Support Champion: Now

Big Time Lux··5 votes·723 views

Which roles or lanes haven't gotten a new champion in a while? Bard 3/12/2015 TahmKench 7/9/2015 "But riot just reworked Taric and I've seen some AurelionSol and Taliyah supports so" No No No We have been waiting for a new SUPPORT champion for a long ass time, and as a support main who has honestly gotten so bored of league that I've started to play AP MF supp and AP Quinn supp just to get the rush of a new support, I plead that i at least get one before Q2 of 2017...

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Reikken1 votes

I don't really care about "support", as in the Summoner's Rift lane position. But I do want to see a new enchanter. Give me new ways to buff my allies.

Other than Bard, the last real enchanter was released in 2012. (Nami) That's a long time ago.

Big Time Lux1 votes

I main support so it's really been cancer for me lately... but i do agree that if you don't even main support, there should be another support champion in general anyway

Zane Zephyr1 votes

Like I said in another thread like this, I really want to see a support from the void. I think it would be so awesome.

Beldair1 votes

I also really want a Void support...

Maybe even some void insectoid support...

Since we have:

Kha the jungle mantis Kog the adc/mid larva/worm/moth Cho the whatever he is top/mid XD

I'd love to see maybe a Beetle or Bee void support or even some kind of Void Mammoth.

Ok, now I'm just rambling lol...but Yea, void support.

Beldair1 votes

As a Support main, I agree. I've only been playing a few supports but had also been looking at he other champs to see who I could throw support (even Kled).

Aviatinq1 votes

Kindred 9/14/15 RekSai 12/11/14

and now theres Kled

Out of the last 15 champs made there are 2 ADC (3 if you count Kindred) 4 Mid (5 if you count Ekko) 4 top (5 if you count Tahm Kench) 2 JG (4 if you count Ekko and Kled) 3 Supp (4 if you count Vel'Koz)

Big Time Lux2 votes

I completely agree, besides the fact you think ekko isnt a fucking mid champ lol and that taliyah or vel are actually viable at the fuck all, but the thing is you can throw many champions in jungle because of a new update or item, you cant do that with support role.

Matezoide1 votes

> Bard was released 8 months ago.

Geez

Big Time Lux1 votes

It's been over a year. And we're approaching a year on TK.

Woodakoodashooda1 votes

131 Champions exist and, according to op.gg the the number of champions who are primarily played as support is 18 whereas the number of champions who are primarily played in the Bot ADC role is 15.

For other roles the statistics are as follows.

31 Mid 28 Jungle 39 Top

Of those 98, 8 of them are also played in the support role. Some of them are questionable picks, but are picked nonetheless.

Of the remaining 90 champions, only 1 is conventionally played as a Bot lane ADC and that is Varus.

So, the truth of the matter is that while there is a seeming lacking of supports in the game, there are even fewer picks for bot lane ADC.

There's an overabundance of Top champions while Mid and Jungle have plenty of champions to fill those roles.

Support might need more champions made to fit the role in the future, but the real role lacking is bot lane ADC.

I'd like to see more champions specifically tailored to filling the ADC role.

Having 130+ champions in game seems like a fine reason to include additional bans at a glance, but not when only 21 ADC exist in the game, of which only 16 are actually played in that position.

Sure, you've got your occasional off meta AD Kennen and TF and the rarely seen Urgot.

And, while Graves and Kindred are technically ADC, they are better suited elsewhere than bot.

That means less than 17% of all champions are ADC and less than 13% of all champions are generally played in bot lane as ADC.

Suppose when and if Riot implements 5 bans per team. One premade gets the bright idea to ban only ADC and ban 5 among the strongest in the meta. Someone on the other team realizes what the enemy is doing and decides to ban the ADC the enemy team is probably going to pick. Both teams still have to pick an ADC, but you get that guy who signed up for ADC who suddenly says, "I can't play ADC, all my ADC's are banned. I'm going to go jungle/mid/top".

It will happen because, even with only 3 bans per team, it HAS happened.

We NEED more ADC, not supports.

Reikken1 votes

Instead of that, I'd rather see the game change to make having an AD marksman not mandatory.

WhiperSnapers2 votes

Sure there is a shortage of ADC champions, but all the ADCs are designed around a role/play style while quite a few support champions seem to have been designed simply because "these abilities would make for a really interesting kit, we can figure where they should go after" We need support champions that aren't support because they are overloaded with cc or utility, but rather because they were designed with the role in mind which is something that Riot hasnt been that great at until recently. If we can get more support champions like Braum, Bard, TK, and Taric, then we'll start to see less supports who werent designed to be support, like Annie, Poppy, Trundle, Shen, Vel'koz, and Nautilus.


when it comes to ADC, whatever playstyle you pick, there are multiple champions that are good fits If you like to 1v1:Vayne Lucian If max DPS is your style: KogMaw Ashe if you want objectives: Tristana Caitlyn if you like to cast spells: Urgot Ezreal If you just want to go fast:Sivir Quinn If you like building up stacks to shred something: Kalista Twitch If you want to jungle:Kindred Graves If you want to one-shot:Caitlyn Draven For pick comps:Ashe Jhin Global ult for steals and team fight clean up: Jinx Ezreal if you like to team fight:Sivir MissFortune If you need to build Hybrid:Corki Varus If you want to sneak up on a target:Twitch Vayne I only put 2 in each because a lot of them can go in more than one category, the list of playstyles goes on...


Supports on the other hand, dont really get as many playstyle options without going outside of the list of support champions healing: Soraka Nami tank to protect specific person: Braum TahmKench tank to dive:Taric Alistar Leona for picks:Thresh Blitzcrank Bard poke/burst:Sona Morgana utility: Lulu Karma Janna zone control: Zyra Zilean Lux (rarely played to actually support, more of a "2nd midlane") Aside from these, you'd be pretty hard pressed to find another category

DrugsForRobots1 votes

I've been begging for some supports that play with vision for the longest time now. Ever notice how Bard is a support, but his shrines don't grant vision, but Shaco isn't, but his boxes do? Yeah, Riot, about that... #SupportShaco

So if you're curious, here are my two support champions who play with vision:

Imoen, a yordle thief who wields a giant key like its gun.

Oracle, a psychic and sage who directly manipulates her field of sight to influence the battlefield.

They aren't 100% final yet, but I think they've got potential.

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