Supports and Junglers in soloQ

Sooko·Dec 27, 2014·91 votes·4,805 views

You guys are the real MVPs. Thought you should know :)

77 Comments

SaevumDec 27, 201427 votes

That moment when the ally Nami gets in the way of enemy's Caitlyn Ult aimed at you when your HP bar is so low...

-An ally has been slain-

SecretAgentHulkDec 27, 201418 votes

Liek if u cry evertim

MakersFDec 27, 201433 votes

"/all report my fucking support! He keeps feeding the adc! useless piece of s@@t"

Ariel the CruelDec 27, 20147 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_202009943&feature=iv&src_vid=PbNzM-E-OEU&v=knnSijLbzcE

SladeXDDec 29, 20141 votes

ahh Plentakill

exiledFromBadmenDec 27, 20146 votes

item 3070

Sirin GioroDec 27, 20147 votes

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That moment when the ally Nami gets in the way of enemy's Caitlyn Ult aimed at you when your HP bar is so low...

-An ally has been slain-

Braindead ADCs: "Report this Nami feeding, holy fkn Jesus I'm AFK gj"

SelflessTeammateDec 28, 20142 votes

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That moment when the ally Nami gets in the way of enemy's Caitlyn Ult aimed at you when your HP bar is so low...

-An ally has been slain-

Or, if I'm Nocturne, doing the same thing with my ult to save the life of an ally targeted by it, but way too out of range to use its second effect.

Didn't even get a thanks for it. Jungling is not so much a thankless job as the go-to to blame. You should've ganked here/farmed more. Or both at the same time. There's always something to cite because a jungler can't farm and gank at the same time, so one of those tends to be picked.

Enraged PigletDec 28, 20142 votes

or the adc with full health is being targeted by cait ult then flashes behind the support with zero hp. lol

ImHerVoiceDec 27, 20147 votes

thanks love you too sooko Just delt with a draven harassing me the whole game 2 games in a row (same guy) I don't really report people because I know it doesn't change the player on the inside. Only the account. I carried him both games as shy jungle/j4 jungle.

TerntDec 27, 20146 votes

Always our faults too though.

OblongOtterDec 27, 20144 votes

Obligatory Picture.

AtheosisXDec 27, 20143 votes

I enjoy jungling. Support though is pure misery to me. I really wish Riot would do something about the fun factor of the role but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

TsundayDec 27, 201420 votes

Part of the reason they don't is because there are just as many people with the opposite view as you. I can't stand jungling. The new jungle is cool and all but I don't want to gank your lane, I don't want to spend the first 20 minutes running circles across the map. That's what I consider pure misery. I absolutely love sitting in botlane and setting up plays. I love weaving myself around minions to get a spell off on the ADC, I love vision wards and CC trains, I love that god mode feeling when you're able to protect/peel well enough that a losing fight gets turned in your favor, or that a death that should have obviously occurred is halted and your ADC lives with 10hp.

I've played over 75% of my ranked games as support this season and if I have my way next season will be no different. When I'm not playing support I'm still sitting in botlane working with my favorite role of the game. Over 90% of my ranked games have been in botlane because imo it's the most fun lane being the team oriented lane in a team game. :)

AtheosisXDec 27, 20148 votes

People who enjoy the current form of support play are a tiny minority. There's a reason the role is last taken in most matches. I also get that jungling is not fun to many people. Both you and I are in minority groups.

OnegarionDec 27, 20142 votes

The reason a lot of people don't like supporting is because you aren't the one getting the kills. 4 other roles are all about getting kills and the only other 1 is support. For most people they don't like seeing someone else getting the glory and think the role is bad because of it.

Most people don't understand the nuances of being a support and think its mainly just don't farm, ward, and give adc kills.

A failure to understand the role is why they don't like it and not because the role itself is not fun

AtheosisXDec 27, 20141 votes

That's not the reason I hate support. I hate support because it makes me totally reliant on another player to do anything. This is also why I hate ADC. I don't care about kills.

OnegarionDec 28, 20141 votes

I'm not talking about you directly. I'm talking about the community as a whole. Most people view supports as someone who doesn't cs, wards, and protects someone else.

Even though I'm a support main I know what you mean, but the support has it worse than the adc. If you get a bad support you focus on farming under tower and you can be relevant in the late game. If you are a good support and get a bad adc you are kind of just fked. There really isn't much you can do since you don't deal the damage. This is the same issue tanks run into because they are there for the team and not to deal the damage. So when those that deal damage are bad you can't do a lot but soak up damage for people who aren't going to hold up their end of the game.

Enraged PigletDec 28, 20141 votes

People like support a lot more now then in s3. Also if either support or adc is bad the lane will be hard but a good support or adc can carry it. For instance a support thresh can land multiple lane changing hooks or even roam mid and put pressure there and the adc can focus on just trying not to die if needed and then mid to late game a good adc can still get kills and cs and do well.

BRUTALhugsDec 29, 20141 votes

I have played a lot of zyra support. Normally get top damage. 100-0 people. You just need to find a support that matches your style. I'm stuck on GP support at the moment.

RurukinsDec 28, 20141 votes

I absolutely love supporting . but the problem is that most adc's that if you get in a lower tier that you deserve you get stuck with people that won't think as far as you do and will do the dumbest ish and blame it on you. Also, supporting isn't as easy as it looks ^^. Also gotta love when you do set everything for your adc to have double kill and stay alive and you team goes like "Good Job Sivir" -.-' Nami

Drunkèn MasterDec 27, 20142 votes

I couldn't agree more.

SpecterVonBarenDec 27, 20149 votes

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Part of the reason they don't is because there are just as many people with the opposite view as you. I can't stand jungling. The new jungle is cool and all but I don't want to gank your lane, I don't want to spend the first 20 minutes running circles across the map. That's what I consider pure misery. I absolutely love sitting in botlane and setting up plays. I love weaving myself around minions to get a spell off on the ADC, I love vision wards and CC trains, I love that god mode feeling when you're able to protect/peel well enough that a losing fight gets turned in your favor, or that a death that should have obviously occurred is halted and your ADC lives with 10hp.

I've played over 75% of my ranked games as support this season and if I have my way next season will be no different. When I'm not playing support I'm still sitting in botlane working with my favorite role of the game. Over 90% of my ranked games have been in botlane because imo it's the most fun lane being the team oriented lane in a team game. :)

Ah, this one time when my adc was getting chased by someone between our bot turrets with barely no hp and I rushed from the base as lulu with homegaurds and made it just in time to ult her, and because the enemy was so beaten up from running under our turret, I was even able to kill them. Immediately afterwards I shouted in all chat "Hands off my adc!"

TsundayDec 27, 20145 votes

I love Lulu. My favorite Lulu moment was coming back to lane and saving my 50hp Ez before running in 2v1 and getting a FB double kill. Needless to say they didn't try to touch Ezreal when he was with me again.

But I actually saw a SoloQ (might have been Duo?) Aphromoo game on the featured games once. He was playing Raka and I remember when I got into spectate the first thing I thought to myself was 'wtf why is his first finished item mobi + homeguard'. I actually tried it for myself to see if I could figure out why he did it. That was the game when practically nobody died. You literally jump out of fountain and homeguard your way into passive range at which point you're a train crashing down the lane with your heals. If you're alive there is no possible way you don't make it to the guy you need to heal before they die ._. it's crazy.

Yandere CarryDec 27, 20142 votes

Ignore this person, they're stupid.

TsundayDec 27, 20146 votes

-_- love you too bae.

xXSomeoneElseDec 27, 20143 votes

man I gotta love all the thresh plays under turret there isn't any other feeling better than when youre a sup and getting double kills.

WullfDec 28, 20141 votes

I can enjoy little of other roles except of support.

SeargentAnusDec 28, 20141 votes

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I enjoy jungling. Support though is pure misery to me. I really wish Riot would do something about the fun factor of the role but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

Play mage supports or play making supports. Makes the role fun.

paShadoWnDec 27, 20143 votes

As jungler and support from season one i hereby thank you.

DJ Hatsune MikuDec 27, 20143 votes

We know, but recognition is always appreciated :3

TabsDec 27, 20143 votes

Thanks dude, happy holidays. :)

disregardableDec 27, 20142 votes

Not really. Most of the time they're terrible, because they just got stuck with a role they can't play.

CoolKnightSTDec 27, 20143 votes

The biggest problem with junglers is that most of them require a different runepage that for example contains armor pen or attack speed to make it healthy through the new jungle. You really don't want to play a XinZhao without the proper runes. Also because the jungle pool was always that small in season 4. Most junglers tend to fail hard now. Since some of the junglers they used to play are nerfed to a point you can only make them work if you main them. But I mostly think the runepages are the biggest factor right now.

For supports it's different. You really don't want to play a Thresh Nami if you rarely play the role. Until plat it's just better to go for more carry oriënted supports that are easy to play like Annie Karma or if you really want to go into the support role you can go for Soraka Janna . For tank supports Leona Braum are the most solid to play. Players that rarely play the role just have to stop going for these lcs picks. It will really help increase your winrate. Still note that most of these supports also need a special runepage or have to build themself differently depending on the situation. This makes it really hard to non main supports todo their job effectively.

asktiksDec 27, 20143 votes

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The biggest problem with junglers is that most of them require a different runepage that for example contains armor pen or attack speed to make it healthy through the new jungle. You really don't want to play a without the proper runes. Also because the jungle pool was always that small in season 4. Most junglers tend to fail hard now. Since some of the junglers they used to play are nerfed to a point you can only make them work if you main them. But I mostly think the runepages are the biggest factor right now.

For supports it's different. You really don't want to play a if you rarely play the role. Until plat it's just better to go for more carry oriënted supports that are easy to play like or if you really want to go into the support role you can go for . For tank supports are the most solid to play. Players that rarely play the role just have to stop going for these lcs picks. It will really help increase your winrate. Still note that most of these supports also need a special runepage or have to build themself differently depending on the situation. This makes it really hard to non main supports todo their job effectively.

well true..to an extent... for example , I jungle shyvana, and I don't have a single lick of AS or ARMor on my rune pages , and people say they are pretty standard and necessary, yes it means ill probably wont get toad a 2nd time before first Base back , but wont put me much behind however, I will agree with masteries, junglers mostly really need a dedicated mastery setup to be able to do it, mainly buff and pot extensions

also, I feel that in solo Q , doing a lot of support is ten times harder because people DO NOT KNOW what your champs abiltiies really do, so for example , they might expect you to shield them but might not knopw that it only protects magic dmg or whatnot and it wouldn't have done nothing against adc or whatever, for example a lot of people don't really understand how tresh works...you got no idea how many awesome treshes ive seen throwing lamps into middle of the gank to allow teammates to escape and not one person knows to click the lamp to dash to him and shield ro escape...its sad..

SecretAgentHulkDec 27, 20146 votes

also, I feel that in solo Q , doing a lot of support is ten times harder because people DO NOT KNOW what your champs abiltiies really do

Braum : There are three ram stacks on that champion. ONE MORE HIT AND HE COULDN'T HAVE CHASED YOU!!!

DryditchDec 28, 20142 votes

Malphite : Ults in, drops an attack slow

Tristana : Runs away at full health and mana "Moron! They're too fed."

Malphite : dies, leaving ADC and support at 100 hp "Just shoot them once!"

Tristana : walks back to base and AFKs

RespaktDec 27, 20146 votes

I played lulu when she was free for a couple games and every game the ADC would be like where are my heals and I'm sitting there with a max health increase and a shield

SecretAgentHulkDec 27, 20144 votes

xXDerp ADCXx (Idiot): sona y no heals SecretAgentHulk (Sona): bc it has cooldown SecretAgentHulk (Sona): i can't heal every time u go in

StoryDuckDec 27, 20145 votes

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Not really. Most of the time they're terrible, because they just got stuck with a role they can't play.

No wards for you! Only Sooko gets wards.

asktiksDec 27, 20145 votes

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Not really. Most of the time they're terrible, because they just got stuck with a role they can't play.

wrong some of us actually CHOOSE AND LIKE this roles love jungling shyvana myself , also saving up for tresh so I can support bot too, might buy nami though...she seems good though her early game blows shes a hard sup champ, w+e your adc carry = profit

BudupopsDec 27, 20142 votes

Hehe i go double jungle

peaceeboyDec 27, 20142 votes

bump

Spacesuit SpiffDec 27, 20142 votes

"Vayne why did you go b as I came in to gank?" "I needed to buy my first-item BFS".

"Ok better back off here, there's no way we can kill that Thresh under a tower." "First blood. Enemy double kill."

Junglers who are still optimistic enough to focus on ganking in soloq, you da real MVPs. I'll just be over here counterjungling and farming my devourer.

WolfeurDec 27, 20142 votes

You're welcome. :D

SurrealJCDec 27, 20142 votes

Omg thank you so much!!! Those are my mains. It seems like when I try top or mid I often get ... like a nasus jungler that feeds 7 times every time he tries to gank. WTF NASUS JUNGLERS!?

RurukinsDec 28, 20141 votes

D'aww thank you Sooko : ) Support Ftw !

VaurenDec 29, 20141 votes

Yay, some jungle support love :D

You have my shield for you whenever you need it Leona Oh, and the Sun of course. Can't beat the sun ;)

Sir RandyDec 29, 20141 votes

Apparently Jungler is the new "bitch position" (I guess saying support is the old?) I main jungle and love it, so the more jungle i can play in SoloQ the better. I guess people just can't handle the new jungle heat.