones I expected to have it didn't. What is the reasoning for giving the secondary of support to someone like syndra and not someone like ziggs?

6 Comments

The SoulforgedMay 6, 20141 votes

Honestly man, I have no idea why ziggs isn't up there. With the new frost queen line he is pretty darn good support :). Another interesting secondary support is ashe. If you think about it, her passive now makes a lot more sense.

JingerbeardmanMay 6, 20141 votes

very very true :P

SladeXDMay 6, 20141 votes

With Ziggs, I think the reason is with his kit, he can farm a lot and zone at the same time. Supports aren't exactly supposed to get a lot of farm but his Q and E allow for frequent and plentiful farming. Plus, with him being a mid laner, it's a lot easier for him to help other lanes since he can just walk a few steps and ult on to the enemy tank/ADC. Syndra, I believe it's just the amount of CC she has. Her abilities can double up for assisting kills, saving towers, saving the team, and zoning in general. Her kit easily doubles mid and support.

JingerbeardmanMay 6, 20141 votes

while ziggs does farm easily that does not make it so he cant support. In fact I would say he is overqualified to support, 2 insanely powerful zone control abilities (one lasts 10 secs ffs), powerful tower taking ability with his passive which doubles as powerful poke as well, a disengage for himself if he gets into trouble that can also be used to cc the opposing laners, insanely long range poke, and a complete wave clearing ult if they try to siege your tower. what more could you ask for in a support... other than abilities that interact with teammates. With the right positioning and accuracy you wouldn't even hit farm and even if you did if your adc has an ability that can wave clear they can clean up using that for a quick push.

SladeXDMay 10, 20141 votes

I didn't mean it as he can't support. I've seen great Ziggs supports. It's just more of if you don't have that kind of accuracy that you need, you can screw over your ADC by a simple mistake (even though they can usually recover easily). I know Ziggs can support. I just really don't like doing it. If you do support with him, then props to you dude. :)