What happened to supports, an explanation.

Okay long time ago the mata found a new golden champion called Karma. This support could not only provide normal support utility but also damage. This has lead to supports for going common low damage high utility biulds in favor of just more damage. Champions like have all but reinforced this damage support meta. Unfortunately many mid players have discovered that you can play a full mage "support" and have a much shorter wait time. In fact there is this really cool item called that makes it so you don't even have to farm. You just do what ever you want and you get gold. This has also lead to the decline of the items as they do not fit in the "full damage" build. And after all you can always just buy and use your so your not losing out on vision right?

I have seen this problem creep its way up all the way to gold so I know this is not just some passing fad. As a support main I have dedicated myself to learning the hows and whys of what makes a good support. What I am seeing slowly make its way up the ELO is not good supports. Vision has become a very binary line item for a team. Either your team knows how or doesn't. One or two players per team can no longer cover all the possible problems that come with the new dragons, rift herald, and red and blue buffs.

The new damage support meta is fine. But it needs to be put back in the hands of those wise enough to understand what it means to play a support and the sacrifices that entails.