Is Climbing the Elo ladder as Support "RNG"?

MrwiOzV6pB·1/19/2016, 12:56:34 AM·1 votes·2,154 views

I've been playing league for a while now (I think nearly a year) and admittedly I've had some bad games here and there. I noticed once I dropped to around Silver 3 though it becomes insanely hard to climb the elo ladder as support. A lot of times I'll have an amazing game with high assists, low deaths, most wards placed, most wards destroyed, great communication, etc. but it's still not enough to win. Right now I'm at Silver 5 after dropping hard and I feel like most of this game is just RNG based on what teammates you get. Like literally I'm ready to quit this game just because support is so suited to my playstyle such as being a shot caller and having a great kit while supplying my team with in-game knowledge of where the enemy is and what a good or bad engage is. The problem is Silver 5 is so toxic there's not much I can do as support and people don't listen anyways.

I've gotten tons of matches with 4v5 on my team or even people just having no idea what they're doing like building AD on an AP champion. I feel like the only way to get out of "elo hell" is to just switch my role to a carry position till I'm like Gold at least, what do you guys think? I'm great at landing skillshots with multiple kinds of support from champs that do not much damage like Janna to tanks like Tahm Kench or even high burst like Vel'Koz. I have around 12 different supports I use in different categories such as: Tank, AP, AD, Burst, Sustain. I normally pick a champion based on my our team comp or countering against the enemy team comp. The problem is since I've done hundreds of games as support champions I lack skill with other champions and csing my lane when I'm mid or top.

Here is a list of supports I normally use:

Taric, Bard, Soraka, Blitzcrank, Braum, Nautilus, Thresh, Alistar, Janna, Sona, Morgana, Tahm, Lux

20 Comments

SleepyLionCub1/19/2016, 1:57:54 AM2 votes

depends what elo u are. anything under gold and ur gonna cry after every game as support. Anything gold or higher and you will actually have a big influence on the game.

Aeolian Melodies1/19/2016, 12:58:54 AM2 votes

Considering that high elo supports consistently climb back to high elo every season, no.

Support will make you climb as much as other roles if you are a good support that has impact on his games - remember that as a support it is relatively easy to not be the reason you're losing, but it is considerably harder to be the reason you're winning.

pE4CbxDPQO1/19/2016, 1:10:31 AM1 votes

Not a lot you can do if you get like four retards that all feed before four minutes. In games where that doesn't happen you can find a way to win.

laksjhdflkjah1/19/2016, 1:11:09 AM1 votes

http://www.lolskill.net/summoner/NA/Rule%2034%20Zyra/champions

Too late for me to get back into gold after the Assassin Meta but I hope this shows its not rng.

Mecha MaIphite1/19/2016, 1:48:30 AM1 votes

jungler functions similarly to a global support and usually has the most impact in lower elo games

you also get more of a say in objectives because you're the one with smite

LF Annie1/19/2016, 2:15:43 AM1 votes

the best thing to work on as support is timing, like times when you're free to roam, when its good to ward vs bad to ward, team communication, and finding flaws in enemy lanes plays to capitalize on their mistakes to get your carry as fed as possible as fast as possible. [slayer-jinx-wink]

Craft Zeppelin1/19/2016, 8:35:47 AM1 votes

Well...I believe you do not get what the support role is meant to do. You have to carry your allies and put them in line through your kit and items.

Also to win constantly, you must repeat your winning move. Although there is a saying no match is the same, you can force the enemy into the same sticky end if you are a support with relative ease compared to other roles. Remember your matches and reanimate.

For instance, I got a 62 percent with zyra support. Hell my adc just needs to auto attack the target I pinged for him during my frostqueen engage which will obliterate their duo...even to the degree I will win if blitz grabbed me.

ThePartyLeader1/19/2016, 12:58:56 AM1 votes

My understanding of silver is you have to crush your lane or its a coin flip. Like crush so hard everyone forgets the jungler got executed by scuttle crab.