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Wow, it's starting to get creepy what a hipster support I am...

Arcane Azmadi·1/30/2019, 1:47:36 PM·4 votes·1,301 views

So Spirit just played Jarvan support for Afreeca's first game against JinAir today (and won). The thing is, I've been playing J4 support since Season 6 (albeit a more conventional tanky build rather than the AP-themed build Spirit used with Spellthief's start and Zhonya's rush), with a great deal of success. I even made a thread about off-meta supports where he was the first one I mentioned (I even went back and found it at https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/2kV7Lwaq-the-beginners-guide-to-weird-ass-supports ). So I'm feeling quite gratified that I Played J4 Support Before It Was Cool.

Thing is, this is at least the THIRD time this has happened. I remember way back in 2012 I made a thread on the old forums about whether Morgana or Zyra was a better support at a time when Morgana was still considered exclusively a solo laner and most people disagreed with my opinion that Morgana was better (I found that one as well at http://forums.na.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=2897333 ), WAY before she became a pro standard, and I played pre-rework Shen support before he was picked in pro play as well (admittedly this was before Shen received some buffs that encouraged pros to play him support). Hell, in an example that wasn't even support, I insisted on playing Evelynn back in Season 1 when she was considered "someone dodge if she's picked"-tier useless (with decent success), before SorakaBot invented the game-breaking Smite/Revive Evelynn Jungle build!

So what's the next weird support pick I've played that the pros will pick up? My support Anivia or my support Vi? (Unfortunately support Urgot doesn't work any more since they reworked him... or does he?) And what should I try next?

7 Comments

give head pats1/30/2019, 2:12:37 PM2 votes

You're not the only one playing off role champs. Not to mention you bring up that you played J4 support back in season 6. This was before the rune changes, which is the reason he's played there currently, with his Flag he gives an almost constant shield on Aery. And since his flag scales with AP, they build it.

GreenKnight1/30/2019, 1:51:10 PM1 votes

I played most of my champions as supports at one point. Never maining those picks, but still.

I just wanted to point out that you are not the only one trying out weird combinations.

solopolo31/30/2019, 3:11:04 PM1 votes

I mean, anivia support's been a thing for years now.

You can play literally anything in support and if you're good enough it'll work. You don't need a specific champion to play the role well. I've done talon, irelia, lee sin, akali, zed support. Shit, my favorite support to play with as adc isn't even a real support, it's nautilus.

IOffMeta GtOvrIt1/30/2019, 4:59:19 PM1 votes

I remember when I was getting regularly flamed over my trundle support back in s5 until the undefeated FNC team of that year brought him out, then it was cool lol except with the bronze folks in norms who are obviously challengers in disguise.

STEG01/30/2019, 6:24:12 PM1 votes

I don't know how you do it, I main Lux support and just seeing Lux will about 1/4 of the time tilt the ADC to throw the entire game in a supernova of question mark pings, all chat spam to report me and lectures on how she isn't a support. If Lux is banned I play MF support and that's like an 80% to do the same.