Assassins, Please Consider Playing Support More Often

raynmeister··44 votes·3,321 views

Calling all of my fellow assassin mains, the League community needs us to queue up for support more often, and here's why. Supports are very similar to assassins, except instead of doing the damage yourself, you set up the opportunity for your teammate to do the damage.

Assassins are generally very proficient at having a plan before they strike rather than relying solely on brute force. If the situation isn't favorable, then we will not commit. However, when it is time, best believe we will take as much advantage as we can. Thus, it is my believe that assassin-oriented players with the power of CC will create more opportunities for the ADC to snowball in lane, and guide their team into favorable teamfights later on.

In addition to that, assassins are constantly looking for enemies to single out and nuke. In order to do this without backfiring, you need that all important word...VISION. Assassins know the value of having vision of the enemy, and will use their wards for this purpose. This will benefit all lanes, including the assassin on their team while they're playing support.

An assassin minded player with decent communication has arguably the highest potential to make for a great support from any other role in the shortest amount of time. I know Nami ,Leona and Janna aren't as cool as playing Ekko , Zed or Yasuo, but you are missing out on a big opportunity to boost your W/L ratio and contribute to the league community by showing others how supporting is done. You will find that playing the role can be just as fun as playing assassin, and just as fulfilling as long as you take this mindset with you. I urge you to give it a try!

81 Comments

UltraGigaNiga48 votes

"Supports are very similar to assassins"

I hope you're using a vpn or else the swat team's gonna break in for your cocaine stash.

raynmeister13 votes

xD

IcyPepper42 votes

Well one class is full of sadists who get off from deciding who lives and who dies, and the other is the assassins.

LA Losty1 votes

#Agressively loads gun

GULAG 4 U1 votes

holy shit where's the reddit gold

Qepu19 votes

Just don't play assassins as supports guys :) Please :) Like, for real :/

RavenMagus4 votes

Hey man, LeBlanc support's pretty good :(

Charmed by Ahri4 votes

Leblanc Leblanc yes it is. Love it, freely ward cause mobility. Great roaming. Able to pin down targets, kite and peel ally ADC. Great all in. Only thing missing is silence QQ

Leona OP14 votes

what if you play supports as an assassin?

Leona item 3748

50000000000000007 votes

Is that really an assassin item though?

Why not item 3100 item 3285 item 3165 item 3089 item 3152 item 3135 ?

Ariel the Cruel2 votes

Because AD Leona is stronger. It's the Double AA reset.

LA Losty1 votes

Turning the tables! Also, name checks out.

IcyPepper7 votes

I ;) can :( barely :| understand :) your XD accent :P

Valeckserai2 votes

Sona / Blitzcrank item 3285 item 3020 item 3100 item 3089 item 3135 item 3157 KS stands for kill secured.

JoeMG1 votes

I used to adc and my brother would play Zed support. Just farm until level 6 and then we would all in the enemy adc. By the time they respawned and got back to lane our ults would basically be ready again. It was too easy :)

fuffychan16 votes

I thought this was going to be about assassins getting cockblocked by supports, so playing as the support you can learn about what they do and their cds and learn to assassinate vs their counters more effectively.

raynmeister4 votes

That too! :)

Hige7 votes

inb4 riot releases an Assassin support and all hell breaks loose

500000000000000010 votes

You're about 19 months too late. Ekko

ahferroin78 votes

Or possibly a couple of years... LeeSin Nidalee

zaire9012 votes

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inb4 riot releases an Assassin support and all hell breaks loose

Bard if u arent going assassin ur playing him wrong

Craft Zeppelin6 votes

Basically the support is the assassins greatest obstacle. ...unless its something like soraka which IS the target.

Miku Append3 votes

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Basically the support is the assassins greatest obstacle. ...unless its something like soraka which IS the target.

summoner 3 item 3190 No.

It Hertz When IP5 votes

Anyone who thinks playing support isn't exciting never had to keep a borderline suicidally aggressive Vayne alive.

Automated Riven1 votes

I was teaching my friend to play last night. There are not enough heals to keep a tower diving jinx alive. ... And I was playing Raka.

It Hertz When IP1 votes

I feel lucky then. My Vayne never tower dove, just went 1v3 when their jungler showed up.

Beldair2 votes

Yea, I've had to deal with those... Had a Morde adc in one match (yes, a Morde..and was a while back, right after he was classified as a marksman) while I went Nid support... He's just charge into 3 of them at full health (and better gear) and I just pounced away saying "Aw hell naw" and him and his friends would go "what the hell Nid?".

I'm the kind of support that knows when to go in and when to gtfo.

When i'm Tahm or Braum, the circumstances for gtfo change a Little...after all, they both are really Tanky with some kind of slow and stun.

Magi Mayvin4 votes

How about no.

Mages are the closest thing to assassins Lol, you still one shot but requires less skill and you can do it while being ranged Lux Syndra Veigar Viktor

Legacy Hydralpha4 votes

Mages have skillshots for a reason, friend.

Incarceration10 votes

Those skillshots aren't that hard to land.

The only reason Syndra is considered high skillcap is because she requires planning like assassins with your balls. However, that is starting to not become true.

Magi Mayvin2 votes

Call me when syndra's R and veigar's R will be skillshot and won't 100-0 you in 1 second.And skillshots aren't something too hard to hit either, especially lux's E if you even want to call it a skillshot Lol

Irelia Bot4 votes

Syndra R is a skill shot?

And Veigar pressing E in a general area and trapping an enemy for 3 seconds is hardly skill intensive. If it were not for him getting blown up when someone does manage to get to him most of the time he would be broken.

YumScrumptious962 votes

You can play tank veigar by getting Morello's and Rabadon's then just tanky items. Works because you still got 500+ HP by late using passive and items plus nobody can blow you up.

Ariel the Cruel3 votes

You're arguement is convincing.

That's it! I hereby give up playing support forever. From now on, I'm an Assassin main! I'm coming for you, Vayne! XD

2Charmnot2Charm3 votes

I'll think about it when i start getting mid and top laners that don't die to every single obvious gank and actually wins lane.

raynmeister1 votes

Even if mid or top give up a few deaths early, your impact bottom will more likely than not be enough to deal with the laner that got ahead. Currently, fed ADCs are the main cause of a team losing a game (from my experience). Nullify that, and you'll have the tools to CC/heal up damage from the mid or top laner down the road in most cases. An ADC can nuke everyone in a matter of seconds while staying safe in the back. That is a much harder threat to combat, especially in lower ELOs.

Catastrop3 votes

Leblanc support is best support though. Not even joking, start E and take ignite.

TeCoolMage2 votes

Supports and assassins are the exact opposite and that's what makes them similar.

Assassins benefit most from vision denial while supports create vision itself, so they both play heavily into the vision game with red trinket and duskblade Assassins get rid of carries while supports make sure they aren't gotten rid of, making them more similar in that their actions are based heavily around another, rather than compared to ADCs who focus on whoever is in range

But that's not to say it's only those two classes. A lot of utility mages (NOT viktor, annie and syndra) with high CD spells or low range like Anivia and Lissandra tend to do the same, but it's more champion specific than a class trait since it requires those two traits.

raynmeister1 votes

I like this explanation!

Akali is SO HOT1 votes

inc Akali support

TequilaZombie2 votes

Full AP Blitzcrank. Build a Sightstone item so your team won't rage and then powerfist them to death!

item 3100 item 3145 item 3285 item 3089

"But supports don't get gold for it!"

Well my friend, you see, when you have a gold generating item AND is getting kills for every hook you land, you need no farm to be rich!

forresto1 votes

if you like that, wait till you try ap blitz jung.

TequilaZombie1 votes

Please enlighten me with how the hell you survive the jg with AP Blitz! I trully need to use it now!

forresto1 votes

a: ap rune page with lots of ap

b: the tier 4 tank mastery that reduces summoner cd. it reduces smite cd so more healing.

c: lots of scuttlecrabs and healing plants. cause free healing every few camps.

d: lots of ganking. you're using him for hook ganks, and ap deletions, not clear speed :)

e: your shield passive can buy you an extra camp sometimes.

once you have your full jung item youre all set, it keeps your mana up, and by that point you're durable enough to not have to heal every couple camps. max q for grab cd, and gank plenty with the w speed boost, and the pull/punch combo + ult post 6. it deletes ppl or sets them up to be deleted the rest of the way by your team.

Xyntheyxz1 votes

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Vesemir6 votes

support and chill shouldnt be in the same sentence

Xyntheyxz1 votes

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Ariel the Cruel5 votes

I think Chell was being serious. Wait until you get the DoubleFaker wanna-be Vayne. You'll understand.

Praetor Notorias1 votes

Say that to Anivia supports who have to wait 1.5 seconds for chill mode to activate before pressing e.

Agent Corgi1 votes

I play an Almost Assassin-Like Sion Support. Early Levels 1-5, Sion can do Heavy Damage with his Q: Decimating Smash. I've nearly One-Shot AD Carries & Supports doing this.

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