Supports having a hard time getting high Ranks in games

SupportthePoros·Dec 28, 2017·2 votes·465 views

So, I main support, and I have been working to get them to M7. As a support I do my best to try to insure kills for my teammates and not take kills. But it seems that the only way to get a high rank in a game is to get kills. Which takes kills away from my ADC, my JG and other lanes. If a support gets to many kills then they a lot of the time get their other teammate mad at them and start tilting or cant start snowballing. Is there a way to alter how support get rated so that we can get the ranks that we need/deserve/ Im not trying to say that I am a Pro but I know when I have had a good game and feel like I should be getting a better rank than I am getting.

3 Comments

OxyrottenDec 28, 20171 votes

What is the rating system for supports anyway?

Is it just gold generation? I know ward placement used to count towards carries even, but it seem's like they did away with that.

Sona PingDec 28, 20171 votes

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So, I main support, and I have been working to get them to M7. As a support I do my best to try to insure kills for my teammates and not take kills. But it seems that the only way to get a high rank in a game is to get kills. Which takes kills away from my ADC, my JG and other lanes. If a support gets to many kills then they a lot of the time get their other teammate mad at them and start tilting or cant start snowballing. Is there a way to alter how support get rated so that we can get the ranks that we need/deserve/ Im not trying to say that I am a Pro but I know when I have had a good game and feel like I should be getting a better rank than I am getting.

That doesn't matter because it's not a K/D measurement. Just heal, shield, whatever your champion does while playing well and you'll get it quickly.

JeLLöDec 28, 20171 votes

From a support main who gets S's fairly regularly:

KDA matters pretty significantly (this does not mean steal kills). 1-2 extra deaths can have a big impact. Your kill participation is generally a bit low (for your recent normal mode games). Trying to get yourself more involved will naturally help here. For example - lets say you make a play bot and push to enemy tower and ADC backs. You still have plenty of life/mana. Instead of backing with him roam mid, get deep jungle wards, roam to jungle. Basically, use all your opportunities. Always be on the lookout for opportunites to collapse and react quickly (enemy jungler invades for example)