Dear Riot, for the next champion (support Topic)

PhantomGG··6 votes·726 views

Please let it be a bad ass support

The Support meta is so stale right now, and honestly the only supports you make are just well, cutsey shit.

Annie Bard Blitzcrank Janna Lulu Lux Nami Sona Soraka

now here is a list of suports who are actual bad asses

Alistar Karma Leona Thresh TahmKench Morgana

List of Neutral supports Taric Braum

That being said one of the things I feel greatly makes people shy away from support is the fact everything in that role is just to cutesey, than the only "bad ass" supports are either very hard to play or just under powered. Thresh being hard to play, and than alistar and tahm being under powered.

While we are on the topic WHY IS OVER HALF THE SUPPORTS CREATED GIRLS?! What message are you sending riot? No troll either, are you saying only girl champions can be supports?

Let's look at one of the most popular supports and respected supports

Thresh Thresh

His lore? Epic and mysterious

His toolkit? Very useful and actually very exciting, YOU ARE LITERALLY USING A SICKLE OF DEATH as your way to either hit people or capture people, to than summon a ARENA of death that slows people.

I am not saying you need to make more "grim reapers" as supports, but I am saying, you guys really did make the support role WAY TO CUTE.

Let's look at one of your older supports who also use to be very popular.

Morgana A fallen angel who gave into dark magic, in rebellion against her sister, filled with a lore who makes us question who is the real bad guy? Morgana with her revolutionary ideals, or Kayle with her over the top justice, almost neo nazi attitude.

Than let's dive into her toolkit, a toolkit where she uses dark magic to capture enemies with either energy blasts to snare people or chains of corruption to tie down her opponents.

My rant is the following on trends I want to see Riot stop, to allure new players to support

1-Less cutesy shit like Bard Lulu

More bad asses like Thresh Morgana

2-Less Females Annie Janna Karma Leona Lulu Lux Morgana Nami Sona Soraka Zyra

more males Alistar Braum TahmKench Taric Thresh

For currently the female supports out number males 11 to 6, that's almost DOUBLE. And YES we can give credit to riot with the fact the most recent supports have indeed been male, but we still need more MALE supports.

If you want people to find Support to be a cool and exciting role, than you need cool and exciting champions such as

Thresh Leona Morgana Bard

(as for where I put Bard in the gender roles, I honestly consider the fluff ball to be gender neutral)

9 Comments

Handy Sandy 7 votes

Taric "Did you just assume my gender?"

PhantomGG3 votes

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Taric "Did you just assume my gender?"

I was expecting this post, but god damn did it come fast lol, you get a up vote.

Ralanr6 votes

Bard isn't badass? Is he not a being that helps keep the universe in balance?

Braum punched through a goddamn mountain and he will have your respect.

Blitzcrank is death.

PhantomGG2 votes

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Bard isn't badass? Is he not a being that helps keep the universe in balance?

Braum punched through a goddamn mountain and he will have your respect.

Blitzcrank is death.

except for the fact bard is literally A LIVING PLUSH DOLL

and to be fair I did call Bard exciting, just not bad ass.

Ralanr1 votes

And yet you do not consider Braum badass?!

PhantomGG2 votes

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And yet you do not consider Braum badass?!

Lore-Bad ass Personality- is literally fucking Santa Toolkit- Honestly pretty boring, you walk infront of your teamates, shield them, while throwing ice balls that slow people SOMETIMES a stun if they get focused Ultimate-bad ass though

So if we had to grade his bad ass meter it would be

Lore-Bad ass Personality-Cute Character Design-Loveable macho dude. Toolkit-Boring Ultimate-Bad ass

YES I LITERALLY MADE A GRADING CHART TO JUDGE HOW BAD ASS SOMEONE IS.

xevi3 votes

You could argue Ivern is a support.

Knight Sky1 votes

Yes we need more badass supports! as a support main i approve this message

TurquoiseYoshi1 votes

To be fair, a lot of this has to do with the general trope of supporting characters sitting back behind the team and casting spells and shit. You usually don't have super aggressive badass people sitting back and casting, that's usually for up-front fighters/duelists/assassins.

So yeah, unless we get another hardcore engage champ like Alistar or Thresh, I don't see too many "badass" supports in the future.

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