Support Role

Myssys·12/9/2017, 11:44:17 AM·1 votes·340 views

Players dont know how that role works.

I have encountered countless times players in ranked games who don`t know what to do as a support for the team. They dont buy a support item for gold income, for vision, for assisting their team.

Mage type champions often start with dorans ring instead of spellthiefs edge or anyother item.

I want to ask from Riot Games to make a video or what ever to properly explain how that role works and how to help your team. It`s not fun playing a game 4 vs 6, 1 out of 3 games played.

13 Comments

AR URF12/9/2017, 11:48:59 AM2 votes

Players don't know that role or ADCs just can't stop complaining and blaming their supports when they die?

Sarutobi12/9/2017, 11:55:42 AM2 votes

I mean while it would be a better option to start with Spell Thief, there is no requirement, just as there is no requirement for them to buy a Sightstone, Is it foolish? Sure. As someone who playing Support 90% of the time, its always my first buy when i back. But some people either dont see a need to, or would rather use their income to help better the chances of winning in another way.

Remember Support is not some warding slave. Everyone has a trinket that can help ward. So in theory there is no need of a SightStone if everyone is using their trinkets correctly, but what would be the point in vision if no one is utilizing it? Ive had games where no one else is warding, but complaining that im not warding enough (despite almost always having 4 wards on the map) So ill trade out my SS, for something to help us win teamfights, by either me doing damage, or helping the team like heals/shield!

grafix12/9/2017, 1:33:15 PM1 votes

as a support main i love when im against a autofilled support.

They walk around the map without knowing what to do

DemonBoneJangles12/9/2017, 3:04:24 PM1 votes

overall, I think the problem cant be confined to supports alone, because the role itself does not function without another person in lane, sure there are support champions who can function out of the support role but if talking about the role and not the champions then you have to include the other person in the lane.

ADC's blame supports for very tiny things like not being able to go in because they lack the movement of their adc counterpart, not the supports fault.

The bottom lane as a whole can have the most active wards up at any time being between 2 and 4 (if the support buys sight stone) while other lanes can only have a max of 2 wards active at once (again if the money is spent of SS or a pink ward). it is not the supports job to place all 4 of those wards.

Supports for some reason are thought of as ward bots, yeah they tend to have the most but are still capped at 3 regular and 1 pink like everyone else not sure that number covers the map.

Supports tend to have the lowest gold income of the game, even more so if their lane gets camped or they play against a bad matchup.

the current domination of mages in bot lane as "supports" does not translate into supports don't know how to play, it translates into people cant play support so they play mages for a kill lane (some mages are classed as supports they are still included in this)

All supports are different, you pick a support that reflects your playstyle, this is the same as adc's, you wouldn't play an adc you aren't comfortable with and you shouldn't expect your support to do that either (my weakness is janna and nami)

LF Annie12/9/2017, 3:05:34 PM1 votes

as a tank support i start dorans sheild and 1 pot because it wins trades early really hard.