Older Supports Need A Form Of Skill Expression These Newer Supports Have

has already skill expression You have to decide between shielding your ally that is dying or your adc to give AD(if it's broken the ad disappears) You have to use your Q and R to stop enemy dashes instead of using it mindlessly You have to not forget about your passive and run in front of your team to give bonus movement speed if you're chasing a target

AND

you can knock through a wall a target with ult if you use it while standing perpendicularly with the enemy and the wall

i may be biased since i fell in love with the champion, but multiple time people give me glory as i do everything listed above. I feel like you can make a huge difference between bad janna players and good janna players

-gH

Can we get a definition on 'skill expression'? like things you can do if your skilled like a thresh hook and lantern? playing bard and USING his ult? have only used that thing once. as it mainly just buys you like 2 seconds for a tower dive.

I think you may be mistaking "Skill Expression" with "Looking Flashy" supports are by no means a group champions lacking a need for skills. They may not look the best as they are better at making others look better but they still have huge impact and require great skills to climb the ranks of LOL.

Face it, is more complex and requires more skill then

requires more positional know-how then

requires more decision making skills then

skill shot is harder to hit with then 's

is a far more complex tank then

All roles have simplistic champions its just that the support role doesn't have many "Flashy/Super Complex hyper-mobile" champions. Rakan looks awesome though! Perhaps we are finally getting our flashing hyper-mobility support.

Gonna have to elaborate on that one bud

"supports"

"skill expression"

pick one

You mean they should require more skill? Well no, we need easier champs for new players.

I agree and disagree. We do need simple supports that don't detract the player's attention from playing the role correctly. This applies both to new players, autofilled players, and support mains, who shouldn't have to main Janna or Lulu just to have someone to take against an assassin heavy comp. (Yes, I'm talking primarily about low-elo, like it exists and is statistically valid)

But my soul yearns for the complicated, the big flashy plays, and the earned kills. I am addicted to Thresh right now- and even M7 I still have the thrill of learning and performing new tricks almost every game. I think his playrate well represents this enjoyable aspect of his kit, and I enthusiatically await more supports of this kind!

Do you mean like how Braum goes "Stand behind Braum!" when you jump to an ally, or are we thinking of two different things?

I just wish that actively using your brain to pick and choose the right targets to buff/debuff instead of auto-binding one spell for only one purpose actually matters.

Because it's not right now. You can be a complete retard and never knowing what the hell you're doing and get rewarded anyways, just because you locked in Lulu.