Am i the only one who doesn't play supports because they have no decisions?

Best princess EU··3 votes·1,004 views

If i had to support, i would play Bard , his stun Q is something you have to think about, you can do so much plays with it, position yourself to get a better angle for a stun by hitting a wall/hitting 2 people and stun them WHICH FEELS GOOD. His ulti has so much uses, and whn you save your allies from a fizz ulti with it you also FEEL GOOD because you feel like you managed to do something not everyone would be able to.

TahmKench i feel the same when i look to his W, you can do so much things. mobile zhonya, doing 32% max hp damage, or throwing a minion to do ranged damage. You can also eat someone to engage with the bonus Movement speed.

I don't care about doing no damage i don't care about having to trust my allies to win i do care about avoiding playing one dimensional kit champs

Sona press Q to get damage, press W to get heal, press E to get ms Janna press E to shield someone, press W/Q/R to do some shit Leona press E to jump, then Q+W+R

how can someone enjoy playing this? this might be an unpopular opinion but that's how i feel about playing supports When i log in league, i don't feel like "oh i have to play this champ" and it has nothing to do with not having gold/items/doing damage.

15 Comments

Abyssphere4 votes

You don't really make much of an argument when you choose 1. the support considered the easiest in the game, 2. the support who only peels and 3. the support who only engages to make your arguments. Of course peoplel like Bard will look good in comparison to the absolute most simplistic supports in the game, but thankfully they're not the only old supports.

Lulu Can be offensive or defensive, enable your backline or your frontline. Lots of options, that's the point of her kit. Nami Pretty much the same because of her passive. Her kit's theme is basically controlling every person in the game's movement in a fight and that's naturally a very open-ended kit. Karma Toolbox support, can feel limited to "Always RE" though. Thresh Original "I do everything" support. Zilean Q stuns can be a lot more clever than Bard Q stuns and E can do about twenty different useful things.

That's not necessarily a definitive list either, and that's without addressing your comments regarding your quoted examples being pretty unfair in some ways. Leona players will tell you that she's not limited exclusively to constantly going in, and the nature of a CC-heavy kit is being able to choose who to CC and why. Sona's Power Chord gives her at least some amount of basic decision-making and while Crescendo is no Tempered Fate, again a CC ability always has options.

I mean it sounds to me like you just like the new supports because they're new and you wanted to give them a shot. Tahm is hilariously limited in what he can do - he can either spend the entire game eating his ADC when they're in trouble and doing nothing else, or he can walk into the enemy's backline and hope he can irritate someone there. That's no different to "Sona can use her ult either offensively or defensively".

Ahristocats1 votes

Karma shouldn't be in this list, else +1 good list

Immortal spax3 votes

What about thresh? The most skilled support in the game?

MatthewRT21 votes

thresh has alot of decisions like lantern placement (getting people to click the lantern), when to hook someone, hook lantern combo, using lantern to block a path way (you cant walk over lantern), and most important on all is box placement

Ahristocats1 votes

don't forget his E

Immortal spax1 votes

yes i agree, for me is the most difficult support, also his hook it's easy to "predict" for the animation, so its easy to accidently hook a minion or to be dodged.

Stardew Valley2 votes

You're just into champions that "feel" impactful and make you "feel good." When really all supports make make impacts in the game. For example while Tahm and Bard can save champions from dying at 10% health, Sona and all the other healers/shielders technically do the same with the constant heal and shield, it just doesn't feel as good cause it doesn't look like you're saving lives. You're just making sure they have as much health as possible for a fight. This is pretty much the reason that the support role itself is the least popular (and least appreciated) role. More people are into looking like they make really big plays. I will argue though that Janna has one of the best ults in the game. It can easily turn a team fight around if timed/used properly.

S0kaX1 votes

no good meta supports other than bard and tahm? then go off-meta

Poske1 votes

I agree leona is ultra boring

Your third mom1 votes

We need more diversity in support

Wild Wes1 votes

But I like playing Leona and I hate playing support...

AlienPrimate1 votes

How is that different from any champ in the game? Press Q to do damage, press W for utility (shield, dash, heal, cc on enemy), press e for AOE

Ahristocats1 votes

lol what?

I play Morde, you have to choose carefully on who you're putting your W, and WHEN you should reactivate it. You have to not always ulti the enemy adc because: -you can heal more if you ulti a tank -getting a clone of a tank can be good to get more hp, which means more shielding potential -getting a clone of someone with 2 or 3 passives like Jax can sometime be better than a clone of an adc like Lucian

AlienPrimate1 votes

I'll pick 2 supports I play.

Alistar Has to chose to use his kit offensively or defensively. Has to decide whether to use his ult early for the damage reduction or later to break cc. Does he want to combo or save W to knock enemies away from a carry. This is all very important with how long his cooldowns are.

Taric Does he link to an engager to get a good stun off or stay linked to a carry to protect them. Does he ult early and risk the enemy disengaging or risk the chance of dying before it activates. Does he frontline for the ADC or stay back to bait enemies and cast from the ADC. Does he spam all abilities at once in a fight and not get cooldown resets for autos in between or does he do e, auto, auto, w, auto, auto, q, auto, auto, e, auto, auto, q, auto, auto, w, auto, auto, etc. until out of mana.

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