Best Aggressive Support?

ArlanKels·Mar 7, 2016·4 votes·25,386 views

Now I'm just a simple little o' boy and all of my primary preferences toward playing are ones of aggression.

As such I thoroughly enjoy a bit of entertainment with Anivia Support and her Q+E or R+E combos which bring forth great devestation upon the enemy.

Howeeevverr. A lot of people rage at me. They do not like Anivia support in the slightest. They find it to be...like..totally wrong dude, or "What a noob", or so on and so forth.

So...what other champs can favor a highly aggressive playstyle as Support? Also as a bonus what items do you consider "Must build" on Aggressive Supports?

21 Comments

Reaper SorakaMar 7, 20165 votes

His passive is 8% Max HP magic damage over 4 seconds. This allows him to build a sightstone without sacrificing too much damage since he can focus on magic pen. Spellthief's into Frostfang, Sightstone, Sorc shoes, Haunting Guise, Rylai's, finish Liandry's and take an armor item like Randuin's, Banshee's or Locket. I like to make sure my defensive item has health, because health is awesome.

Finish FQC when ever you feel you need the active, or replace it with another armor/mr piece once you've finished the other 5 items. The full build will place you well above 3k health with a lot of passive damage, slow with spell hit, stun with spell hit+Q, and some armor/mr.

TheImpLordMar 7, 20161 votes

Upvoted for the right answer. Like really this and Annie are just taking a mid mage lane bully not lane to bully their ADC.

Baby GhoulMar 7, 20163 votes

You don't want to have a set playstyle as support.

There are times when you need to be the passive utility support, and times you need can be more aggressive and harass like crazy. However most people do not know how to play aggressively as support.

Aggressive supports tend to have no chill, and that ends the lane in one of two ways. They pull off a cheesy kill on the support or ADC early, and continue to dominate the lane, but yikes they have no farm. ADC has all the farm while the aggressive support has all the kills. Well you're both going to have a hard time scaling. I haven't seen an AP Brand bot in a while who hasn't done this.

The other way it turns out is you'll be going up against an experienced support main. They know what you're like when you take ignite as support, and they're going to exploit your risky behavior using their ADC, that's stronger than you. This usually ends in you dying, your ADC dying and you having to sit under the turret, or you both die.

Aggressive supports are seeing some popularity in the meta right now because games snowball so far out of control bot lane now, and this spills over into the other lanes. You should learn about bot lane matchups, and when you know, then you can figure out if you can play aggressively in lane. Test the waters a bit. If they're playing safe, then you can probably carve out more room for your team in the lane. If they're not, then you shouldn't be getting caught out.

Also if you're new to supports, and you feel you must be aggressive, at least pick a tank. Leona Nautilus Blitzcrank Thresh

The AP supports are so squishy and require so much more precision and care to be played aggressively. It really takes practice for them.

Unstoppable MonkMar 7, 20161 votes

Annie precision and care? IDK about that.

Trundle Volibear Malphite are better for noobs since they have less stuff to screw up on and have some extra survive.

Baby GhoulMar 7, 20161 votes

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precision and care? IDK about that.

are better for noobs since they have less stuff to screw up on and have some extra survive.

You absolutely need precision and care to support correctly as Annie. She's easy to outplay bot lane, and that's why she's considered a niche pick above silver. If you know how to handle her, then at most she'll just annoy you early and fall off later. She only works in certain comps.

Trundle is not as good as Nautilus at the moment, but still a very good support pick in the right situation. Volibear and Malphite do not have kits that naturally support the ADC like the other champions listed do, so you don't want to pick them often or main them as a support.

Don't be contrarian. Sometimes the best support is a primary support because they stress high utility on top of their lockdown. They aren't good for every matchup, but for they fill out a need the majority of the time and require you to learn less champions, where as off meta picks should be rare, especially in ranked.

When you act like an aggressive support it's important not to forget that you're a support first and foremost. The well being of your team is your top priority. If your ADC cannot sync up with your style, do NOT play aggressively. One of you will die. Many different aspects go into the choosing the support and how you play, which is why it's hard to find a truly good support.

Unstoppable MonkMar 7, 20161 votes

Trundle is better than Nautilus, but not by much. Nautilus is too dependent on team and cannot recover very well if there is something bad that happens early game for randoms.

Volibear is just really strong with the new masteries.

Malphite is basically a Kalista / Yasuo comboer and something to annoy AD assassins with.

They aren't off meta; just not pure support champions.

A8KkXovSOfMar 7, 20162 votes

If you feel like going off meta I find yolo top laners are fun. Not saying its a good idea but are viable. my favorite sup of all time is Shaco

other aggressive non-meta Irelia -Tank first, Garen , Jax - tank item cape/ibg first, Rengar Bush king, XinZhao because xin, Rumble , Tryndamere item 3401 item 3153 item 1317 item 3143 item 3046 item 3812 summoner 3 summoner 14 AP item 3146 item 3092 item 3075 item 3065 item 3115 item 3157 summoner 21

Ranged/ poke Ahri , Malzahar , Jhin , Ezreal , Syndra , Urgot

I think EZ is fun and awesome. item 2301 item 3092 item 3041 also can be risky and not use flash

Remember Windspeakers blessing cap stone works on item 3401 item 3504 item 3190 item 3040 item 3053 item 3222

No flash no lifeMar 7, 20162 votes

I vote karma. She can play agressive against most opponents.

ArlanKelsMar 7, 20161 votes

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I vote karma. She can play agressive against most opponents.

She still exists? :D

Coffee AddictFeb 12, 20182 votes

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MrBuffingtonMar 7, 20161 votes

resumedMar 7, 20161 votes

Leona Nautilus Zyra

TheFrozenChosenMar 7, 20161 votes

Full AP Bard I have like an 80% win rate with him. His damage actually becomes pretty decent. Though I usually hand the kills over.

YumifriesMar 7, 20161 votes

If you're looking for an aggressive support who is also great at all-ins, (offering quite good CC and poke aswell) Go Zyra Her Q+W is excellent for poking with thunderlords, you can either make them take damage, or deny them minions to avoid the damage. E+W is better for engaging with the root.

Build path: item 3098 item 2049 item 3020 item 3151 item 3116 item 3135 or item 3060 depending on if you need more teamfighting or splitpushing presence.

Guyy FieriMar 7, 20161 votes

Leona is nice for aggressive play. I would consider Alistar nice for that as well. Alistar also brings an ability to disengage if need be (so you can maybe correct a poorly engaged fight). Build paths are not always set in stone perfectly. However, there a couple good aggressive Support items you can go for. Zeke's Harbinger is good. Free Crit for your ADC and free AP for you. Reightous Glory, while not being as strong due to a few nerfs, helps aggressive supports, especially those like Leona and Alistar who want to dive the enemy team.

RowanEndMar 7, 20161 votes

Karma watch as the enemy team goes afk from your pokes

GhastlyGhoulManMar 7, 20161 votes

Syndra - I really like her burst and pick potential, and Thunderlord's is really easy to proc on her.

Zyra - Same as Syndra, also she is a very decent anti engage champ as well with the root and the ult knockup.

Nami - I consider her an aggressive support mainly for the catches you try to get on her with not only the bubble, but with how much damage + healing her W does early game.

Lulu - So much harass! Also comes with a lot of utility.

KrinuMar 7, 20161 votes

Ignoring the transplanted midlaners like Brand...

Blitzcrank Zone people by existing. It's not damaging, but it sure as hell is aggressive. Karma The poke queen. Short range, though. Leona She's tanky, but that doesn't mean she isn't aggressive. However, make sure your carry is ready to follow up. Nautilus Similar to Leona, except you're a bit more effective on your own.