[{quoted}](name=Painted Celt,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=LziE3EQM,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2018-06-19T17:06:05.971+0000)
Riot needs to keep making the support role more desirable so that autofill won't be needed as often. They did make some good changes in that direction, but the tools given to supports (
enchanter meta) funneled too much power into ADCs specifically and didn't allow the supports to help other teammates enough. Supports should be the whole team's support, not the bot-laner's support. Being tied to a single player is unsatisfying as a support player.
Current autofill for non-support roles (jungle and bot) is mainly to do with recent changes and will probably be temporary. Jungle diversity went down (driving out a portion of dedicated jungle players) because of scuttle changes over-emphasizing early dueling. Bot lane diversity went up (creating temporary chaos as the meta shifts) because of crit changes.
I personally dislike the jungle changes and I personally love the crit changes. I personally want more support buffs and fun new support items, but I want the support synergy spread out to help the whole team. I'd say that if Riot wants to make autofill less necessary, they should 1) make supporting more satisfying, 2) improve jungle diversity, 3) give bot-lane time to settle down before making direct changes.
wholeheartedly agree
There needs to be support items that grant AP to allies, maybe other things like mana or on-spell hit effects
It should be rewarding to support a fed darius who cleans up their whole team, as well as some kind of item to support the mid lane control mage who is almost 1v9ing