Top 4 Supports to master?

Trogmar··2 votes·818 views

Who would you say are the best supports to play, also in which situation would you use them?

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Michael7022 votes

Soraka Soraka Soraka Soraka

Trogmar1 votes

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Soraka Soraka Soraka Soraka

Hhmmmm

KcbmsQxbPL1 votes

Nerfs inbound

Gary B Enkelis1 votes

I think Alistar is good. He may fall out of popularity at times but I think he comes back. I can't think of a situation where his kit is useless. Parts may be countered but not the whole. I dunno.

Up against poke? Max heal. Up against engage? Knockback / knockup. Want to engage? Knockback + knockup, or flash. Want to hit someone into your tower or team? Flash + knockback. Want to dive? Ult. Want to push? Trample passive. They have Morgana? AOE knockup. You get caught? Ult, self peel, heal. Minor mobility by headbutting into enemies / neutrals over walls (I think this works).

I dunno.

Linna Excel1 votes

Ali is good if you have a yasuo on your team.

You are going to have a yasuo on your team eventually.

Yrzen1 votes

Not really easy to say given champions are better than others given their individual niches. If you're looking for a variety of Supports, here are some champions with characteristic strengths:

Cancerous Damage Support: BrandVelkozZyra Healing Support: NamiSonaSoraka Engage Support: BlitzcrankLeonaNautilus Disengage Support: JannaLuluTahmKench

Trogmar1 votes

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Not really easy to say given champions are better than others given their individual niches. If you're looking for a variety of Supports, here are some champions with characteristic strengths:

Cancerous Damage Support: BrandVelkozZyra Healing Support: NamiSonaSoraka Engage Support: BlitzcrankLeonaNautilus Disengage Support: JannaLuluTahmKench

Awesome list thank you.
Generaly speaking is it. Heal into poke Poke into tank Tank into heal With proper disengage mixed in as needed? Of the list are there ones you recommend more then others? I currently own brand,velkoz,zyra,soma,soraka,blitz,leona and janna. Of the ones you mentioned

Maximum Morde1 votes

Just pick soraka into everything except blitz and collect ur freelo

Yrzen1 votes

Most matchups aren't very black or white, so your comfort playing a champion can mean more than the actual circumstances in which you play it. (Outside of really specific matchups like Heimerdinger vs Syndra) Nami and Sona for example have good poke, and several poke champions have unfavorable matchups against tanks because of their ability to engage on them. (taking away their ability to poke)

Support champions are often picked based on their team's needs, particularly outside of laning phase. (which that list was made around) For example, Brand, Vel'koz and Zyra can make up for the lack of AP damage in other lanes. Champions like Karma or Bard can help your team get in on the enemy team, and champions like Janna can stop your team from being gotten in on by enemy Karmas, Sivirs, or divers. Champions like Lulu, Tahm Kench, Soraka or Morgana can keep your ace carry protected, while others still, like Braum and Nautlius, can serve as your team's front line. Each champion has not just one, but a mix of strengths that makes them useful for a variety of purposes, and even past all that, you can have Support AP Ezreal or Varus carry everyone just because the player likes them.

I recommend focusing on your favorites and using them as you see appropriate. You already have a healthy mix of champions for many situations.

The Deckowner1 votes

Blitzcrank and Thresh are the two best supports to master.

Trogmar1 votes

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Blitzcrank and Thresh are the.two best supports to master.

When would you pick one over the other?

The Deckowner1 votes

Thresh is much more versatile, it's better to pick Thresh in 90% of the time. But against certain match ups(soraka etc) Blitz is more snowbally.

ShriekMauler1 votes

I like to main support role and have a few lvl 5 and 6 supports I wanted to throw in my 3 cents here. Leona is very good for any bot lane with someone who needs you to lock down a high priority target. She's the bulldog of the supports, very anti Aggro if they get too close but also good on the engage and lock down if someone needs killed. Pick her into squishy targets. Thresh is good for almost any comp. some adcs don't want him (mostly varus/sivir) but he has a lot of cc in his kit and a good shield to drop down in group fights to give your ally a boost in the fight or make a clutch save. If you can learn him, he's an excellent support. Maokai is also another favorite support of mine. Not many play him as such but his kit is really good. Passive helps to sustain him in lane (since you'll be sharing the lane with 3 other people casting spells). He also has a good short range gap closer and root for high priority target nullification, a knock back on his q, long range temporary vision saplings that also chase enemies and deal damage, aaannd his ultimate reduces damage to any ally in it while active, then deals damage back based on how much y'all took when it finishes. Also too keep this post short, Nautilus and Soraka can be situationally very good picks too to learn.

Gary B Enkelis1 votes

I would pick Thresh into Blitzcrank because Thresh has a longer ranged grab.

I'd probably pick Thresh over Blitzcrank if their team has tanky engagers ( Alistar ) who I don't want to accidentally pull in to my team.

Generally I'd say Thresh is a better Support than Blitzcrank because of the difference in utility (Lantern, hook, flay and box over grab, self speed, single knockup, aoe silence burst / random single target damage that can push). I dunno. Blitzcrank is fun and a playmaker. I dunno.

Blitzcrank doesn't have a ranged autoattack.

They're both going to be alright into someone like Soraka or Jinx though. Low mobility champs (hard to dodge grab) that die fast.

Linna Excel2 votes

As someone who plays a lot of soraka, I have to disagree with blitzcrank.

Thresh is a good choice if you are willing to put 100+ games into him in normals first.

The Deckowner2 votes

As someone who has lv7 Blitzcrank I have to say Soraka is one of the esiest match up.

Linna Excel1 votes

boo! boo! hiss! boo!

:p

The Deckowner1 votes

statistically soraka has a 54% win rate but against blitz the win rate drops drastically to 49%

Linna Excel1 votes

Yep. That's why I try to ban out blitz whenever I play soraka.

The Deckowner1 votes

I never ban Soraka but my team always ban her

soraka in patch 6.19 lul

Gary B Enkelis1 votes

There are other problems for Soraka .

Thresh Leona Nautilus Alistar

Maybe I'm being too generous with this list. I dunno.

Linna Excel1 votes

Compared to blitz, I don't mind those 4 as much when I'm on Soraka.

Linna Excel1 votes
  1. Janna as she's the bar for supports
  2. Sona because heals/damage and late game presence
  3. Soraka because heals
  4. Annie/Zyra for CC/off mage support
warpenguin5551 votes

Bard Thresh Braum Soraka

Astôlfo1 votes

Bard/Thresh/Lulu/Tahm are probably the 4 most difficult.

Trogmar1 votes

Really great advice, thank you all

The Boring Nerd1 votes

Morgana Nami Lissandra Leona : Supports that have lots of CC Thresh Blitzcrank Skarner : Supports that pull people to their death Sona Janna Soraka : Supports that have high win rates Zyra (Zyra has lots of CC too) Ziggs Brand : Cancerous Supports Braum TahmKench Malphite : Meat shield Supports Anivia TahmKench Trundle : Supports that can troll Bard : The only Support that should be played Alistar : Supports who are obsessed with milking tits

Trogmar1 votes

[{quoted}](name=The Boring Nerd,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=8utlcRKe,comment-id=0008,timestamp=2016-09-22T04:16:32.612+0000)

Morgana Nami Lissandra Leona : Supports that have lots of CC Thresh Blitzcrank Skarner : Supports that pull people to their death Sona Janna Soraka : Supports that have high win rates Zyra (Zyra has lots of CC too) Ziggs Brand : Cancerous Supports Braum TahmKench Malphite : Meat shield Supports Anivia TahmKench Trundle : Supports that can troll Bard : The only Support that should be played Alistar : Supports who are obsessed with milking tits

Haha. Well done

Trogmar1 votes

Thanks yrzen. Ill try a couple new ones out then pick a mix of favourites.

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