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The Hard Knock Life of a Support

SaitamaForPOTUS··2 votes·447 views

I believe Riot absolutely just hates supports. Not so much in terms of character creation, but the rewards systems in place. I've had the hardest time getting S or S+ rankings in game because it seems like its just impossible to please the LoL Gods. I thought maybe well I just suck, but I recently took part in a ranked game that shed some light on the issue.

It was a 4v5 from the get go because our Nidalee jungle went DC and didn't come back in until close to 20 minutes in. At the end of the game, when I had 3 kills, 1 death, and 11 assists, she had the same amount of gold as me. Now I know I'm not the best support or player out there, but I feel that I should at least be given some sort of reward for taking part in the whole game as Nidalee was only in for the last 15 minutes. On top of that, I was only given an A grade with that ratio. It is damn near impossible to get level 7 mastery where my main duo adc had already gotten level 7 on Jinx very shortly after the mastery level was available.

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I believe that something needs to be done about this and the unsung heroes of Summoners Rift needs some time in the spotlight as well as the other roles.

3 Comments

RookPusher1 votes

We're not going to get anything from these people who think we're the reason the game is lost. Just stop queueing support until something is done.

67chrome1 votes

I believe Riot absolutely just hates supports.

Riot is a company. How can it even feel hatred? How can something that isn't alive even have feelings?

I was only given an A grade with that ratio.

Riot is hiding the exact machinations of how grading works, but if you play a support Annie you will be compared against other support Annies, and to get an S rank you need to be in the top 10% of support Annie's in this case.

There's a lot more about your rank than KDA, and none of that effects supports any differently than any other lane position. I've gotten an S rank multiple times on Janna, not that difficult.

How well you do compared to your rival in particular seems to be the most important ingredient in getting a good grade. If you can get the enemy support to get a D while you make the plays, that's generally when you get an S rank. If you go 3/1/12 and the enemy support went 3/1/12: you're not performing in the top 10% of supports after all.

SaitamaForPOTUS1 votes

That score wasn't an example of the rating system. It was to show how a Nidalee that was DC for the whole game had the same amount of gold as someone that was in for the whole game.

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