Should Supports Leave A Slot Open For Control Wards?
I'm in silver elo so no one else ever wards. When late game rolls around and I can afford one last item, should I buy it instead of keeping a spot open for control wards?
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I wouldn't leave an entire slot open for just control wards. That one ward can't possibly have the same strength as an entire item.
Generally, it's better to buy the last item and just use your Oracles Trinket (since it'll have a very low CD by late game).
If it's super late game and you really need a control ward for that game-ending baron or elder, or to defend your base from a TP backdoor, you can sell one of your items to get a control ward and set one down (assuming you have the gold to buy your item back again).
In general your sightstone should be enough. It's better to have full build late game so you can help in fights. Just make sure to tell your team to play around where you have vision (aka place vision where they want to play)
I'm in silver elo so no one else ever wards. When late game rolls around and I can afford one last item, should I buy it instead of keeping a spot open for control wards?
LOL, no.
First of all, I come from the school of anti-meta that says "If the Support is getting a 
then they should be getting a 
" since the 20% item cdr also affects the wards, therefore, we'll have more blue (permanent) wards. The jungle should take sweeper.
But as to the large issue here - supports are already cash/exp starved. Denying them yet another item is stupid.
I'm in silver elo and people ward all the time. The main reasons I lose are, bad team comp, bad decision making, tilting out