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Dear Top, Mid and Junglers... sincerely, your tanky supports

Yonsu·9/22/2016, 3:57:53 PM·147 votes·6,755 views

I posted this on Reddit, but for those of you who don't go on the league subreddit, here's a copy pasta

Dear top, mid and junglers, whenever I, your tanky support, am with you when a minion wave shows up please do not be alarmed. You don't have to expend your mana or energy inefficiently just so I don't get a cs. I get that you want gold, but we don't run on gas y'know; we need gold too. When you see some white balls circling me it means you're gonna get the gold and HEAL a little bit if I get the killing blow. When I approach your lane as a Leona and press q while heading towards a minion, that's not your cue to q that damn minion. It means sit back or attack another minion, get that gold, get my gold, and HEAL a little. Everyone bashes on the adc all the time, but at least they know our poor souls need money too and let us last hit when we have white balls. Heck they even ping cannons if I forget (of course for heal too). So yeah, when we show up to your lane you don't have to get your guard up

Sincerely, Your tanky supports.

TL;DR : Top, mid laners and junglers, please read the passive effect of relic shield/ Targon's Brace/ Face of the Mountain.

148 Comments

Navarune9/22/2016, 4:01:58 PM56 votes

It's a sad life when you're Nautilus or Alistar support with four shield procs, walk up to a huge wave late game and think, "Yus, two cannons! I get shinies!!" Then your team shows up, and your millenia-long attack animations prevent you from getting even one cs.

Kled Man Walking9/22/2016, 4:10:07 PM23 votes

tbh a fully upgraded targon's should also proc and consume a chare whenever one of your teammates last hits a minion

it'd be silly in laning but by the time you have that you're typically shifting closer to the teamfighting/grouping phase

FostXTV9/22/2016, 4:47:57 PM8 votes

Supports need more love, they are mothers of adcs. Baby cries because its hungry, thirsty.. Support gives everything to them, they care about you while you are little so you can care for them when they are old and harmless. We all should help our supports, our mothers and fathers, our life guards, our everything on early stages. Change the way you think.

#CareForSupports

Mira Arya Enthe9/22/2016, 3:59:23 PM7 votes

Good post mate. #leonalife

Rockm Sockm9/23/2016, 2:47:44 AM5 votes

Like tanky supports even exist.

ALl I see in silver are mid's who didn't get there primary role and go support Malz/lux.

BakedLotion9/23/2016, 1:36:46 AM5 votes

The thing is, in mid-game and late game, it's more important to push lanes rather than farm... I'm not gonna spend an extra 5 seconds for you to auto every minion when i can just instaclear it and roam

ViciousSummoner9/23/2016, 12:40:03 AM5 votes

brings item 3302 to lane adc takes all the cs keeps telling you to stop stealing cs

TotalJerk9/23/2016, 12:16:23 AM4 votes

Tanky supports

So basically all supports at low elo that actually want to win because lets be honest, top and jungle are gonna pick a fucking carry regardless of what the comp needs.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo9/22/2016, 4:07:17 PM3 votes

that is why after laning phase if i started the game with item 3097 i change it over to a item 3069 so i get gold for the killing cs and i dont have to worry about it plus i go fast

Sir Fuzzi9/23/2016, 2:59:29 AM3 votes

Listen. People still don't know what Grievous Wounds is, or why (or against whom) you'd build it.

I love that you're coming out with this in an adult and peaceful manner, but even if you were brimstone and salt you'd still be engaging a futile effort.

Bless you, but just know you're barking up an empty tree.

Vistrall9/23/2016, 6:26:32 PM3 votes

Yeah I never got the reason why people got so mad over supports taking cs when they have relic shield.

I guess if you're Nasus then you wouldn't want a support taking any farm but then again a support shouldn't be going top just to split cs and heal.

FantasySniper9/22/2016, 10:33:04 PM2 votes

I honestly don't know why they haven't made it automatic.

If a nearby teammate or the support missing any health, the next time a neaby minion is killed by either, they both get the healing and gold.

Would solve every issue with the item and make gold generation for tank supports consistent.

The Yukeh9/23/2016, 9:27:23 AM2 votes

We're not just going to get gold - we're going to get BONUS gold, because your support item grants us a little bit MORE than the original value of any minion you kill. As a former support main i know this better than anyone, and as a top lane main i try to allways leave minions, especially the large ones, for my supports. It makes me cringe every time i see an Ahri panic and spend the rest of her mana to rush clear that minion wave before her Leona reaches her lane IN AN ATTEMPT TO HELP HER KILL THAT ZED THAT'S KILLED HER TWICE.

RisenDarkKnight9/22/2016, 10:29:45 PM2 votes

Nothing tilts me harder than when I go for a cannon minion and an ally uses a cooldown to deny the CS from me. Like it's bad enough you don't want to let me share gold, but you're burning mana and a spell cooldown just to troll me?

XxRinkyDinkyxX9/23/2016, 1:30:41 AM1 votes

Nasus But my stacks