I was looking for champs to buy and I see some support champions. And I get an idea for playing as a support.. And the second thing I wonder about - Is it worth to main as a support?
I want to know is it worth to main a support role, and if yes what champions are good for supporting (more for season 8) Thanks if you awnserd :)
MysterQ2 votesIf you enjoy support, sure you can main it. But if you hate it, don't main it obviously.
What ELO are you? changes the support. And changes the answer to question 1 a bit. I am/was a silver support main. But I currently queue Jungle/Support. I feel more impactful as jungle than I do support. At the same time, I always hope to get support, but I never do. My logic is, if I get support that means a real jungler is on our team AND I am support so we aren't autofilled. At the same time if I don't get support, it means a real support is on our team. I think it is more a confidence thing though. I was climbing easily at 60% WR into Silver1. but then I started deranking even if my AD went 3-0. So I wanted to try new stuff. I am sure you an climb fine as support (I went from B2 to S1). I just started to feel bad if I couldn't carry my lane botside.
At the same time, a real jungler will always crush me. But in my ELO, I am ok to jungle and make teamplays.
For season8, heck it is too new. We can't say. I think POKE is really strong though in low ELO. Damage output seems very high and people don't have defenses. That said https://koreanbuilds.net/ shows many tanky supports still in play.
ValgauBanana2 votesThank you for your reply <3 [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]
A Dominatrix1 votesIf your main goal is to actually climb then your going to have to duo with an adc that you trust and that trusts you cause playing with random adc mains wont let u climb very well. If your playing support for the fun of it and u just want to play the role then yeah go ahead. Ive been maining Tahm Kench support and have been playing with different adc friends this preseason in order to find who would best work for me so we can try and climb together. I enjoy playing tahm kench a lot but you need to find your own class of support. Do you wanna be a shield abuser: Lulu and janna are probably your champs. Damage supports: brand, lux, zyra, full ap bard/sona, karma. Peel/hard engage: nautilus, rakan, alistar, braum, Leona, taric, tahm kench, shen. Playmakers: thresh, blitzcrank, bard. Healers: soraka, sona, nami. other: zilean and morgana these two don't provide too much just super annoying. Then theres the weirdball ivern but hes way better suited to the jungle role.
FOR JUSTICE1 votesIf your trying to climb out of bronze, DONT solo it, youll get paired with ADC's that do nothing but run it down 1v5 and hunt for kills. In botlane, its supposed to be symbiotic, so therefore, you want an adc you can trust, prefferably with voice chat because its all about synergy
Right now, taric alistar and leona are in pretty good spots
MysterQ2 votesB2 and B1 actually had some pretty quality ADCs. I can't speak for lower than that because I didn't play support then. But honestly in low ELO you can just play Annie support and carry games until you get good ADCs.
I would take a good B2 ADC over a S3 filled ADC anyday.
ChaddyFantome1 votesYou can climb pretty hard on support once you get out of Bronze.
PurpleMicrodot1 votesI main Support, have for two seasons. I don't really rank much. I play my ten games at the end of each season. This year I hit bronze IV, solo - not really interested in raising that until, as stated above, I can find an ADC I can work with. SOOOOooooo... given that, here's my two cents:
The quality of your ADC will greatly effect you, maybe even ruin you. Example: If I'm 1/0/1 but my ADC goes 0/4/0, I'm going to start dying trying to hold the lane. One because they are fed, two because my ADC is either doing things to die or dead in base and lastly and most importantly, my gold is directly tied to the ADC's farm. If the ADC is going all in, not farming and/or dead all the time leaving me 1 v 2 and zoned out then I'm broke and horribly behind. It generally snowballs from there. And guess who the team flames? Which brings me to my second point.
Support is the most flamed, least honored and thankless role. If you do your job perfectly, the ADC gets all the honor. In the above example, it's YOU who they will blame. ADCs are the WORST! They will flame you when they die and OFTEN. Example: I ping low mana, the ADC all ins. All I can do is AA.... he's DOA. "!" and "?" pings everywhere! Every time he dies, I get flamed. And as it snowballs, the others join in even if you are doing well. It stings, man. Especially when you chose your champ around them and did all you could for them. And GOD FORBID that you should ever accidentally kill a minion! Or kill an enemy champ! Which brings me to the next point.
If you like Ss (I DO), you'll have the hardest time getting them if you do your job right. Even with 20+ assists you need a few kills for a Support S. You'll get flamed to hell and back for any KS - supports don't get to have kills in most players mind. Plus your item build is usually geared toward protection not kills. Some utility mages can still get some kills but it seems to be a tank Support meta now. ADCs should love this. We tank the damage, take all the risk and they get all credit. If we die tanking while they screw up their combos, you guessed it... our fault.
Finally, the honor system. I usually only get one honor if my adc does well. If he sucked, no honor. If he does great by every kill that I GAVE him, he might throw me one. But the rest go to him. Occasionally I'll play for myself if my ADC is bad. I'll get flamed for it... at first. But if I get enough supganks and assists, I may get a few honors. Only ONCE I got three with high kills and assists over garbage from them. But again, getting kills with Support gear is challenging. It's ultra rare for a Support to carry. And if you do, you likely get flamed instead of honored.
NOW. If you can handle all that, it's an awesome role. I've got a pretty tough skin, draw fulfillment from my own accomplishments and don't look to others for self worth. I get great satisfaction from making beautiful team plays, the perfect peel, the timely buff that saves the fight. I know I just saved their asses. That's enough for me. But a "gj" does feel nice. They don't notice the things Supports do in low elo. I'd suspect it gets better the higher you get where they are mature enough to recognize. In proplay, it's the Support who shines. It's the most demanding and versatile role in the game. Why play anything else?
To get the most out of the experience, mute, mute, mute. And if your ADC sucks, play his role. Sometimes you have to. If he won't farm, take it. If he keeps going all in under bad circumstances, let him die instead of risking both of you. If your lane is secure, leave him. Some ADCs think you are there for their every whim. You aren't and don't put up with that BS.
ADCs take note: If you treat me with a shred of decency and can halfway play this game, I WILL TURN YOU INTO A GOD! That's where my satisfaction comes from.... If you flame me, you'll get muted and maybe I'll peel to keep you in lane.
SciFi Scrivener1 votesHardstuck S7 Bronze support main. I enjoy the support role, between vision control and roaming for lane advantages, there is a lot going on. Then you also need to keep your carry alive, which is the hardest job in Bronze.
The biggest warning I give is to have a thick skin if you main support. ADCs love to blame support for their mistakes. Jungles blame support for not tanking towers for their ill timed dives. Support get's taken for granted by many players.
But if you can ignore the blame, the praise will come when you keep them alive or keep your lanes healthy. Focus on supports that can peel and damage. I've been playing a lot of Lux, Zyra, Morgana, and Leona. Support tanks are useful also: Nautalus, Blitz, Maoki, or Gragas. Thresh and Tahm Kench are always fun. Part of what I enjoy about support is the variety of champs you can play in that role.
Good luck if you chose to main support.