Don't pick meta Supports, Pick your Supports.

IYT Bazzie·2/5/2017, 4:27:57 AM·5 votes·1,570 views

I was just reading a discussion about getting auto filled support and how people hated it and it got me thinking. a supports goal is to win the game just like the other 4 roles. so what are ones objectives when playing support. Warding and Peeling are the main ones that come to mind. Harassing the opposing laners, having utility, and/or being tanky are some other support roles. Warding can be done by any champion so that wouldn't be an issue and within the parameters of the other parts of being a support ALMOST ANY CHAMPION CAN SUCCEED. Just because you get support doesn't mean you have to play Janna, or zyra, or braum..... I have seen hard carry supp pantheon, just pick something you are comfortable with, go into some normals and figure out how to play it as support. say like you're a Darius main and hate support. k so play Darius support, abuse your passive, long melee range, and pretty good base damages. get like a frozen mallet and black cleaver and then full tank. You main Twisted Fate, k so go full cooldown reduction and spam gold card and poke and roam mid with ult. I will say this works better with early game champs, but a strategy that works for YOU is sooooo much better than you using a strategy that works for everyone else. Ignore People that say your trolling for Super off meta supports. as long as you know what works for you then do it.

A few champions should (for the most part) never be played as support. Fiora, Draven, Fizz, Akali, Katarina, Rengar, Shyvana, Tristana, Evelynn, Zed, Ezreal, Master Yi, Sivir, Kindred, Lucian, Talon. That's 16 champions! 16 out of 134 cant be played as support! You guys that are complaining about support have 118 champions to chose from, Im sure you can find at least 1 play style that fits you.

This is my first post constructive criticism will be accepted.

11 Comments

Proxy3452/5/2017, 4:59:07 AM2 votes

Heimerdinger makes a pretty good support lol

cope moment2/5/2017, 4:32:01 AM2 votes

you main lux u can build full ap and skip sightstone so u can do more damage o wait people already do that

Mighty Mortein2/5/2017, 4:55:47 AM1 votes

Thresh Alistar Leona will always be my go to supports. Though Fiddlesticks Zyra Brand Malzahar are all really fun to play in the role.

The Deckowner2/5/2017, 5:39:08 AM1 votes

so you are saying vayne support is playable?

Elfador2/5/2017, 5:06:14 AM1 votes

I've had succes playing Panth and Khazix support recently.

But the problem with off meta picks remains the same: some teammates' IQ will drop 50 pts as soon as you lock your pick, that's how it is. You become the reason for everything that's not going well.Enemy first blood : your fault. Jungler never ganks: your fault. Top died 3 times after 5 minutes : your fault.

DemainaNyx2/5/2017, 5:08:47 AM1 votes

To be fair, you could probably even play some of the champions in your "should never be played support" list. Granted, you better be super good at them, but it's still somewhat possible. I mean, tank Tristana stomping on your face and slowing you is going to make it harder for you to escape. Katarina could play the bait in ganks and just E away. If Sivir stands near her ADC, she could eat hooks with her shield.

Again, you better be fricken amazing at this champions, but still.

Risk of Fate2/5/2017, 4:36:35 AM1 votes

I remember having a screwup one game and I ended up playing support vi with cait adc (thought I was jungling, this was last season). We rekt lane.