What I would like to see in Season 8

I know that season 8 is bringing in a LOT of new things that will shake up the meta a lot. There is going to be a lot of imbalance at the start, and there will be a wide variety of things being tested. However, there are a few ideas that I would love to see implemented.

• More variety in tower defense: This is something that I think is important to league of legends (and refreshed in my mind by https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/RmBL7gQ1-i-feel-like-theres-so-many-options-to-destroy-towers-but-theres-none-to-buffprotect-towers). I would like to see some kind of tank item that has an aura that regens nearby tower HP, allowing you to do something to counteract split pushing, or help hold a siege. If not that, perhaps a tank item that allows the tank to, on active, redirect a portion of the damage taken by the tower, to the tank, while also reducing damage to the tower (think of something like , but without the healing).

  The third option I have here is a support item for enchanter that allows them to shield the tower similar to . Perhaps it is a shield that slowly forms when the support is near, or an active with a 45-60 second cd (since minions spawn every 30, this ensures that not even minion wave gets blocked). This could also open up for to disable shields on turrets to make it a more interesting item in and of itself.

• Support items that synergize well with more than just the ADC: I am an ADC main. I love having supports and teammates that build around me. I naturally love to play for late game, and also play hyper carries. That said, there are a number of games where I am not the most influential carry source on our team. I would like to see something like (or , please don't hurt me for saying that) that is designed to be used for MAGES AND ASSASSINS! Something like allowing an active that allows an extra style proc for damage, or maybe a passive like that allows for magic damage to deal additional damage over time or something like that when the support interacts with the mage.

  Alongside that, I would like to see something I want to see is something for tank supports to pair up with bruiser and tanks who are ahead. Think , but allows a sharing of health pool for max health only (so it can't be abused by ADC), or maybe adding additional bonus armor/magic resist to the target and support (again, because ADC does not build a lot of armor and MR).

  Finally for support items, something more for mage supports. I hate them a lot, but the only "support" items a true mage like have are , two of which are from the same item path so you cannot even match them. Giving mage supports something more so it feels like they can be BOTH a damage source, and a support would at least make it feel less all or nothing. You could tune back the stats on it so it is not a soul crushing AP item that all mages would want.

• Higher plant spawn rate in the jungle: I know this one may seem weird, but for me, the plants add a lot of tactical play to the map. Having access to more honeyfruit in laning allows you force a bad trade if you are ahead because you can go heal it up and lets you play more up front. Blast cones allow for sneaking major objectives and risky play, as well as letting junglers have interesting jungle paths. Scryer's bloom let's you play around a specific cone of vision. All of these are interesting mechanics that you go out of your way to use, and have to plan around accordingly to get the most use out of. I feel like this would let really good players show their strength of map knowledge, while not having that big of an impact if the lower CD is not used effectively.