Supports are probably the main reason why damage is such an issue. (Low ELO perspective)

Emerald Fang·12/30/2018, 7:36:53 AM·1 votes·950 views

Every single support is a mage, or an assassin, or another ADC (literally in Silver/bronze), or something that isn't a traditional support. And it doesn't matter if it's a traditional support. Unless they pick a tanky support, nobody builds support items anymore! Why take a little bit of utility to help the TEAM, when you can take your giant-ass silver 4 ego and try to singlehandedly carry the game as a role that isn't supposed to carry?

If everyone played support normally and built support items normally, then I think that the damage problem would be a lot less, especially in bot lane and in teamfights, since supports could use their items, shield more, heal more, cure CC, etc.

But nope, let's just play full AP Veigar support, not even bother with a support item.

Rant over.

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Hotarµ12/30/2018, 7:55:12 AM1 votes

Every single support is a mage, or an assassin, or another ADC (literally in Silver/bronze), or something that isn't a traditional support.

So... Supports aren't be the problem them? Off meta picks don't count towards the support role, conventional supports like Nami, Thresh, and others do. If they aren't supporting the team/ADC, they aren't a support.

I don't understand if you're trying to complain about two champions going bot lane or the actual Support champions themselves.

Unless they pick a tanky support, nobody builds support items anymore!

Again, this doesn't really have anything to do with the Support champions themselves.

Nami Janna Morgana Bard Braum Blitzcrank Soraka Rakan Zilean Thresh Sona Alistar Karma Leona and Lulu all build Support items. If they aren't doing that then they aren't playing the role correctly. They've stopped supporting and have just become another mage/DPS.

If everyone played support normally and built support items normally, then I think that the damage problem would be a lot less

I honestly don't think this is true. Everyone in the game except for supports have very high damage at the moment. Even the runes that Supports commonly take are all weak in terms of damage. Their defensive options won't do much either, that's the biggest problem. Supports just aren't enough.

What's a Locket of the Iron Solari shield supposed to do against a Leblanc combo that does 600-1,000+ damage? Redemption is hard to use because most people can die before the beam can strike, even things like basic abilities don't hold a candle to the amount of damage crammed into some combos.