supports are unpopular, let's nerf healing/shielding items, they deny my kills

bad arcade kitty·12/22/2016, 7:08:02 PM·10 votes·983 views

also turn off autofill because i don't want to play support ever, let some poor devil play support but not me, but i want that role to be weak because i enjoy getting kills and they shouldn't be denied with healing/shields/peel. a support which can save/heal people late game ruining all my hard work of doing damage is a nonsence, toxic and anti-fun, hotfix pls

^ the whining about redemption, locket, classic supports etc being explained

32 Comments

HalfTangible12/22/2016, 7:48:39 PM4 votes

also turn off autofill because i don't want to play support ever

Oh yeah, that's totally why people hate autofill. Doesn't have anything to do with the fact that people are forced into those roles when they're, oh, say, trying to train to be better at Vi because their previous main is currently the worst jungler in the entire game and the pick itself (not the player's lack of skill, oh no, just picking the champ) gets blamed for every loss. People love being told what to do, especially in vidya games. I'm totally fine with having my teammates try to swap roles with somebody every other game in a game mode where you're supposed to come into the lobby with your role selected already (coughDraft Pickcough). Those Lux supports that never bought a gold income item aren't a problem at all.

AUTOFILL IS GREAAAAAT

[slayer-jinx-unamused]

Jyoeru12/22/2016, 7:39:54 PM3 votes

Each team has a support. Perhaps your teams need to choose better supports?

Bronze Bonanza12/22/2016, 10:17:00 PM2 votes

The increased shielding and healing on redemption and athenes is really quite stupid.

Would Ivern, Soraka, or Janna be weak without them? HELL NO. So why do those items selectively buff those champions while crowding out all the others that can't abuse them as much?

WoonStruck12/22/2016, 7:44:26 PM2 votes

Redemption/Locket being as strong as they are is bad for the game because it weakens all-in champs, who were all already weak compared to champs who can kite or have staying power.

Its not because people want supports to be weak. Its because the current standard support itemization makes a lot of champions almost unusable late game.

Theres no interaction or counterplay to either item. There's no way around it.

And this is on top of the point-and-click 4v5 button that Exhaust is.

RobTheTank12/23/2016, 1:05:41 AM1 votes

I main support. I main it mainly because I was an ADC main when I first started League and I got so much hate I tried another role. Support was right for me because it effectively slowed the game down, if you will, and gave me time to think. As support, my REAL enemy is the map itself, I think. And I feel REALLY good about helping my team get kills. I once gave my adc their first pentakill in PvP as Blitzcrank and he said "OMG I LOVE YOU BLITZ!" I felt good too.

I WILL KS if I feel my team mate is in danger of dying.

Requiemsfire12/23/2016, 1:11:47 AM1 votes

I gotta be honest and say that as a support main itemization feels really really strong right now.

Zelorxon12/27/2016, 11:25:49 PM1 votes

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