Support really should have Sightstone as a manditory purchase

I know it is not a well liked concept of a forced item, but seriously, it is that important of an item. Supports by definition are meant to assist the team. Mainly it is done by adding utility, vision, CC, and maybe a defensive front line, but is is not meant to be a carry role. Carry supports are a contradiction all together. You cant support while trying to be the carry. It just doesn't work. If you do not want to be the support, then don't queue as one. If you get auto filled, then either dodge, ask to swap roles with someone else, or suck it up and support for a game. It is literally the easiest role to play.

Now, many of you will ask one or more of the following questions:

• **"But what if we swap roles, won't I still have to build the Sightstone since I was drafted as the support"? **
  • Its a good question, and I offer a good solution. Allow for role swapping in champion select. That way whoever is decided to be playing the support for the team, has the Sightstone.
• "How would you ensure that said support actually builds one"?

• Easy. You are only allowed 1 full item and tier 2 boots before you are forced to build a Sightstone. If at level 9 the do not have a Sightstone, but have the gold for one, on return to base one will be purchased automatically and the rest of the items become available. If you do not have the gold yet, you will be unable to purchase anything else besides up to 5 health pots and 2 control wards starting once you reach level 9. If you are past level 9 and sell / refund an item without having a Sightstone, one will be purchased automatically if the returned gold gives you exactly or more than the amount needed to purchase a Sightstone. (note that you would be unable to sell the Sightstone as the support).

• "Why should the Support have to be the one to build the Sightstone?"

• Simple. You are the support, meaning your role's main function is to provide the utility for the team's carry roles to succeed upon, which includes vision control. Also, you have the Luxury of building a gold generating support item which can build into a Sightstone. While yes these items are open to all, no other role can utilize them as well as other, more standard, non-support starting items. They usually are more of an alternative if you desperately need the gold gen, and usually only bought by the mid laner (besides the support obviously).

• "What if another role builds one, like the Jungler?"

• Good for them. Now your team has 2 Sightstones. They can sell theirs, but you must keep yours.

• "Everyone has trinkets, shouldn't that be more than enough?"

• Nope. It will never be enough unless the enemy team also follow that mindset which is almost guaranteed to not happen, so stop using it as an excuse.

• "But what if I don't wanna build one?"

• Too bad. The rest of the team doesn't want to play a game without vision. You are the support, and it would be your job now to build one. The role is not called "The Other Bot Lane Carry", it is called "Support".

• "What if I just don't use it anyways?"

• While true that no one can "make" you use it, if the only reason that you are not is just out of spite, than that is being a toxic teammate. Basically it comes down to this. You have to have it, so you might as well use it, and it does not hurt you to do so, so you might as well.

(EDIT:) This could be a ranked only thing too