I dont understand why people dislike support

SwiftKitten88··8 votes·491 views

support isn't my primary role, jungle is (im going to follow my main Nidalee wherever she ends up)

but honestly i LOVE to support as well.

people say support is "boring".... it isn't..

i can spend 100% if my time and mana landing spells on the enemy champions ... i don't need to worry about CSing at all. Procing item 3098 gives plenty of gold, and so does item 3301 which allows me to play safe and wait for the perfect time to strike.

i dont ever have to worry about getting some idoit support who wont item 2049 properly or get item 3364 because I'm the support

i can almost guarantee a winning lane because i know i CHOOSE support and they likely got autofilled meaning I'm going to be much better than their support.

because i don't need to CS i can devote more time to map awareness and pinging objectives or warning an allied laner of a jungler gank that he may not see coming. (this should be done by all champions anyways but in lower elo not everyone does this).

but the best part is just poking the enemy down while procing item 3098 or waiting for a perfect line for a skillshot to guarantee a kill with item 3301

AND saving your ADC's ass more times that they will ever know.

11 Comments

BALDG1VEN BOOMER3 votes

Lol why's this being down voted, it's just his opinion on why he likes the support role.

SwiftKitten882 votes

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Lol why's this being down voted, it's just his opinion on why he likes the support role.

because people down-vote me now matter what i post... I'm used to it... it comes with people not knowing how to dodge spears

Mecha MaIphite2 votes

Because people want to go hero mode and take all the kills.

SwiftKitten882 votes

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Because people want to go hero mode and take all the kills.

how does landing a Blitzcrank/Thresh pull or a Morgana / Lux root and an ally getting the kill NOT feel like it was "all you" anyways.

you still get that "i killed you feeling".. honestly ask yourself this: if you get pulled by an enemy Blitzcrank / Thresh do u feel like the enemy adc killed you? or do u feel like the Blitzcrank /Thresh killed you...

YOU still got the "kill" even if u didn't get the "last hit". the good feeling of "HA!!! that was all me!" is still there

Natake1 votes

Because no one thanks you.

When there's a double kill bot it's "Good job Cait" not "Good job Blitz who flash pulled, body blocked an ult, and silenced the carries to make the play".

No one thanks the support, not even the adc.

SwiftKitten881 votes

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Because no one thanks you.

When there's a double kill bot it's "Good job Cait" not "Good job Blitz who flash pulled, body blocked an ult, and silenced the carries to make the play".

No one thanks the support, not even the adc.

hmm well idk what elo your in... but down here is silver i get thanked a WHOLE lot... you might be in an elo much higher than me when people expect flawless plays and they yell at your from missing 1 skillshot .. down here when you make flawless play after play they don't really care when one of your skillshots goes wide.

Of course that might also have to do with me being lvl 7 on 2 of my supports and 1 S away fro lvl 7 on my third. buy usually my adc is so happy they they got a support who can play the role well they normally are very nice.

i haven't played ranked in about a month i don't think (i had to move cross country again). but when i did play ranked and when i got my 16 game morg win streak about 2/3rd of the adc's i had in my solo games wanted to duo with me afterwards. and honestly i did duo with the ones who i felt were good enough

i mean sure there are always games when some idiot who is 5/8/0 calls you a noob support becuase u have zero when your 0/4/19 and tried to blame you for feeding.... but you get idiots like that no matter whole role you play.

maybe its just the champions i support as (Morgana Blitzcrank Lux ) maybe its my current elo compared to my current ( i play at a low gold level but an in mid silver elo) skill. but i just don't normally get much hate when i support.

i mean yes, there is the "thanking the adc" and not the support, but maybe the fact the supports i play have such good visual indicators of how i set up the kill, i get thanked more often.. idk it could be any number of things. but w/e the reason i find support fun at least half the time. its much MORE fun with a duo, yes... but i only need to play 1-3 games my myself, before i have to turn people who want to duo with me down because I'm already in a duo.

Natake1 votes

I haven't tried to get ranked in a few seasons. Last time I did I was silver.

But even then I never got thanked.

KVbqbFsC8e2 votes

I find it to be boring, and more importantly, too team reliant. With the quality of teammates I typically get, I can't afford to be playing support.

Big Lincoln1 votes

i don't, support is a pretty fun role to play

i dislike the champions and the items. classic supports all do the exact same thing with little if any meaningful variance and i have to buy 3 items every game if i don't want to be insulted by my team

The Last Ballad1 votes

I like the support role because I generally like embodying others to do the damage for me. If there is a healer/ minion master type character in a game, you can count on me choosing them. And as support, who am I but a Wizard of Oz, hiding behind my team's "power", while pulling all the levers to make them the terrifying disembodied head of doom?

It doesn't matter if I am a starlight being, easing the horrors and pain of war, a vengeful goddess who stops at nothing to keep you without sure footing, a smooth talking greed demon, devouring everything in sight, the embodiment of mother nature's anger, engulfing all those who cross my path, a horrifying grotesque spirit mangler, delighting in others pain, or (soon to be) a fleet footed, disco peacock who will force his enemies to learn the dance, or be trampled underfoot. I am happy when I am a hinderance and tilting disruption to my enemies, and the savior of my team. And pity be to those poor fools who dare to choose to ally themselves against me.

LEEROY KLEDKINS1 votes

To most people it can be boring, people don't like to be the protector, the one with the strategetic utility and most people really aren't committed to being a team player.

IMO back in season 4 and 5 people hated support so much that i ditched my top lane and started maining support to the point it became my one trick role.

I've even forgot about playing all mid laners and some top and junglers who i used to main alot years ago.

As for adc.... i hear the trashmen haven't taken me out yet... unless im playing twitch who is so easy to play because of his Q positioning.

As a support main I love playing champions that just refuse to die, can bail out allies and annoy the enemy team, I love taking 20+ tower shots for my allies, I love being that driving force/starting gun that leads my team to victory rather than just dancing on mid lane like a bunch of confused plebs.

I understand you guys get excited when you get fed in lane but keep in mind its very easy for the enemy team to shut you down with good team work on their side and this is something that all players keep forgetting all the time and they will just dive a mid lane tower only to feed about 3 shut down bounties to a enemy feeding mid laner which instantly flips the tables on us.

Our Job is to invest our money for utility, protection, crowd control, possibly burst.

But for you try harding supports going duo carrying lane more than a real support you need to keep in mind that you maybe a bursty character but can your champion still protect you're adc in this match up, this is more important in Draft mode where everyone sees who gets what champion.

Annie's tibbers burst combo can be useful to damage and block skillshot or single targeting champions.

Morgana's barrier which I hate to say it is very situational against ap and hard cc champions.

Brand's lane harass is great if you have a caitllyn, miss fortune for more bullying you can also put twitch and varus with brand if the player knows how to play them well. Brand is also great with Rylais against the enemy team that can have really poor mobility so if your jungler stole Lee Sin and the enemy has udyr then you have a better chance of melting the Udyr rather than melting a enemy lee sin.

I think all players should have the right to experiment any champion in support which does sound very risky and pretty silly but trust me some off meta combos do work, also it can throw the enemy team off and make them think you're playing a meta lane champion and this can cause the enemy to pick a champion that will get countered by your ally's top laner/mid laner.

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