Top laners that support

Trogmar··5 votes·1,789 views

Who are some top laners that can be a successful support. I'm mainly looking for tanks.

25 Comments

Naraxam3 votes

Trundle, Shen, Malphite, Poppy, Volibear can be decent supports.

Out of those, I would say Trundle and Shen are probably the most useful.

Neeko N Dime1 votes

{quoted}

Trundle, Shen, Malphite, Poppy, Volibear can be decent supports.

Out of those, I would say Trundle and Shen are probably the most useful.

I'd have to agree. nautilus as well but imo he's a better support atm than a toplaner

Friendly Ram1 votes

Seconded on shen. He's great as a wandering support and has so much utility in his kit.

DeathBurst1 votes

Sion is OK too. Not great, but OK.

Mig891 votes

Yup. Trundle, shen, malphite. I wouldnt say voli makes a very good support except in a few specific cases but Nautilus also works well.

LegacyDAP1 votes

Maokai?

PhuckinAnything2 votes

Alistar Illaoi JarvanIVMalphite Maokai Nautilus Poppy Shen Sion TahmKench Trundle Volibear Zac These guys can work as supports as long as you don't act stupid about it lol

Partholonian1 votes

Illaoi support is pretty bad, IMO. She has low utility because she's a juggernaut, but as a support she won't be able to build enough damage or tankiness either because those things cost gold. And she brings 0 peel, in contrast to pretty much every other tank support.

The Minion hunt1 votes

tri force alistar was a thing, but lulu tends to be good at it, not tank tho. Mao is pretty support.

Trashlord Kayden1 votes

Illaoi Malphite Maokai Shen

Very Hard Engage1 votes

i keep taking Sejuani bot lane, knockup, slow, and great damage from all the early health stacking from sightstone/mountain.

and the god level 6 engage.

Critmaster Garen1 votes

not a tank, but Yorick is essentially a mix of melee bruiser/support.

he is usually strong, when he has a strong adc to ult for the ghost.

Mig891 votes

ive never once seen a good yorick support. He is easily countered in a duo lane.

Critmaster Garen1 votes

{quoted}

ive never once seen a good yorick support. He is easily countered in a duo lane.

i thought op was talking about top laners who can support in teamfights, and generally play supporty.

LegacyDAP1 votes

I used to play support Yorick, hence my mastery five on him. He's good if you know what you're doing and he's actually not countered that much in duo lanes. He can win trades fairly well.

Sire Hippington1 votes

Chogath DrMundo Galio Gragas JarvanIV LeeSin Maokai Sion ZacTrundle Nautilus

TheHurricaneGamr1 votes

I would reccomend Poppy, although Gangplank has some supportive properties as well.

stealthfox941 votes

Malphite support is pretty hilarious. I actually prefer him in that role to top lane. You could also be a dick and play Darius support.

PhDs Nuts1 votes

Trundle works in lane with his pillar, and works after lane with his ult to shred the enemy tank.

Kaioko1 votes

Any tank can really be played as a support later in the game after the laning phase is done. Most of them will have the CC needed to peel for the ADC and because they're tanks they'll be able to soak up the damage.

RookPusher1 votes

I run Maokai down there a lot. here's how I do it:

  1. Take Q,W,E,Q - then max W first, Q second, and R when you can.

  2. I rush item 2303, grab boots second. With Mao, you want to keep that root uptime going so I generally take item 3009 but item 3158 isn't the worst options.

  3. item 3512 - you need to get money, and this thing CSs for you post langing phase. You also need speed.

  4. item 3065 - makes him almost invincible.

  5. At this point it's all "take what's best" but I like Mao as a health tank so I go item 3083 and item 3027 for my last two slots.

One man's opinion.

LSmaster161 votes

Sion can work pretty well, especially with an Ashe or Jhin adc. Also Shen.

Rico Nasty1 votes

Sion, Maokai, Malphite, Sejuani, Poppy, Gragas, Shen, Volibear, Zac are all extremely viable. Illaoi, Mundo, Darius, Trundle also work but are far less effective.

Trogmar1 votes

Looks likeMaokai Malphite Shen Sion are the top picks, now i just need to figure out how to build them support, vs top lane.

69982196_DEL1 votes

Youtuber Raigarak has some interesting picks.

More from Gameplay

More by Trogmar