Can we talk about mage "supports"?

Krfawy Wanpir·12/16/2018, 11:59:35 AM·45 votes·17,185 views

I constantly find myself completely obsolete on the botlane. Even if i win early game i'll be completely stomped once Brand or Zyra reach level 6. Why can they literally one shot a carry, with only a support item in the bag? Moreover they finish the game with first or second best damage in team over and over again. It really kills any incetive to play adc [sg-soraka]

166 Comments

Netorare12/16/2018, 2:09:56 PM22 votes

Mages became "supports" thanks to assassins bullshit lethality.

boricCentaur112/16/2018, 12:51:00 PM15 votes

Riot should probably just get rid of mage supports and put them into mid.

disregardable12/16/2018, 12:02:06 PM11 votes

a couple games ago I faced a Xerath

that went 0/14

and still did 2/3rds my HP

H1de on blue12/16/2018, 7:31:11 PM11 votes

I agree the entire team should play around the ADC every game and anything else makes the game unfair to the ADC.

I selected Attack Damage CARRRY I'm the only one allowed to be a carry. It's in my role title, the game is all about me.

Also, let's not stop at Mage "supports" let's include Pyke too. Also, Top laners and Junglers should be tanks every game Also, Mid should play Lulu, Karma and Zilean every game.

Mafia LeBlanc12/16/2018, 7:16:56 PM10 votes

You can have marksmen, mages, assassins, tanks, supports, and god knows what else all viable in every lane. Why is it that supports are the one role where only a select few champion roles are deemed viable? This kind of reasoning is why no one wants to play support and why it is regarded as irrelevent in terms of carrying a team.

SociopathFriend12/16/2018, 4:19:30 PM6 votes

Bro you lost matches against an unconventional support and then in the same hour made a Board post?

This is either a response to the full ap Malphite support game or the Xerath support game. Both of which seem to have reamed you and your entire team.

Neither of which are the champions you are complaining about.

zAntiM812/16/2018, 1:13:18 PM6 votes

I mean hey, just play Brand Heimerdinger Karthus Lux Mordekaiser Swain Taliyah Veigar Vladimir as a "botlane carry" and you´re good to go!

Give em a chance. I didn´t believe leaving my precious marksmen down after sticking with them through good and bad times would make myself feel better, however if you view the game from another perspective, why not simply stomp games without needing to have any sort of talent to do so?

I´ve grown to like oneshotting three people at a time whilst being 2/6 as Heimerdinger. Even besides the fact I absolutely hated the champion before trying him out.

Support 4 Lyfe12/16/2018, 2:21:13 PM4 votes

Atleast Zyra's skill are all skillshots and she scales like shit, but FUCK Brand, 2 point and click abilities that both deal tons of damage, have low cooldown and deal 12% of your maximum hp and to anyone standing around you, he also scales incredibly strong because his passive scales with ap and level, he's absolutely disgusting, I literally started perma-banning him.