Itemization and tips for being a great support

Acemaster81·Feb 23, 2019·1 votes·974 views

As someone who mained during their first weeks of playing the game, I think there are things I am missing, especially as I start to consider playing competitive. Of my small pool of support champions, I play her the most if my team needs a support or I don't get other roles. With that inn mind, I do harass, I don't know when I should exactly be taking cs, and my positioning and ult timing is not perfect. I didn't even know her ult was global until a month or so ago! This is my thread where I will be asking questions about how to play support better and protect my adc or other team members in both team fights and lane, what I should be/ not be doing, and anything else that I may be missing.

My support champion pool is: and support is a thing, but I don't think he really fits in as a support necessarily so I play him as a support rarely if at all.

3 Comments

y0r1ckFeb 23, 20191 votes

You're better off asking here https://www.reddit.com/r/supportlol/

Speaking of asking I don't see a question.

Acemaster81Feb 24, 20191 votes

Thanks, here's my question

How often should I be harassing the enemy later?

I remember seeing a tip about certain item passives being unable to stack, what items can't be used together?

What items should I be rushing as a Soraka player?

y0r1ckFeb 24, 20191 votes

I don't play soraka so I can't answer your last question.

You should harass the enemy when it is safe and efficient to do so. Safety often means throwing your silence, slow, and an auto attack at the enemy adc as he steps forward to last hit a minion, but keep an eye out for any situation where it will be difficult for your opponent to respond. Remember that your poke must be efficient, or you're wasting your time. You will increase your efficiency by being more accurate, building better items and runes, and choosing better opportunities.

In general don't build items that have the same named unique passive. For example 3 items have a spellblade passive, but even if you build all 3 only one of those passives will work. I say in general because there are some exceptions, you will learn them in time.

Good luck! Support can be really rewarding. Have fun. :)