Supports don't get enough love

MajinBell·1/22/2016, 1:43:48 AM·13 votes·1,565 views

After all the games I've played in the bot lane i noticed that a good support will make a adc look like he's a god, gives vision, destroys enemy vision and gives the team an advantage during the team fights. Let's be honest the support is literally making the plans and making the decisions to go in especially if they play champs like Leona Braum Alistar Janna Nautilus ThreshSona Nami Blitzcrank .

36 Comments

Br4ndon1/22/2016, 10:26:24 AM5 votes

As a support main I can tell you that if your ADC is bad, there is no amount of good plays you can make that will make them look any better. Unless youre playing something like Brand, but thats just you carrying and the ADC not know whats going on. I also believe supports are fine and that they are possibly the most diverse role.

There are obvious counter picks for each support and multiple ways to play each support that you can alter just by building differently. Also most champions labelled by riot as support are very much viable and fit near perfectly in a rock paper scissors match up. (Engage beats Sustain, Sustain beats Poke, Poke beats Engage)

Krigjer1/22/2016, 6:30:20 AM4 votes

My team: Good job 'whatever adc they're playing'

Me: item 3070 after literally handing the adc their kills on a platter.

Illâoi Evê Siôn1/22/2016, 2:01:44 AM3 votes

It's 2016. I think most players know by now that the Support participates just as much, if not more than the Marksman. When a good, melee Support zones you from killing the annoying ADC, it really makes you want to kill that Support instead.

10Tickler1/22/2016, 5:14:06 PM3 votes

Where the community lets us down, Riot shows their appreciation. Free Wards for the entire team, Better GP/5, Better Gold-income items, the past two seasons have been a DREAM

Athenes Lulu1/22/2016, 6:38:57 AM3 votes

It's always the actors getting the credit. The people fighting for wars/revolutions almost always get THE credit. People doing the backstage work, or also what we call "supports"? They don't get as much recognition and fame as people on center stage do, though they are also just as important as the fighters/actors alone.

Just like supports. If they are going to keep their traditional jobs, then they will never get as much fame as carries do.

MyTeamIsAwsome1/22/2016, 4:04:53 PM2 votes

no need to write a paragraph to say we played well. For all the non support main here, a ty or wp will do the job for someone like me :D

RookPusher1/22/2016, 1:59:12 AM2 votes

Amen.

TNHA Baritone1/22/2016, 2:47:07 AM2 votes

So...No Love for Sona?

K

"Let's be honest the support is literally making the plans and making the decisions to go in"

Flash+Crescendo=5 Man Stun or Nah?

Lol I know you meant no malice at all XD Just making a joke

For Carthage1/22/2016, 6:20:17 AM2 votes

On the other side...

A terrible support can make the other ADC look like a god.

AlwaysByMySide1/22/2016, 6:42:21 AM2 votes

Oh look, insecure support mains whining that people don't worship the ground they walk on again. Some things will never change.

TaoistMaster1/22/2016, 2:06:08 PM2 votes

dont leave out Nami

vinyl scratch8081/22/2016, 7:16:09 PM2 votes

as a main (dj) Sona (always gotta drop those beats) im just happy i can help out my team. if i get credit or recognition then sure it makes me happy. but i dont nessasarly need the recognition. if im able to help out my team by giving out heals/shields/attack and movement speed buffs and im able to keep my team in the fight just that much longer to win then im happy

NGNL Asian1/23/2016, 2:43:57 AM2 votes

Oh trust me. I don't know why but everyone wants to play the carry role. Top can carry, mid can carry, jungle can carry, adc can carry. Supports are ignored besides the girl ones mostly (And we know why). For those of you guys who look down at supports. Keep in mind of this. Supports heal you. Shield you. Sacrifice them for you. Ward for you. Destroy wards for you. Buff you. Get you fed. And you damn toxic idiots say a support is bad when he's 0/9 and he/she has 32 assist?! Wrong choices my friends. I personally done it and seen it before. AP sona carry. Alistar carry. Nami carry. Soraka carry. Any support can be strong. Any champion can be strong. DO NOT FLAME THE SUPPORTS!

Canidae1/22/2016, 9:37:27 AM1 votes

Don't really see the problem. Knowing that you were the one responsible for the awesomeness that is a stomp can be rewarding in itself.

Drehirth1/22/2016, 6:15:32 PM1 votes

To be honest I used to main support as an excuse to not know how to Cs lol