Title Mentioning Support: How to Get More Players to Play Support (correctly)

legendarytiger·2/1/2017, 6:38:15 PM·3 votes·841 views

Here's an idea:

Start fresh, with the noobs.

In the training portion, give a tutorial on various roles, either beginning or ending with support (because you want to emphasize it).

Top, Mid, and ADC don't really need any explanation, so a brief description and 2 min practice (or video) would be more than enough, but JUNGLE and SUPPORT are a bit different, and many people play those wrong for a long time before someone tells them "you're doing it wrong, here's how it's done." So those could use a 10 min practice (or video) to show new players how it's done.

Once people actually know how to support, they might realize "this role is important because (as the tutorial explained) I help feed/protect the ADC in the beginning, and then i help the team mid-late game."

Also adding stats end-game like Amount Allies Healed instead of just amount healed, which is vague, and easily misunderstood; Damage Shielded (or negated); Wards Placed; Wards Destroyed....

These 2 things would greatly help newer players (and maybe long time players) understand the value of playing support and see the recognition that MOST ROLES ALREADY HAVE.

[This was a comment on one of riots announcements, and I thought I'd post it here as well... please ignore the jungle comments]

3 Comments

MacDeath2/1/2017, 7:01:07 PM2 votes

It's a start.

Spice POWAH2/1/2017, 8:16:07 PM2 votes

At first I thought this was a support faq thread lol

come to think of it, there is no guide for jungle or support... the game needs this