Enchanter Supports are getting thwacked hard this season (+ A talk about runes)

There are a few separate things that Riot has done - direct or indirect - to hamper on the Support's ability to actually protect the ADC.

1. Direct nerfs to those supports. Just, ugh.
2. Direct nerfs to support items. Just, ugh!
3. The decision to put Revitalise on the Resolve path and nerf it for most of its use. Ugh!!! The fact that this rune will only be useful/effective below 40% health means this rune will hardly be enjoyed on anyone other than tanks in the first place.

I actually talked/asked about Revitalise being on the Resolve tree the day it went live, and it got a response from a Rioter (Or "Herald," but whatever), and even he couldn't explain such a silly decision to me. His half-answer went along the lines of, > Because paths are no longer locked in to champion types as much. Ezreal, Gangplank, and any laner with a spammable spell and ranged auto-attacks loves Kleptomancy. Skirmishers can benefit from the slow keystone of Inspiration. Supports can snag Press the Attack, or Revitalise. Tanks can get Phase Rush for powerful initiations. >In short, there's a LOT of flexibility on what path you end up going down, and it's not tied to your role. >-The Djinn

The premise of that argument is heart-warming, but entirely misleading - a red herring to the actual concern at hand.

Firstly, you're still gonna get reports crammed up your ass by everyone if you try using a non-meta rune path. "Is that Ezreal using Electrocute??? Reported! He's not getting enough mana potions!!!!"

Secondly, it's not that the concept of choice is bad. It's great! But supports get an unhealthy choice. True, Ezreal can equip Kleptomancy, but that means he's trading more burst damage potential of Electrocute from other rune paths for the sake of utility in its entirety! Skirmishers can equip Glacial Augment, but they trade the bonus sustain potential of Lethal Tempo for the sake of utility! Etc!!!!

But for healer/shielder supports who scale with AP, such as Soraka, Janna, Morgana, etc, they would love to be able to relish in utility runes with a dash of AP on the side, yeah? Well, thanks to some genius, that isn't allowed to happen. Supports will either have to give up on Summon Aery, 10% CDR from Transcendence, and 27 ability power, or they'll have to sacrifice Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear, just to be allowed to use Revitalise!

Basically, TL;DR: #Enchanters would have to sacrifice the utility that helps them heal just for Revitalise - a rune that also helps them heal. They're restricted from being allowed to use every rune which would improve their healing potential. Enchanters don't need tanky runes in order to be effective. Tanks certainly don't need a healer's rune in order to be effective, either! Putting Revitalise on the Resolve tree was as big of a mistake as putting the new Press the Attack on the Precision tree, and simply changing this rune out with Approach Velocity from the inspiration tree would be such an honourable change. And then change it with Biscuit Delivery. Please.

This is mostly a talk about runes; I'm sorry.