Hi friends playing Support in normal games!

420Templar·5/26/2017, 7:29:25 PM·14 votes·1,038 views

Good on you for choosing to play Support! It's a job that many people hate doing, so thanks for being a team player. That being said, seeing as we are playing normals, it's perfectly cool if you want to use an off-meta build. Full AP Bard? Go for it, should be fun. Support Fiddlesticks? Perfect, that's always really fun. Wanna bust out the old Support Sion and E minions all day? Go for it! It's normals, that kind of thing is encouraged.

That being said, you still have one job that you have to do.

Buy this:

That's it. Anything beyond that is really up to you. I don't care. Have fun, do something silly. Just make sure you do your job and buy a Sightstone before you start working on your fun items. It's 800g to buy, and it helps out your team immensely, even in normals.

21 Comments

BALDG1VEN BOOMER5/26/2017, 7:34:41 PM12 votes

That thing does no damage though, what a waste of 800g

RookPusher5/26/2017, 7:35:55 PM4 votes

Wait, Full AP Bard is off-meta?

Hyrum Graff5/26/2017, 11:05:58 PM3 votes

I'm going to have to disagree

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That being said, you still have one job that you have to do.

Buy this:

I'm going to have to disagree with this part. We actually have two jobs:

Buy this:
Place wards with this

It is way more common than I'd like, that I'm playing something other than support and end the game having placed significantly more wards. This is partially because in farming roles I usually keep my yellow trink and buy many (3-8) pinks.

I understand, supports cannot afford that many pinks and also they need to run sweeper so they're missing out on free trink wards. But if you're going to end the game having placed only the 6 wards from your trinket during laning, you might as well have spent that 800g on combat stats.

Shirvallah5/26/2017, 11:15:34 PM2 votes

I think it's fine to not buy a Sightstone if you're in a premade of 5, and everyone collectively agrees that you don't have to. Otherwise, I agree that a Sightstone should be bought at the very least.

kurthl33t5/26/2017, 11:50:25 PM2 votes

Don't forget item 3364

58697132DEL15/27/2017, 12:10:06 AM1 votes

ANNNNND when you do get that and hit 9, change your trinket. You dont need the ability to place 6 wards when only three are allowed really. Get the Blue or Sweeper so you can either long range ward objectives or clear wards as you lay them.

But good thread 10/10 encourages normal casual play while still enforcing a point!

FourVsFive5/27/2017, 4:14:43 AM1 votes

I support main and I do not even buy sight stone, games end so fast its not even worth it.

Solidarius5/27/2017, 10:21:42 AM1 votes

I bought it but how do I use it?