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There is nothing wrong about supports going in solo lane

KONO RUBICK DA·8/22/2017, 5:32:27 AM·5 votes·273 views

Why people are afraid of buffing supports's kit because they would be able to solo lane?

Lulu was broken in solo lane because she was both a support AND A LANE BULLY MAGE they nerfed her waveclear, and her poke through minions. It isn't the case anymore Tahm Kench was broken in solo lane because he was both a support AND A JUGGERNAUT, they nerfed his damage it isn't the case anymore

picking a support in sololane means you sacrifice lane power as well as consistent damage in exchange of utility for later in teamfight

it was always a strategy, even now i see Karma going mid and building ardent+athene, most common pick is Zilean , you pick him mid, do not kill anyone and just try to survive for later to bring stun+ult+slow/ms boost

stop being afraid of trivial things, dota has sololane supports since years it's only a strat

8 Comments

Rewt8/22/2017, 5:50:53 AM2 votes

the reason is because when you are strong in solo lane you can be fucking crazy as a support. They nerfed them so that they dont completely dominate bot lane.

Lulu was literally single handedly winning botlanes.

Tahm Kench was able to do the same exact thing.

Big Lincoln8/22/2017, 5:54:38 AM2 votes

i dislike support designs

less i have to see them until teamfights the happier i'll be

MysterQ8/22/2017, 6:27:00 AM1 votes

In low ELO, mid-lane support is terrible. I guess that isn't the point of this thread, which seems to be more @Riot to buff supports to be solo viable.

But for real in low ELO losing that carry damage has cost me many more games than it has won.... which I literally can't remember a support build mid every winning my team a game. I have a great Zilien mid friend, but he builds AP not support. And whenever I see a Karma support mid =\ we have lost twice. Might be better since I climbed a little higher but I would rather have damage mid.