In need of opinions for Support Main

HomeBoyMoonMoon·12/14/2016, 3:46:32 AM·1 votes·505 views

Hey guys, So I'm a season 6 Support main and I'm pretty good mechanically and with awareness and all that good stuff. One thing that I seem to struggle with is picking supports against the enemy support, adc, or overall team comp. I just can't seem to find out who I should play during champ select sometimes. I know the simplistics like All in > sustain Sustain > poke Poke > all in I just wanted to know some more in depth strategies when picking supports. My best supports consist of Janna, Zilean, Blitzcrank, Zyra, Thresh, Karma and Morgana. If anyone could help me generate a list of when to pick which of these champions in specific cases that would be greatly appreciated. Pop me your season 6 rank and help out if you can. Thanks - Ribbet

5 Comments

khorney12/14/2016, 3:47:38 AM2 votes

zyra counters eveyrone, agaisnt braum and sivir i would go with raka or janna. ban morg always

Alaric The Sic12/14/2016, 3:51:19 AM2 votes

Just 1 trick it.

Find one you like. Spam it for a couple hundred games. Watch high Elo 1 tricks play it. Get Gud.

Never pick blitz into morgana or Braum. Ever. You have no impact on the game. If you get counter picked as blitz your main role at that point is to peel for Adc and to roam mid or roam jungle with your jungler and look to make plays else where. At least that's what I've found successful when I get countered. Blitz wins every other support match up ezpz so long as you understand positioning. Also if it's a team of 4 tanks. Don't pick blitz.

I'm s6 plat blitz main.

Trundle. Blitz. Taric are all super strong.

Ps. Fuck Morgana.

ChaddyFantome12/14/2016, 4:42:01 AM2 votes

generally i pick my Support based on my adc before picking based on the enemy is i dont have a clear counterpick.

For example, i will pretty much always pick Morgana into Blitzcrank Thresh , and Braum into MissFortune , generally, but otherwise, I pick based on the adc.

I find that having a support that works really well with your ADC is often better in most situations than simply having one that is good against the enemy as you can always work well together is situations outside of just laning phase.

if I have an Lucian Ezreal i usually go Nami or Braum since Ezreal likes on hits with his Q. With Nami, your E goes procs on Is basically a free item 3025 for him at level 1/2/3, and Braum passive gets proc'd by his Q. Lucian in the same vain can proc Nami E 2 times with his passive and proc Braum 2 hits of Braum stun very fast.

If i have a Jinx Vayne Twitch , i will generally pick Lulu since she helps bolster their DPS and Movespeed, both things they really benefit from.

If i have a MissFortune I general go Sona because your Ulti goes well with hers and your Q poke early game helps bolster her Q poke for huge amounts of lane bullying. If not I go

If i have a Jhin I go Janna because the AD shield and peel Janna provides as well as the MS from her passive is very powerful on Jhin since he gets huge amounts of AD scaling and is vulnerable to being jumped on.

If i have a Draven , I make sure to pick someone with early kill pressure and engage like Leona since Draven needs to snowball.

etc etc

See what works by thinking these little things through in games. Play a few normals and experiment.

Overall, pick base don what your team needs first and foremost.

MagicFlyingLlama12/14/2016, 4:57:06 AM2 votes

Pick for synergy with your adc or for an obvious hard counter, if you are low ELO (anywhere under plat, really, for these purposes).

People just dont counterpick, and their skill/understanding of mechanics is often so awful that counterpicks often do not really work as expected.

Shuyin17812/14/2016, 3:57:15 AM1 votes

Leona, Alistar, and Morgana are the only 3 supports you require to carry lane.

If your ADC is just straight terrible then just roam to mid to help them get kills, after that head to top to gank for them too.