Supports and ranks after the game
Hello everyone!
First of all - excuse for ranting, but i feel kinda salty right now.
I would like to ask and suppose something. What are performance ranks after the game based on? Are they based simply on damage dealt and killing blows earned? I just got a game with Karma support, i maxed her shield. Had a pretty nice game overall. Finished with 2-2-21 KDA, saved my allies multiple times with the shield, used it to engage fight. In a 28 minute game i placed 23 green and 4 pink wards (I am currently unranked, silver 2 last year, so do not be too harsh on my ward numbers, still was twice as many as the next person in the game) Sure, i was last in my team by gold, damage and kills, but i was a support - my role was to place my teammates in a position, that they could carry me. And, may i say, i think i achieved that. I saved them multiple times in fights, spotted sneaking enemies with wards, helped engages with the AOE movement speed and shields. The result - A- rank. I mean - i am not a good player, by any means, and my rank last season showed that. However i did my job in this game. So - normally I would not care about ranks, but only a S rank gives you them boxes. If i want these S ranks as a support - what am i supposed to do? Max my damage spells, instead of utility ones, steal finishing blows from my carries, spend my gold on damage items, instead of on wards? I have had games with Zyra, playing her full AP, doing exactly that, and - you guessed it folks - S ranks. Personally i do not care too much about skins and chest. I still got the ultimate award - earning another victory, but still - feels bad man.
Tl DR: That end game rank system, IMO, forces more and more people away from the support role. As long as doing actual support job contributes nothing to the rank, that brings the chests.
Sorry for ranting, as I said - I feel pretty salty right now. It was just my cents how to make the support role slightly more attractive. And before you all top, jungler, mid and ADC mains downvote remember - more supports mean shorted queue times.
Thank you for taking time to read and answer. Have a wonderful day!
