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Perhaps a way to make Support more Fun and Dynamic, but you probbaly won't like it.

Mimy·11/16/2016, 3:09:06 PM·2 votes·1,448 views

What if Mid lane Switched with Bot to where we would have the ADC and Support going mid, and the resident Midlaner going Solo bot?

I know, I know, I know, it sounds bad but before you pick up the torches and pitchforks hear me out.

First off THIS ISNT ABOUT THE ADC. We're not kicking the mid lane out of the "Spotlight" and putting the ADC there, it's not the point.

#The point of this post is to perhaps Persuade you (The Audience) of the PERKS to haveing a Centralized Support.

I would like to start off that, this would make supporting a lot more harder than it is, because you will now have many more jobs than you would normally have at bot lane. That and the biggest collaborator to the support on the team is no longer the ADC, but the JUNGLER. So you might see more jungle and support Duos, than an ADC and Support Duo. Why?

Because from this vantage point the Support of mid lane will have to keep vision on a few numerous places on the map to keep both his mid lane safe, and work with the jungle to secure objectives and control throughout the map over the duration of the game.

A Fellow Prestigious Board member, Had this to say..

"Support mid lane kinda makes sense due to the roaming and warding. objective control you could legit effect all 3 lanes and jungle by being centralized on the map and the duo mid could force an easy mid turret creating alot of map control and game play. and just as the support could effectively roam the laner could do so as well ... so you potentially could see 3 man roams and ganks from mid with duo lane and jungler"

Because of the potential for the support to cause such a big impact in the game if they were centralized. More people will probably be willing to support, many people choose not to support because they feel like they can't "Carry" hard enough. The current system makes the Support rely upon the Skill of the ADC, and we can't do ANYTHING to help our jungler or TOPLANE, this system would allow us to help EVERYONE! Not just the ADC..

#I am not there to "Babysit" I am there to "Support"

#So I have talked about the advantages of this for the Support, what are the Advantages for the Midlaner sent bot?

Well if this became something along the lines of meta, Bot would be a 1v1 like it would have been at Midlane, but it kind of comes with a few perks..

  • first off Midlane is TOO OPEN for one warding trinket to handle. Midlaners tend to fall victum to jungle ganks the most I think because of this. You can't tell me, that after placing that 1 charge down and having about 40 seconds for the next one HELPS YOU FEEL SAFE. - Moving midlaners to bot would kind of be like putting them at toplane, but with 2 big bushes and not 4 small ones. Anywyas you can easily put 1 ward, and a control ward down, to feel safe in that particular lane.

  • Secondly when everyone groups mid, who tends to get all the CS Quickly? The ADC... Leaving none for who was the actual mid, this causes alot of midlaners to be angry after laning phase... Botlane would be perfect because not alot of people really think about it as often.

I would like to know your feedback, what would be a few CONS to this?

11 Comments

Erockandroll11/16/2016, 3:18:26 PM3 votes

The reason you have your mage mid is because it's the short lane. Making it a safer option for a squishier target. Now granted the ADC is also Squishy, but they have the benefit of being in the duo lane. Putting a mage in a long lane will make them too vulnerable to ganking to really get that to work.

The only way I could see that working is if your replaced the mid lane role with a second top laner. But that might leave your team comp in a weird spot, if you end up with 2-3 Bruisers on your team.

Quepha11/16/2016, 3:55:13 PM1 votes

And then the solo bot laner gets destroyed in a 1v2 while the solo mid laner just cs's from under turret.

There's a reason 1-1-2-1 lanes became dominant.

Head Connoisseur11/16/2016, 3:56:50 PM1 votes

Some cons off the top of my head:

Mid laners were typically sent mid because they have the strongest roaming potential or shoving potential to punish opponent roams. Sending them bot cuts the lanes they can gank in half unless you want to make tp necessary on them. They also typically need a blue buff in order to effectively teamfight or abuse opponents; something that is now half a map away.

By sending the adc mid, you are now jeopardizing your late game dps in order to have the support be able to ward easier. I'm gonna use some of your own points against you here, in that mid lane can be gank ed from more angles than any other lane. How many games have you had where your adc is 0/7 by 10 minutes in, and you can already taste the ff? Now imagine if your adc could be gank ed by both the top and mid laner w/o top even needing to burn tp.

Rebonack11/16/2016, 4:14:13 PM1 votes

The best way to make Enhancers fun to play is queing up for a match on the Crystal Scar since they aren't the designated ward bitch and gain access to the same amount of gold and XP as everyone else.

Too bad no one played Dominion and now it's gone.