Does anyone care about mage supports?

chipndip1·Jul 29, 2017·2 votes·309 views

Champs like Zyra and Brand in the support role...does anyone care that they were basically rapid-fire nerfed out of the meta? Do people think high damage support options are a viable, healthy option for the bot lane to have?

8 Comments

Blade of JusticJul 29, 20172 votes

I'm not quite sure i understand, but if you're advocating this:

Lux : item 3041 item 3089 item 3020 item 3135 item 3285 item 3152

over this:

Lux : item 3092 item 3158 item 2045 item 3504 item 3165 item 3157

as a support, I'd have to disagree.

Big LincolnJul 29, 20171 votes

if riot can actually balance them for once then i'd be all for it

only if they introduce some bruiser supports though hehe

FireDrizzleJul 29, 20171 votes

I dont mind mage supports when they dont have huge base damage AND amazing utility Karma Zyra

LimmieJul 31, 20171 votes

Zyra has amazing utility? She has a super telegraphed snare on her E and a knockup on her R. There are ADCs with more utility than her for crying out loud.

AvezaJul 29, 20171 votes

I actually don't have a problem with mage supports because of champions like Janna who don't have (much of) anything meaningful outside of utility. They can't do damage, they can't tank, all they have is situational things. Granted, used tactically, those can be huge in both laning and teamfights, but even so. Take away a mage support's damage in favor of utility, and they can't accomplish much in the long run unless they're absurdly on the ball with their kit, and take enough utility off the damage and you may as well just go midlane (although I take Velkoz support half the time I get filled, so there's that too)

Heaven forbid a support should actually be able to be helpful if their lane is doing poorly.

Morgy MorgyJul 29, 20171 votes

i personally think brand is fine mid and he's only played support because he has an easy to land 1.5 second stun and huge damage potential past lvl 3

LimmieJul 29, 20171 votes

I wouldn't mind Zyra being shitty in support if she were at least still viable mid. Railroading her bot then balancing her around support (ie nerfing the hell outta her) was a pretty shitty move to people like me who played her mid.