Not much to be said supports are very weak, just look at the highest win rate ones they are all mid laners wtf Rito stop nerfing supp they are not the problem. Change Kenches W cooldown back to 17 seconds, and buff enchanters shielding items.
Uhh what support meta...
easy top damage on team
yasuo with a single target stun
godlike tank, always picked regardless of matchup, tourny, gamemode
solo queue god
perma banned for a reason
farthest "auto-aim" poke in the game
best engage champ in the game, essentially a safer alistar
is leona
Honestly there are so many viable pick supports that work with "any" team comp, than there are mid lane picks. Which are almost always ONLY revolving around 3-5 champs and half are banned lol
Play Nami. Broken ass support. Basically freelo
Op.gg's top 10 Win rates for supports: Sion: 55% Sona: 53% Mao: 53% Leo: 52% Ali: 52% Nami: 51% Vel'Koz: 51% Soraka: 51% Nautilus: 51% Bard: 51%
Out of all of those...only 1 is a mid laner...where are you getting your statistics from? http://na.op.gg/champion/statistics
I don't exactly agree with the idea of buffing enchanter shielding items. But I'll explain on why I believe the support meta has the little diversity it has right now.
Reason 1. Damage is too high: Sure Patch 8.16 helped a lot where many damage runes were nerfed but there is still so much damage that many enchanters and peel supports can't protect their allies no matter how many shields and heals they use to stop the enemy assassins and fighters. Heck peel supports are designed to counter assassins and fighters so if even they can't stop them then really the only way to fight damage is to fight with more damage, which is why high damage mage supports like Brand, Zyra, and Lux (Yes she can be used support and she is doing pretty good right now) are doing great at the moment. Especially since they can quickly snowball a game and get a huge lead which is very important right now since the early game is everything.
Reason 2. Why engage tanks are doing well: With the mages being so dominant and again damage is too high for most heal and shield supports to matter. The counter to these mages is to pick an engage support since they get close to the enemy and put them in a bad position where everyone can attack them. The issue is that all they can do right now is expose the valuable target and then die because there is so much true damage they can barely survive and armor is pointless and since peel supports don't mostly engage, they just end up dying trying to protect their allies and the allies die anyway so there's little reason to pick peel supports.
Reason 3. Why are some non-damage/non-engage supports doing well: Yes I know some are going to counter argue "What about Soraka, Taric, Zilean, or Nami who are doing well right now (especially Nami). My response to that is they have something specific in their kits that really help in the current meta. Taric synergies really good with front line champions like Assassins and Fighters who basically rule the meta because he can stun enemies in front of his ally while also making them invincible (Seriously, try fighting an invincible Master Yi with BORTK, Rageblade, and Infinity Edge). Soraka can keep the Assassin/Fighter on her team alive while also silencing those who try to hurt them. Zilean can ult allies, preventing them from getting one shot while also acting as a second source of magic damage. Lastly Nami is the only one that can engage from a safe distance meaning she won't die right after engaging like an engage tank so she can still be useful to the rest of the team.
Overall my hope is for the support meta to return to the way it was in previous seasons where 1 to 2 groups were not dominating over everyone else but with whats been added, changed, and buffed in the game, I have a hard time thinking things were return to what they were like before.
