Dear Riot, Does every champion ability have to scale?
Would it be crazy to have a roster that included champions that were built specifically for the support role who just didn't scale with bonus AP or AD?
Some of the challenges in designing around supports:
Their items have to be cheap but useful Their items can be "abused" by other classes (Relic Shield, Locket, Frost Queens) You have to dissuade them from being abusive in a solo lane or jungle
If we had Supports that were based primarily on ability levels and stat growth:
- Shields wouldn't scale out of control in the late game
- You don't have to manage their income as much as you do now
- Their numbers are easier to balance, because you don't have to worry about factoring items in
- You can emphasize lower tier stats like Mana, HP regen, and Mana regen - making support-centric items easier to design
- Support items wouldn't require high power budgets, so there can be a full menu of cheap Support items that other classes wouldn't consider using
We have infinite scaling champions, why not create some controlled scaling champions too? Supports are already on a limited income, just by nature of the role, so i think it makes sense that Support champions should be less about pumping up stats, and more about making smart decisions and plays to protect their team.
Also, please give supports more interesting tools than point and click shields and heals!
has 0 scaling on both E and R.