Support guide for low elo

10xDoublelift·Oct 10, 2016·1 votes·977 views

get spelltheif edge if you are an ap supp, or relic sheild if tank supp
first back buy sightstone and get red trinket (to deny bot lane vision) if you can also get boots of speed and start building full support item
Finish your support iteam AP supps get either forstqueens claim or eye of watchers, tanks get face of mountain 4AP. supps you build tanky but not straight tank like ali or braum, you build like locket and banner of command, things that can help you teammates as well 4TANK. Build straight tank looks whos snowballing build the corresponding defence if its a leblanc build mr, if its yasuo build armor,
at level 9 or higher upgrade to full red trinket ASAP

** AP supps are champs like morgana, lulu bard Tanks are; alistar, braum,

12 Comments

Handy Sandy Oct 10, 20163 votes

Zyra support guide:

Get sightstone and red trinket with frost queen's claim or something build full dmg still burst down squishies lategame

11/10

Privileged JewOct 10, 20161 votes

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Zyra support guide:

Get sightstone and red trinket with frost queen's claim or something build full dmg still burst down squishies lategame

11/10

Yeah you bet!

item 3092 item 2045 item 3151 item 3135 item 3020 item 3116

-300K Zyra main

10xDoubleliftOct 10, 20161 votes

zyra is an eceptiobn to this, she sucks dick when you dont do full damage after sighstone and forst queens

ChaddyFantomeOct 10, 20161 votes

=Lulu Support=

Start (the only time you would build is if you explicitly have an entire team that strongly benefits from Talisman of Ascension Active)
Harass like god and get on your first back, hopefully with and switch your Trinket to . to deny vision as early as possible. Get a Pink Ward if possible.
Rush starting with from here on out.
Finish into and then buy or . You now have 45% CDR.
Get . Almost never get because you will easily overcap on CDR AS IN in this meta. You don't need to make it harder on yourself.
Proceed to buy whatever next fits the situation. / / for Magic resist, if you need to boost a teamates Crit, of you just need a bit more roaming and safety. 7.????
profit.

OleandervineOct 10, 20161 votes

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=Lulu Support=

Start (the only time you would build is if you explicitly have an entire team that strongly benefits from Talisman of Ascension Active)

Harass like god and get on your first back, hopefully with and switch your Trinket to . to deny vision as early as possible. Get a Pink Ward if possible.

Rush starting with from here on out.

Finish into and then buy or . You now have 45% CDR.

Get . Almost never get because you will easily overcap on CDR AS IN in this meta. You don't need to make it harder on yourself.

Proceed to buy whatever next fits the situation. / / for Magic resist, if you need to boost a teamates Crit, of you just need a bit more roaming and safety. 7.????

profit.

I always rush into Forbidden Idol and either Mikael's or Ardent after the Sightstone if I'm Janna, Lulu, Nami, or Soraka. The boosted shield/heal is much more impactful early on than the upgraded gold item.

ChaddyFantomeOct 10, 20161 votes

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I always rush into Forbidden Idol and either Mikael's or Ardent after the Sightstone if I'm Janna, Lulu, Nami, or Soraka. The boosted shield/heal is much more impactful early on than the upgraded gold item.

Yea whoops. Forgot to list them on the line after Forbidden Idol. xD I personally don't like Getting Mikaels unless i really need it because it creates so much overlap and used up gold/stats with other items that are frankly more useful in way more situations

ApolloclipticOct 10, 20161 votes

I often build hourglass on Lulu, because i drop so much CC and Utility for my allies that the enemy team starts to focus me really hard. By disappearing for a moment while my team fights, I come back to continue proving support to everyone. Without hourglass, I often have to peel for myself, because lulu has so much utility with fairly short CD's that staying alive is often more valuable than spamming your ulti on someone else just before you blow up. Also her support mechanics scale well with AP, so sometimes building more AP makes her inbuilt Utility better than the benefit of support items, very dependent. I main support when not in soloQ, so sometimes If I am playing a tank in another lane, I buy support items so that my support can get something that synergy better with their kit (AI, I might grab locket or sometimes even sightstone so they can be creative).

Champs that are more one trick ponies need to use the support builds more, like Blitz for example

inhumanlolOct 12, 20162 votes

I often think if item 3174 or item 3222 are perfect for morg. Her E has a HUGE CD so it;s benefits are quiet restricted. I usually go for for that mana regen and forget to use it active.

Worst Kench NAOct 10, 20161 votes

Playing Zilean in bronze is almost like a guaranteed S every game.

Kempachi TaichouOct 10, 20161 votes

First back, upgrade Spell Thief's Edeg or Relic Shield, buy boots, buy ruby crystal. Second back, upgrade crystal to Sightstone, begin building Aegis. Third back finish Aegis and support item.

ApolloclipticOct 10, 20161 votes

locket AND banner of command? I'm sure that was a mistake If you think following such a strict guide works then you lack experience, and buying sightstone first is a noob trap. If you are winning lane and pushing, get sightstone, if you are losing lane or fighting under tower, fix up your gold item, or boots, if you are trading but not pushing, grab a pink and get a combat item. All item paths are situational, including the support. Also, AP supports and Utility supports are different, as some gain a lot from building ap, other can build full tank and still have huge impact (see some high level jannah tank builds) If you want generic advice it should something more like:

If you are a utility support: - lulu, bard, jannah, maxing out the buffs for your team one of the mana/regen shield/heal amplifying items (a few now), sightstone, banners/locket,

these are the core items, most others are situational

If you are a carry support: (example, Vel or Brand, building ap for damage) support item (for gold and utility), sightstone, boots

all other situational, even the support item, though it is highly recommended

If you are secondary Tank: - stay back and peel for adc/apc late game frozen heart, iron locket, face of mountain, merc/ninja tabi, sightstone

these are the core items - not right order, frozen heart or locket may change

If you are only tank: - more likely to be at the front or engaging Face of the mountain (very good stats), Sightstone, Locket, Randuin, tabi/mercs, (frozen heart, zz rot or GA or banshees)

You have less options, but ruby sightstone will help with all these active items at least

Hopefully you're not the only tank, and hopefully you're not the main ap damage (happens sometimes with Zed/Yas/Talon mid) but if for whatever reason you are, there are certain items you should STILL BUILD because even if you're damage or tankiness is good, you will lose out to bad vision.

Rare exceptions include Ivern support who can run smite and get trackers for pretty much the same amount of wards, but better synergy with kit. If you have an adc like Cait or Ashe, a faresight orb can be helpful, and more wards can beat dewarding sometimes If the enemy is Eve jungle, you STILL NEED SIGHTSTONE just not as early as normal, lane champs roam too you know! Finally other off meta picks might encourage you to switch out items, because they have similar utility worked into their kit already. (Seen braum with ghost instead of exhaust because it works so well on him)

An example of one of my off meta builds if MS Nami: I don't buy boots but buy syndergy items with inherit ms. I stay at the back and have more ms than any of the champs with boots, while more ap for heals and damage. It got weaker this year after a few ms items got changed or reworked, but it's an example of other ways to remove usually core items

10xDoubleliftOct 10, 20161 votes

when i get supp, i usually just insta lock ali, i dont suggest following this guide to a tie, but sightstone into red trinket is prety much a must do on every support