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New Role - Bot Assist

o Mim o·12/9/2014, 8:36:48 PM·9 votes·2,800 views

I've been playing the "support" role for over a year now. One thing I've come to know from experience, is that when you play "support" you are expected to play a certain way, and many times I've seen enemies get away because a "support player" was afraid to take a kill because "they're not suppose to." I think it's time to change that old mentality. A "Bottom Lane Assistant" is one that can not only secure a kill if its called for, but can also assist the ADC and other team members when needed. A good example of a good "Bot Lane Assistant" would be the following champions.

Ahri Ahri - Not only has good crowd control and can apply pressure so the ADC can farm, but the kiss will also be handy.

Anivia Anivia - Her slows and wall speaks for itself.

Annie Annie - Annie is already played as a "support" but I think Annie and Tibbers should not get grief from an ADC if they get a kill.

Ashe Ashe - Ashe has her slows and sight, but is also good with taking a kill now and then when needed.

Brand Brand - Brand is just annoying, so reign hell on earth.

Cassiopeia Cassiopia - Again, slows, and a constant reminder of why everyone needs a little Magic Resist in their diet.

Gnar Gnar - Gnar's slows and stuns are annoying for a "support" player.

Heimerdinger Heimerdinger - No one likes Heimy. Come on, his turrets are cheap and his smack talk is annoying. IF you can get your ADC to attack turrets before minions, you'll be fine.

Karma Karma - Is quite capable of handling herself against any of these Assist Champs, and can also clear a minion wave very effectively in a pinch.

Lulu Lulu - Lulu is already considered a "support" champ, but why lock her down to just feeding an ADC?

Morgana Morgana - Morgana's stuns and ult can rekt your S***. Don't get annoyed if she's stronger than she looks.

Nidalee Nidalee - Enemies are afraid to get hit with her spear, and for good reason, so she's great at keeping her ADC in free farming land.

Orianna Orianna - Her slows//acceleration ability not to mention her "protect" and ult can make life a lot easier for an ADC. Share the wealth and not the grief.

Teemo Teemo - No one likes Teemo, the evil little Yordle that makes your life a living hell until lvl 9 when you can buy an Oracle Lens.

Veigar Veigar - Event Horizon is as creepy as the movie that shares the name, and makes Dark Matter a given at destruction. Expect this Lane Assistant to take as many kills as he can, they don't like to back off from a good yummy treat.

Velkoz Vel'Koz - Q, E, and R. Say no more.

Volibear Volibear - His Q and E make him great at holding back the enemy and allowing your ADC to farm freely. I mean, who wants to get thrown around by an over sized, disgruntled Teddy?

Zyra Zyra - Her gardening skills can keep enemies at bay, but don't get on her case if she gets a kill here and there.

You can pretty much "Assist" an ADC with any champion, but these I believe would make a good Lane Mate. A "Support" player is harder and harder to find, because of the fact that if they do take a kill they get too much grief to even want to play the role. If you proclaim yourself as an Assistant, then no one can complain about you taking kills when you have to. ADCs just have to live with the fact that sometimes your lane mate is going to have the extended range it takes to take out an enemy, or they just get excited in the heat of the moment. It can happen, and does happen, so they shouldn't have to deal with being harassed for it. This is how we can avoid that issue and play a more enjoyable game as a team. "Bot Lane Assistant". That's my role of choice from here on out. Hope you join me, and have fun all.

32 Comments

Sageless Ranger12/9/2014, 8:44:45 PM13 votes

ADC's especially at the lowest elos need to learn to not freak out at everything and act like they are gods at the game. If they are just puttsing around and not taking a kill when they should be and the support gets it, then too bad, but it takes pressure off the lane anyways which leads to more CS which is what they should be focusing on anyways so its a win win.

Scotch N Bourbon12/9/2014, 9:10:19 PM5 votes

If the ADC is playing properly as in staying a parrell to you, poking when enemy comes to CS/ poke, and also goes in when you go in they will get the kill. Which honestly is actually rarely seen in most normals and ranked at lower elo's since the ADC's are either pushed so far ahead of their support they get caught out, or they are so far behind they can't capitalize on the supports great plays, or even help save the support. So if they are unable to get the kill just take it as the support because that one kill can make you that much better at setting up the next kills and so on and so forth. Plus, you're the one who just popped all your abilities and SS so you might as well make it worth it if the ADC can't. If an enemy ever gets away and you had a chance to secure the kill, but didn't because you wanted the ADC to get it: That's a fail on not only the ADC's fault but yours. To me DUO lane is won, when BOTH champions are ahead of opposing laning champions. You do this by out csing them, more kills/assists, pushing them out of lane (aka giving you more CS AND experience), taking their tower(when it is appropriate to do so) and also making the enemy laners focus on bot lane while you are able to roam to other lanes to put additional pressure in other lanes.

Silents42912/10/2014, 5:48:33 AM3 votes

Honestly listening to supports go on about the hardships they have and wanting to be represented better is obnoxious to me.

DrCyanide12/9/2014, 8:52:49 PM3 votes

I believe you're looking for a word to combine "Roaming Support" and "Kill Lane".

Blynx12/10/2014, 4:16:18 AM2 votes

When ADC's complain that I'm stealing kills I start stealing minions.

Srsly tho if you're low elo learn to pick up the minions that your ADC is going to miss.

ccseancc14312/10/2014, 4:04:58 AM2 votes

Hidden supportTalon

Hex the FenFen12/11/2014, 6:30:12 AM2 votes

As a Zyra support main I do end up taking a lot of kills because i build AP to peel, people need to get over it

Darkshade2412/12/2014, 5:30:42 PM2 votes

I understand what your saying, and ADC's are often not as chill as they could be, but one of the reasons that they get mad is simply this: Gold. ADC's are the most gold reliant champs in the game and, especially lower Elo's where they cant CS as well, kills are a huge chunk of their income.

Supports mostly rely on the utility of their abilities, instead of the scalings. For example: Leona. The only thing she would need gold for is tankyness, and that will come from the Targon's or Coin, and without tankyness Leona is still plenty useful earlier on, with all the CC she brings. But an ADC? ADC's are practically useless without items, as most don't have cc, and the ones that do are often immobile, or make up for it in other ways, so they aren't as useful as most supports without gold.

And let's face it, supports cannot carry. I don't mean they can't help win the game, I agree that they are an important role, what I'm saying is that a 5/0/0 support is not going to do anything for your team, whereas a 5/0/0 ADC will benefit your team greatly.

Just some thoughts from a Silver ADC main. :)

EasyGankEasyLife1/28/2015, 9:37:44 AM1 votes

The reason why this isn't a good idea has to do with the reason ADC and Support lane together in the first place. ADC (unlike AP mid and most Top laners) don't scale that well of of having levels. This means that after the ADC leaves laning phase, he can still be an effective damage dealer even if he is generally a level behind. What ADC DOES scale well off of is gold. The more gold an ADC has, the more effective he's going to be in team fights and pushing objectives for the team. Any mentality which denies the AD carry gold (especially in favor of utility) will effectively sabotage the team's push, tower taking ability and overall damage in team fights.

Support is in the bot lane with the AD carry because Support too does not scale heavily off of levels, but also does not scale heavily off of gold. Supports generally rely on their heals, peals and cc effects (all things which are usually just as effective regardless if they have one level put into them or five). For this reason, support doesn't need to take kills and gold to be extremely effective in team fights. It also is generally more beneficial for the team to have gold put towards damage rather than pure utility, especially since the warding limit introduced in season 4. Would you rather have an extra BF sword on your adc, or a ruby sightstone upgrade and kindlegem on your support? It's pretty clear.

This explains it well: http://youtu.be/fMXmlrLtOMo?t=3m33s http://youtu.be/fMXmlrLtOMo?t=5m52s

Also, what's with this "ADC think they're gods" thing? This was something that was said a lot Season 3, or around the time that CLG and Doublelift were popular given that the meta for them was to build their team comps around Doublelift. Nonetheless it's a huge generalization. Choosing to play a specific role doesn't automatically make you an ass hole. I can't tell you how many salty supports I've met who flame me because they make a bad play or choose to engage when I'm not in position to follow up. It takes two to tango in the bot lane, and support shouldn't assume that they're doing everything perfectly all the time. Since the AD is preoccupied with farming and poking, it's your job to secure bush control, to zone, mostly to ward, poke and engage. Don't assume that because your ADC was too far back to follow up that your engage was flawless.. There's a good chance that you're in a terrible position for them to follow up and they don't want to risk it. Support isn't a cop-out role. You can't sit back, do nothing and mouth off to your ADC because you don't like their playstyle or you didn't communicate with them.