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Talking about "filling"

vladerag·4/27/2016, 4:25:44 PM·2 votes·479 views

So I usually go mid/fill, which is basically the same thing as saying I main support.

Now, I don't actually mind playing support and I do realize that picking "fill" is saying I will go wherever there is an open slot ensuring that I get into a game as fast as possible. However, "Filling" always felt to me like rolling the dice. Perhaps because I have actually encountered a lot of support mains, but I did not used to play support this much even while filling.

Rather than change the way "fill" works, could Riot add an option that when you pick "fill" you dont get the same role twice in a row? Something i could toggle so that if i didnt care about playing support 10 games straight i could just uncheck it, but otherwise it would fill in a position different from the previous game?

Of course, Riot could just figure out why no one wants to play support. (couple of hints on that: 1) Sightstone and its variants are not actually more effective than trinket wards because they dont recharge. 2) supports get a lot of blame and no credit [how many times has my adc been laughing in chat about how good they are after I gave them each and every kill they got?] 3) Supports have little agency without their team. often times the other team can simply ignore a support entirely after their cds are blown, because they arent a threat. and when that happens you just feel useless. And its hard not to feel useless in a world where your cds can be blown on a QSS or clarity or morg sheild or sivir sheild or troll poll or troll pool etc etc etc.)

17 Comments

JRobin314/27/2016, 6:13:28 PM1 votes

RIOT can't ever balance support with the other roles for a very simple reason:

if support ever became just as powerful as a laning role, then no one in the game would need to lane! RIP.

This is just a harsh reality. It doesn't mean support doesn't require as much or even more skill to play. It just means that the support role can never be equal to laning roles.

cuddlykitten44/27/2016, 6:19:10 PM1 votes

I love support. There is nothing wrong with the role. All of you who don't prefer to support need to stop thinking you know how to fix it. I like it, you don't. It's my role, not yours. Meant for me and my fellow support mains, not for the other mains. In fact, I usually support carry my team. So obviously support is fine. Changing it won't matter because the only real reason people main other roles is because they don't get to have that huge K in the kda, and instead of one man armying your way through shit you use actual teamwork to win. As for your main complaint......can you not just decide between adc, top, or jun as your backup role? If fill gives you a role you don't want over and over, then logic says the issue isn't with the fill option. The issue is in the ability to choose any other option than fill.

DarkLarvitar4/27/2016, 6:46:14 PM1 votes

in fill i multiple times have gotten everything, 70% of the time it is support,