Support / Vision

befiboy··2 votes·1,635 views

The idea of support is becoming a thing of the past.

First, why is vision a thing of the past now? Depending on the starting item, getting wards is becoming a problem and killing the game as far as letting early snowball happens in 2 different ways. It lets the enemy jungler just own early game (despite these camp xp nerfs), and when this happens, the enemy bot lane wins and bullies so much that they finish their 500 gold for wards and you can be at 100 gold. GG right there. It snowballs those 2 reasons.

Second, I think everyone has seen this meta change and will supports remain? There have been a lot of changes. Items with lethality crushing, vision spotting duskblade, and increased priced starting items for support. This game has changed a lot. Not just by new champs or buffs, but by the whole strategy of team comp, strategy, and execution of teamwork. Now it's just who can 1 shot / bruise. From the mage nerf meta to now the support abandonment, the idea of a lane's importance is becoming as little of importance as team roles and people might as well just do random picks an any lane. I see it every day I play SR ranks or norms now.

Anyone else's thoughts/opinions? Feel free to agree or disagree; would like to hear.

3 Comments

Baron Barian1 votes

Honestly, it kind of just sounds like you wanna go full AP Veigar support.

But seriously, if you don't want to ward, then you probably want to let someone walk up and one-shot you without seeing it coming.

SwiftKitten881 votes

wait are u trying to imply that your don't ward as support?

they is already not enough vision in the game each player can only place 1 item 2055

and item 3340 are on crazy long cooldowns and u need to have someone (perfably TWO) with item 3364

they deleted trackers knife and now you are trying "not to ward" as SUPPORT?

Emperor Diaz1 votes

The point of support is CC, healing, and mititgation. Its not about wards, what is this season 3 where supports were ward monkeys?

I would agree a few supports need buffs. but warding is fine. It shouldn't be on one person to ward especially when your duty as support is to prevent the enemy from getting kills and helping your team get kills. Vision is necessary for everyone, you want a support to ward top early? or the mid jungle? Supports gotta stay with their adc until laning phase is over, and even after that a single person cannot ward the entire map. It's better that its spread amongst the team. because it gives more opportunity to get good wards out at the right times rather than "o why didn't the sup ward baron" when theyre on the other side of the map dealing with turrets or whatever. Five people, 15 wards, 20 including pinks. I think that's fair. It's on everyone as the game should be, its a team game, not a blame and flame game

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