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[EXPOSED] Hidden secret on how to get your support to peel, and protect you all game.

im so focusedbro·7/7/2018, 11:08:40 PM·88 votes·17,125 views

It's no secret that this meta right now is terrifying for ADC players. Assassins are back, there are Swains and whatever else bot lane now, and in this 'early game early game' meta, bot tower is focused much harder for that first tower bonus.

Pretty much more than ever, we need supports to have our back like 90% of the game. So, how do we accomplish this? Could you imagine being an ADC player where your support protects you and lets you do all your fancy plays? Amazing! ..... but How??????

The secret is..

Show them you appreciate them!!!

Tell her that was an epic heal. Compliment his zoning ability. Call them Madlife or some other professional support after they make an awesome play. Make your support look and feel good PUBLICLY (no emotes). You'd be surprised how they stick to you like glue when you show them how much you appreciate them. Everybody needs a little love and recognition once in a while. I promise if you try this, you are going to notice a MAJOR difference with your supports, and probably your other teammates as well.

[leblanc-funny]

86 Comments

Real Sexy Yoona7/8/2018, 12:59:15 AM42 votes

As a support main, I can function and peel my ADC without compliments- even when my ADC is being an asshole. Using an immature ADC as a justification for ditching my role as a support doesn't make me a better player or person. Even when my ADC is downright toxic, I keep my head cool for the other 3 teammates and support him to win the game.

The moment I start thinking I need compliments to play better, I am greatly limiting myself and going down a dangerous road of self entitlement.

On a more personal note, compliments actually make me play worse. When someone calls me madlife I try to go for even more flashy plays that I know I can't do. Every time I get a compliment, I get so hyped and so I thirst for another compliment by trying to make LCS level plays and go for flashy plays that has a low chance of succeeding.

So a lot of times, my teammates go from complimenting me to /all report support please.

Ok sure but why7/8/2018, 1:38:50 AM25 votes

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Even7/7/2018, 11:20:20 PM21 votes

I mostly play support, and I stop following adcs who complain, and really stick to adcs who appreciate.

IcyPepper7/8/2018, 12:13:29 AM21 votes

Not gonna lie, I roam when: the marksman is an ass, the marksman does not need me, an ally needs a nudge from me to win their lane. OP has just shown us the way.

remakoro7/7/2018, 11:32:07 PM13 votes

Make your support look and feel good PUBLICLY (no emotes).

Im completely fine with emotes. I like exchanging thumbs up with my ADC after we punished enemies for making some dumb play.

I will abandon useless ADC anyway but if he actually acts like a human and simply aint good at his champion/game i would still try to support him instead of ignoring his existence completely.

koshkyra7/8/2018, 12:39:38 AM13 votes

as a janna player, yes. this is true

whenever someone starts flaming me, do i flame back and risk getting reported? no, i silently take my shields and heals to someone else.

is it a bad idea in the long run? yes, potentially, i may be negatively impacting my own chances of winning by doing this, but so are they by flaming me.

before people start saying this is an assy thing to do, i only do it if the person is flaming me. if they're 0/6 but at least being a decent human being, i'm not gonna just give up on them.

Beacon Academy7/8/2018, 1:29:25 AM9 votes

My friend generally tries to be a positive guy...

I wish he would stop.

A friend of his was at gold III and he told him that "he'd be fine" and that "he is a good Kayne player"

BOOM. Within 24 hours, he was gold IV

Or when he says that the matchup will be an easy lane for you because they have a bad winrate history?

Thats the one game the enemy laner goes full challenger and makes you feed your ass off.

As for me?

Every time my friend says "good luck" to me

I lose my promos/series.

Or my power goes out at the start of the match.

He has some scary ass powers.

Please help me.

Make him stop!

[sg-janna]

KoKoboto7/8/2018, 12:04:22 AM5 votes

Hmm that's interesting. The supports I typically play with don't need to be praised consistently to play the game. Wat ELO are you in out of curiosity?

ThE vOrTeXx7/8/2018, 12:10:16 AM4 votes

accurate af

rtbf2216514127/8/2018, 6:03:39 PM3 votes

{quoted}

Call them Madlife or some other professional support

Uh no. Bad idea.

We have been unnoticed for a while. We are jaded enough not to care anymore. We definitely don't want people calling us someone else when we did the play.

S0kaX7/8/2018, 12:51:07 AM3 votes

hurr durr bu7 me $upp is aluays tra$h and I am challenjour RITO pls durr hurr (Jokes aside, supports will stick to ADCs that appreciate them, not to assholes that think they're gods when in reality they don't even know how to farm)

Breezey Boy7/8/2018, 2:39:19 AM2 votes

Whenever my ADC is trash, I just roam to top and mid and support them instead, leaving my ADC alone. They usually end up feeding and losing tower, but in the end my team still wins most of the time.

Cuddly Wolfy7/7/2018, 11:46:12 PM2 votes

Very much agreed. If i say "gj" to the adc or team member, and they ignore my existance.... i do stick with them.... unless they are simply sticking bott after we take their tower. I mean yeah, roam back bott to ensure the enemy doesnt take everything down there..... but most of the time after we kill them, we just sit there and farm bott.... then continue on bott..... then oh look! Enemy bott is back and its 4v2 because the enemy mid and jung came too. Adc often gets out because im sitting there and keeping myself stuck on them so the adc can get away.... but we may as well have just went through jung and went for the enemy mid laner and tower!

So i tend to leave both jerks and people who insist on just farming bott. Often times they are fed enough that they can 2v1, so i just let them be as i help out other lanes.

FullmuteAll play7/8/2018, 12:44:47 AM2 votes

idk, wouldn't say appreciation matters for me. I may stay away from flaming (and almost always bad adc), but I don't care if you say gj, naissuu, thank you, or just say nothing. As long as you play well I see the reason to stick to you. And if you are not good enough or there is another player/situation that worth my help more I will go there regardless how cute and nice you were to me.

Mokuto Bunshi7/8/2018, 1:18:39 AM2 votes

I do this and it usually works.

There was that one time though...

Hayaishi7/8/2018, 2:21:57 AM2 votes

Not gonna suck up to my support so he does job.

nyakasgoods7/8/2018, 2:56:18 AM2 votes

Ah the ole' Sky Williams DST.

HungryAngry2SPP7/8/2018, 3:59:08 AM2 votes

Get out of here, supp main

Malak7/8/2018, 6:51:38 AM2 votes

I never understood the need for supports to be appreciated

Supports are just doing their job and that's it. They don't need to help the ADC at all, and if they want to climb they should consider roaming almost always

KICK OUT AT 27/8/2018, 8:11:46 PM2 votes

Only support players would whine that they aren't getting compliments just for doing what they're supposed to.

Breezey Boy7/9/2018, 1:00:09 AM2 votes

My ADC can be the nicest mother fucker in the game, and I'll still leave his ass if he's bad.

Thefrostyviking7/8/2018, 6:16:04 PM1 votes

Complimenting and acknowledging is fine, however moderation is also needed least ego´s be inflated.

I at a point used to play a lot of support and marksman at the same time, and i did get my share of fellows who had a 100% conviction that they were always correct......playing with that manner of person is a challenge towards ones own patience to say the least.

Even if you explain why they were wrong you might just get called an asshole, and if you dont explain you'll be called thoughlessly retarded instead <.<

Shrek Luigi7/8/2018, 7:09:45 PM1 votes

if i want my support to step up while I'm ADCing, i just start crackin jokes

idk if it's human psychology at play or whatever, but it seems like the average LoL player would throw their own mother in harm's way to defend the Funny Man. very good way to boost morale, ive found.

Aptest7/9/2018, 3:48:44 PM1 votes

lol

i don't need all that. Show me you're competent. then you get healz.

and if you can't? there isn't even 50 mana of mine reserved, for you. Regardless of how much platitude you can bestow upon me.

Iźuku Midoriya7/8/2018, 10:07:24 PM1 votes

Today I got flamed for playing support because i didnt int with my team even though my adc ended laning phase 5/0. I honestly hate the role so much at this moment because its not fair to just be called out for being bad or doing something wrong when you literally have been doing your best to help them QQ

The23rdGamer7/8/2018, 11:46:03 PM1 votes

Funnily enough Supports are usually the ones who drop the most compliments to their team and generally are the most friendly people. Not always, but usually.

It's a nice change when someone else challenges me for that title~ <3

...Seriously though. These comments are right. You don't need to be over the top positive but at least treating me and my teammates like they exist and showing at least some basic amounts of support when something goes right or wrong will make life a lot more enjoyable for all of us.

(I love reading that some of you leave your assigned marksman if they treat you like crap. I do the same sometimes!!)

As a Sona main I think I can speak for most of us when I say we thank you. Alistar Anivia Annie Blitzcrank Brand Braum Janna Leona Lulu Nami Sona Soraka Thresh [sg-syndra]

Done257/8/2018, 5:51:59 PM1 votes

I'm definitely much more likey to ditch lane if my monkey bot starts screeching "YOU STOLE MY KILL. GO KILL YOUR SELF YOU FUCKING %%%%%%!"

Noor Sakata7/8/2018, 7:09:25 AM1 votes

the thing is , most of supports rn are ap ones or pyke who can't really provide heals or shields