Probably Unpopular Opinion of a Support Main

SikhRS··2 votes·550 views

It's a little selfish, but as a support main I like being in the minority. Maining a role that others don't want to play makes me feel a bit special and needed. It seems a lot of the player base don't find support as fun of as the others since you make yourself "less powerful" for the sake of the team and not being the one who directly carries (in terms of kills and damage dealt), but I don't mind it and enjoy embracing it. Other than playing a role I enjoy so much, I'm glad to be the guy who steps up and provides a needed service.

I hear there are some planned changes in the hope of making support more appealing by providing buffs to items, champs, and style of gameplay used by supports. The selfish side of me is not excited about all of these planned changes at the moment. As a support main climbing the ranked ladder, I think there is a decent chance in the current system of laning against non-support mains which works well in my favor. Plus, I personally enjoyed being able to make the best out of limited resources (gold and lvl disadvantage). Pulling off good plays and tactics with limited resources feels pretty rewarding, and I've heard plenty of times from other players that they couldn't handle playing support. Again, it feels good to be proficient at a role that few want to play but is needed. It's like we support mains are valued because of our rarity/ability to turn tides of games. But don't get me wrong, I'm not currently against changes. If the changes are successful in making the game more fun overall and fixing queing problems for the rest of the player base, it'll be good for the community, and as a fellow member, I'll be glad for a better community.

If any fellow support mains read this, what do you think? Anyone else willing to turn support mains if the role is buffed?

6 Comments

ShinkoMinori2 votes

I play support, its my main since season 3. But I only played 1 support per season:

AP Sona support: Season 3 AP Fiddle support: Season 4 Leona: Season 5 AP Velkoz: Season 6

I got gold by supporting always. I also do more damage than my adc or anyone else most of the time.

Athenes Lulu2 votes

Don't worry, you're allowed to have an opinion and a way to voice it.

Trust me, it's the little "elitism" that some people just prefer having. For instance, I like unpopular stuff, and sometimes even hope Lulu never gets buffs so I can have something to brag about.

Linna Excel2 votes

Anyone else willing to turn support mains if the role is buffed?

Depends on how the changes happen. I wasn't too fond of the planned changes to leona and sona. I'm thinking that zyra probably needs to lose base damage and get a little more scaling damage, but I like the extra plants.

Jeddite1 votes

I want people to play support because they enjoy playing support (e.g. me), not because they think_** "SUPPORT OP FREELO"**_.

SikhRS1 votes

xD Yeah that's good reasoning. Tbh, I personally think "SUPPORT OP FREELO" sometimes, and other times I think support is tough since you can do very well and still not get your team to dominate. I remember one game I spoon fed my team as blitz and we still lost, but granted, I made a couple of minor mistakes as well. I didn't highlight it enough in my rant, but I actually love support. I loved supporting since about starting and learning this game. I don't play it because I tend to think it's op, but because I've pretty much always been a support main and enjoy it. Just buffing the role would kinda lose some prestige to those who already play it in my opinion.

Pupel1 votes

Some supports feel more rewarding than other imo. When you Braum E the MF ult you feel like a god or when you Soraka heal your team through a teamfight. However some supports feel kinda bleh like Sona where you cant really see what you are doing. Or Leona where you are super reliant on your team to make you look good. Also Supports tend to feel weak as when you get jumped on by a enemy many supports cant escape or duel there oppenent so you feel constantly like you need to wait on people to make plays

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