[Poll] People Who Like Supporting

Erractic Eick·Nov 29, 2016·42 votes·2,452 views

Just a data collection pool to see if we can give some feedback to Riot.

Remember, like and comment so the post gets more attention. It'll increase the odds of a Red seeing it.

PLEASE CLICK THE LINK INSTEAD OF ANSWERING THIS POLL. IT LOOPS TO A POST WITH A LESS BIASED TITLE

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/OG4l0X5t-poll-do-you-like-playing-support

Edit: Yeah, I screwed the title up, and I know the poll will be skewed as a result. My apologies.

Edit 2: I'm adding a link to a new with a less biased title.

66 Comments

zero356Nov 29, 201617 votes

Couple of things I main the role and like it; I don't want to play it 40 times in a row (which I actually did in my climb to gold last season by picking fill). Second this survey is biased; the people likely to look at this thread are support mains. Not saying it's a bad idea, just the execution could use some work.

Erractic EickNov 29, 20162 votes

Yeah, in hindsight, the title needs work, the question could be phrased better, and I really missed the mark on this one. Thanks for the feedback, though!

sirwaterflesNov 30, 20161 votes

best thing about autofill is that fill now doesnt mean sup anymore.

Erractic EickNov 29, 20164 votes

Personally, I enjoy the role, but I fully acknowledge that I'm in the minority. Support lacks the visible carry potential that other roles have, and some people can have fun without that facet of League, but others can't, and they shouldn't be ignored.

ModKnightsKemplarNov 29, 20163 votes

I voted the first one based on my last two weeks of play (I hate saying I "main" anything. it changes, and I suspect it does for most people).

But, your poll isn't necessarily that informative. There's lots of people who enjoy support, and enjoy it consistently, but know it doesn't have equal impact on the game.

Support exists as a position because there isn't enough xp and gold on the map to sustain a full fifth position. The items and strategies surrounding support have served as a means to alleviate that reality and try to allow a fifth full member to exist. It has contributed to the game because it allowed for some a-symmetry and that's interesting.

That doesn't mean that the support player has an equal say in the game, though. To me, that's the key problem that needs fixing. Supporting is fun, supporting is helpful, but it doesn't carry the same impact as other roles. As such, it will always be a problem for queues and for the game. Riot needs to fix the harsh reality that a position with less xp and gold than other positions is going to be less helpful. It's just the cold, hard, truth.

Erractic EickNov 29, 20161 votes

But, your poll isn't necessarily that informative. There's lots of people who enjoy support, and enjoy it consistently, but know it doesn't have equal impact on the game.

I fully admit, the poll is not to be taken as actual science. It has a significant unintentional bias due to the phrasing, and in hindsight, I could have executed it much better. And as to your point about supports not having as large an impact on the game, I would completely agree, to a point. At the higher levels of play, Supports have quite the impact on the game.

ModKnightsKemplarNov 29, 20161 votes

They do, but only in the context of team play. I stilly fully believe it's easier to carry as another role. Even in high elo, people don't want to support as often. There's a reason for that.

NekoniClawsNov 29, 20162 votes

Great role to play when you're with a friend. Really beyond awesome experience =)

And the tactical side to it is awesome, ideally you control bot lane, and later you control the teamfights.

RetQuetzinNov 29, 20162 votes

I stopped maining support last season (#midforlife) but I've recently been enjoying the role again thanks to the new and changed support items in this preseason. It's the first time in awhile that I've actually been excited about my items as support, I feel I actually want more item slots unlike before when I didn't know what to fill them with.

BisaknospNov 29, 20162 votes

i like supporting without being a main but only if i support people who actually use their brain

Hinu HyugaNov 29, 20162 votes

I love being a support main. The feeling of pushing your team ahead with a well placed Hook (Blitz or Thresh) Shield to block CC (Morg) or just taking huge damage, and shrugging it off (Braum, Leona, Alistar) and then the healing and utility of the mage champs (Raka, Sona, Nami, Karma) and then it's just fun eating people and my adc with Tham Kench.

Forhonor321Nov 29, 20162 votes

I don't want to say I hate it, hell I don't really mind going support if I need to or I want a change of position, I just don't want to put up with it every game. I have a few good champs to play as, like Leona or even Bard a bit, but I don't want to be stuck with playing them all the time.

Large MinivanNov 29, 20162 votes

I like supporting once in a while as the walking ambulance: Soraka and in a duo que bot. but otherwise no

khorneyNov 29, 20162 votes

i dont mind supp but season 6 dynamic que left a dead taste in my mouth and made me disliek it. in season 5 and older i chose to supp becuase i felt liek doing it because of the draft then came dynamic and it allowed peopel to refuse to supp and made supp be the reason for losing no matter what and made it so people demanded you be a certain supp which pisses me off btw. cant help it people in this game need to learn to supp instead of refusing to do it

AdeBugNov 29, 20162 votes

you won't get people who hate supporting, not with that title ^^ sounds like a poll _**for **_people who like supporting

Erractic EickNov 29, 20161 votes

Yeah, I immediately regretted the title after I posted it.

iKittenNov 29, 20162 votes

I love being a support main, although it has it's ups and downs. It feels great getting your ADC fed and watching them carry the game. Additionally, with the tweak that makes getting an S easier for supports, it's felt more rewarding. Although, sometimes we get blamed for the ADC's mistakes and it sucks overall in those kinds of games. That's probably my biggest annoyance when I play support.

LEEROY KLEDKINSNov 29, 20162 votes

I'm a support main but i've hung up my support coat recently since im tired of getting carried and i want to try other things.

Battlecast SonaNov 29, 20162 votes

I currently enjoy the role but I feel they're in need of a class update the likes of which marksman/mages/assassins have received.

Currently support itemization is dated in comparison to new mechanics, and the older items are one of the things I think hold supports back. Sightstone feels pretty bad (imo) to keep vision up since it's basically hard countered by a free trinket and the enemies can force me off the map purely by playing the vision game without ever seeing me (feelsbadman, especially if you're an Enchanter with a chalice item because your HP/MP regen is high). Some updated mechanics specifically aimed at support gameplay would go a long way towards making the role feel better... some of the biggest problems right now:

Super boring build paths. All tank supports basically want to make the same items, all enchanter supports basically want the same items, even if they function completely differently than their counterparts, due to the high efficiency of the items when you include actives (Knight's Vow, Locket, Face, etc).

Lack of real safety. Right now, it feels like the lanes need some love. It's currently very difficult (except for someone like Janna) to deal with towerdives in a meaningful way. With the increase in mobility and tanks entering the meta again with CotC, it can be very easy for the tank to assume and keep tower aggro through an entire dive and shrug said tower aggro off with shields from CotC. Everyone has experienced the 4-5man fiesta bottom lane, and it's not fun - either make other lanes more appealing to gank or make bot lane harder...

Lack of champ diversity. We haven't received any real, game-changing supports since Bard (2 years ago), and it would be really nice to see Riot put some effort into developing interesting supports, especially now that they have a better idea of what "classes" of supports they'd like to support (enchanters, vanguards, etc).

Troll for TrumpNov 29, 20162 votes

People who like Supporting:

http://www.ignant.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Ben-Zank_Photography_1.jpg

dunkeroniNov 29, 20161 votes

http://img11.deviantart.net/8c5c/i/2014/074/d/e/soraka_and_jinx_lol_by_vyedwards-d7aavwi.jpg

5000000000000000Nov 29, 20162 votes

bless for the new soraka passive

QuannariNov 29, 20161 votes

To be honest, I feel that if you are a support main, most likely it is common for you to enjoy it, otherwise you wouldn't stay a support main. Personally, I really like the support role. However, I will add that I mostly play a duo bot lane, so I don't end up experiencing all the horror stories that other support mains have because I know my ADC really well. People often mention that "support" is a thankless role, and while that may be the case, I believe that most support mains aren't playing support for the glory. Sure it feels great to be the playmaker, to make that game winning "Madlife play" but I think there is more to the support mentality than that. I enjoy being a team player, helping my team in such a way that they are set up for success. Plus I enjoy shotcalling which works well in the support role.

5000000000000000Nov 29, 20161 votes

Sampling bias :/ Not a lot of people who don't like support would be here, I think.

That said, I used to main support but got tired of not being able to communicate well with my adc, so I main top now. I feel like I do much better in the laning phase now.

SwordOfWarNov 29, 20161 votes

Sometimes you just want that 30 second queue time kappa full AP support

SlntReaperNov 29, 20161 votes

I play AP blitzcrank when i get sup. so yes :P

CowseedNov 29, 20161 votes

I picked 5 because I don't know what it means

CookyPrinceNov 29, 20161 votes

Especially those rare moments where you somehow manage to kill the fed person on their team with an auto attack or they flash from the banana of doom

SanKakUNov 29, 20161 votes

The yeses have it but that's to be expected since the poll is click bait for people that would enter yes.

R2D20Nov 29, 20161 votes

I like supporting when my adc doesn't blow chunks. Can that be a poll option?

HaugheyPuck99Nov 29, 20161 votes

I like supporting, but it's been a lot less fun this season because adcs just feel like they're not even worth it when it comes to late game anymore. Like, I just spent all game protecting this squishy and they're doing just as much damage as everyone else on the team? Might as well play something troll like MF support for the extra damage so it feels like we have some real power coming from bot lane again

BearsOnCrackNov 29, 20161 votes

I like playing support and main it but i think the support class should be rework in a way they feel more needed in the game. They have actualy no carry potential if your getting match up with a adc that is trying out a new champ or is just bad that specific game. You are really bonded at the skills of your adc early game and i think thats wat takes just a little bit of fun out the game.

I have no troubles being bonded to your teammates but i feel like i'm a total waste if i supp people that are just going bad that game. kills is what me get rellevant actualy. Give us a change we can feel more reliant i gues.

Playing soraka is gonna be fun if the one you heal isn't putting out any damage (sarcastic)

reaperteaserNov 29, 20161 votes

i dont really have a main role i play, but support seems to be what i play alot as well as adc. it really helps knowing what each role is able to do.

Snake TownNov 29, 20161 votes

I mained bard in season 6, I really don't like the support items this season though so I haven't played support much

Autrah FangNov 29, 20161 votes

where's the "only if im duo with my adc" option?

SwiftKitten88Nov 29, 20161 votes

i love to support.. i just don't like doing it EVERY game...

GULAG 4 UNov 29, 20161 votes

I like playing leona/tresh and support champions, but I do not like supporting.

zlumpyNov 29, 20161 votes

I dont really play anymore but that mostly due to what happened over the course of the game.

I am a support main btw. I like the new items added but I got tired of old items getting flat out removed or over nerfed. Also supports used to have a lot more impact in lane than they do now. I liked picking a utility mage and still doing ok to good damage, but that isnt really a thing anymore. I liked when tanks were actually tanks and could reliably survive long enough to do their job. That has steadily been nerfed as well.

Overall the game is under going a constant arms race that seems to heavily favor the flashy play makers and high bursters. Recent changes have helped reduce that gap but it isnt where it should be due to the state of the "true" support champs not being in a fun state. Utility supports feel more like a chore to play than they ever did before.

Miku AppendNov 29, 20161 votes

I enjoy it as long as my ADC isn't some brain dead idiot and actually responds to my pings and follows me when I go to ward. Unfortunately, randoms below Plat don't seem to comprehend this.

Fashion MageNov 29, 20161 votes

I like it quite a bit. I'd like it a whole lot more if Riot released support champions more than once every year or two though rather than another 4 fighters.

THE RlVER KlNGNov 30, 20161 votes

I don't main suppport by my main is one. I'm happy to play Tahm wherever but I do top, mid and jungle for both Tahm and my other mains.

Support is great and fun, it can get frustrating at times but I like what the role offers and I'm always happy to step in and play some TK support.

BardcookieNov 30, 20161 votes

I enjoy the role, but its more like..most of the support Champs feel dull for me. Besides ones like Tahm Kench, Braum, Thresh, Bard, and Taric, most others are, heal ADC, Shield ADC, CC Enemy ADC, Heal Team, Shield Team. (Note I know Zyra, Brand Support if a thing..I meant true supports.) Also the fact half the time most ADC mains are just kinda..Dicks at times cause I take 1 cs by accident or something. (ALso a bit tirering to CONSTANTLY have to buy sightstone..)

Dominick DestineNov 30, 20161 votes

Jungle/Support , Multiple year Diamond player.

I'd play Jungle/support a lot more if it wasn't a guaranteed support result each time.

Supreme Senpai69Nov 30, 20161 votes

Everything is fine about support except the need to babysit the ADC. They should encourage more roaming like they did with the assassin update, because if my ADC is bad or toxic there's 30 minutes of straight anti-fun hell ahead of me. The only escape is to roam mid but you'll lose a shitload of gold and EXP in doing so and not all champs can do it

Hinu HyugaNov 30, 20161 votes

If my adc is being toxic towards me. I warn them. If they continue I leave their butts bot, and go other places.

FourVsFiveNov 30, 20161 votes

Support role is a very feminine role, where you do very little and let all the men do the real work.

Hinu HyugaNov 30, 20162 votes

Unless you're playing Braum, Blitz, or Thresh who does a lot of the work as well. I'm sorry, but this analogy make no sense.

cloman100Nov 30, 20161 votes

I used to be a support main until it wasn't fun anymore (post S5) so i jumped onto the ADC cause dash ADCs were popular. Still make supports feel good about themselves by taking blame and saying gj <3 :3*[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]*

DengedenNov 30, 20161 votes

I often default to support because fighting or negotiating over another role is tedious. I enjoy playing it a lot, it's fun to see what you can do with little gold. To light up the map. To control objectives. To notice patterns of behavior in a 2v2 lane. To have the clutch (de)buff ready.

It's arguably my best role which is probably the only reason I even want to play other roles.

Sire HippingtonNov 30, 20161 votes

I used to like wupporting befor thr vision ~~changes~~butchering in S6. Now support still has poor gold and xp compared to the rest but also has troubles actually controlling vision on his own. And even befor, it was a bit iffy. If you had ood mates, especially an adc that works well together with you ion lane, it was great, but if your team, especially your adc, was bad, support fel very frustraiting to me. Though it's similar as adc, if your not on the same page with your support, it's no fun at all. Support/adc simply depend more than any other role on how well you work together with your mates, which always leaves it prone to beeing unfun if not premade. And support on top of that has the issue that you have less resources(both gold and xp) than other players. I dp enjoy the playstyle, both enableing allies in fights aswell as seting up vision and roaming between fights/duering lane and i like playing support champs in other modes or even other positions, i played alot sololane lulu befor she got gutted, but i rarly enjoy playing the support position.