Dead riot: If support was worth playing to have a shorter quo time we'd probably play support more

Hammermancer··2 votes·708 views

Riot, I am writing this not out of anger but serious pragmatism. Almost every game i wind up in we have a support who does not like to support, does not understand the role of support, and does not want to be playing support. Every few games I get forced to play support.

The issue isn't that support champs aren't spicey enough, or that people are biased against the role.. it's that the role isn't very appealing to a large majority of the player base.

If you want people to play support you need to scrap the classic formula, make some stuff that doesn't fit in at a ll, the role is a failed concept and it feels like it holds back itself and a myriad of great champions by forcing them into said role.

how to fix this? I don't know, add another lane maybe? make more support champs, and i dont mean just more people with a heal or whatnot... actually make champions who are geared for support but designed like a solo laner..

maybe you could just make the game a 4v4, basically anything that doesn't involve me having to sac some rune pages for supporting people i don't know and having to spend 20 minutes to an hour playing a role i find to be entirely unenjoyable would be superior than... well forcing me to sac some rune pages for supporting people i don't know and having to spend 20 minutes to an hour playing a role i find to be entirely unenjoyable.....

If i had to choose between the juggernaut rework patch coming back and playing support every four games, i'd choose the juggernaut rework patch.

if i had to choose between buffing yasuo (And making him unbannable) and being forced to play support every four games, i'd probably just go for the yasuo... fuck it... at least im not forced to support

9 Comments

sheldonbunny3 votes

No, the issue is you're literally down in the lowest elo possible and taking personal experience down there as a way to shape the entirety of the game.

Support may be the smallest, but it's full of proud, talented, and passionate people. How dare you to think to take away a beloved role merely because it's not a majority pick. Everyone deserves their brand of fun. Some of us enjoy it by caring for and fiercely protecting our team.

Hammermancer1 votes

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No, the issue is you're literally down in the lowest elo possible and taking personal experience down there as a way to shape the entirety of the game.

Support may be the smallest, but it's full of proud, talented, and passionate people. How dare you to think to take away a beloved role merely because it's not a majority pick. Everyone deserves their brand of fun. Some of us enjoy it by caring for and fiercely protecting our team.

How dare I? Lmfao dude

I'm just sick of getting forced to play it, i dont find it fun `

FioraWillCarry3 votes

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I'm just sick of getting forced to play it, i dont find it fun

You don't find winning fun ? Last auto-fill I got, I cheesed 2 easy wins by locking in Malphite support and just ulting the enemy bot lane whenever it was off cooldown. Two of the easiest carries I ever did since playing this game. And guess what ? I didn't have to play support for like a billion games after.

Suck it up dude and stop complaining.

sheldonbunny2 votes

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How dare I? Lmfao dude

I'm just sick of getting forced to play it, i dont find it fun `

And because you're self centered an entire role needs to be eradicated? You've just invalidated yourself completely.

Oleandervine3 votes

Most people don't like support because they want their e-peen stroked from the glory of a kill count. Once people realize that the bulk of League is not based around KDA, and instead objective control, things will improve. But then, I doubt that will ever happen.

Beldair3 votes

Seriously dude? I main Support..I may not be great at this game (only been playing for almost 2 years) but that is my favorite role.

You can't remove that role from a Moba..look at every single popular Moba and you will see that they all have the same set up (won't include Hots whose lane set up is different): 2 solo lanes, 1 duo lane, and a jungler.

Heroes of the Storm, they embrace the support. In fact, on that game supports are the primary target of the team. (Learned that out the hard way XD)

So before you start saying let's remove this role or get solo lane supports (not in your dreams...besides, I can solo with every support I play... I just build them differently) perhaps stop and think about the few proud Support Mains left in this game.

Kitty Darkstar2 votes

I guess actually enjoying support is pretty uncommon, huh?

Hammermancer1 votes

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I guess actually enjoying support is pretty uncommon, huh?

It really is, I've liked support in the past, but the fact is it's such a gamble. sometimes you just get someone who can't position right. or wont farm right. or goes too hamm against the wrong enemies.

The psychological hangup for me is "My entire success is based on this person's plays", yes i know it's my plays that empower my adc through buffs, or my stuns/snares. But i really just can't deal with that risk of getting forced to support someone who's quite frankly worse than even me... and i'm bad.

Kitty Darkstar3 votes

I'm just gonna put it this way, if the lane depended entirely on how I played then I would have a 0% win rate

Being able to help someone else perform well is worth it to me, though I guess I'm weird in that regard.

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