Tank supports vs AP Support (My opinion)

Hello I am Bird··1 votes·1,274 views

Just a reminder that this is my opinion on how things between tank supports (Leona Taric Braum) and ~~AP supports ~~ Utility Support(Nami Janna Lulu) are at the moment.

Tank supports Tank supports are fun to play against, are efficent, but are somewhat binary playing as them. They are great for what they do, and while learning all their abilities and strategies can be pretty fun to play. Eventually, however, they get boring, and what little they can do besides soak up damage becomes the same every time. Sure, there's timings on when to ult and who do go in on and when, but in general, it's the same most of the time.

Utility Supports Utility Supports are great to play as and are great at what they do, but are generally horrible to play against. Most supports chill in the back while buffing and getting their ADCs out of trouble. It makes things uninteresting and unengaging to play against. On the surface, it seems like AP supps have the same problem as tank supports. That after you learn them, they become binary and unfun. The difference is that generally, AP supports have more options for any given problem. Instead of "Stun and run and hope to god you make it out alive because al l you're supposed to do is go in." Say Lee sin ganks your lane. As a Leona support, you would stun him, or maybe ult him to save your ADC, probably dying in the process because you have to be in melee range to stun him. As a Janna support, you could use a tornado to stop lee from qing to your adc, use your w to slow him, and stay in a safe range while you're at it. She could also ult if needed to knock everyone away while she shields her ADC from any damage.

Tanks could use more than just "When do I ult and how do I get out" as options when fighting.

EDIT: Change any instances of AP support with Utility support

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Maximum Morde1 votes

Those aren't AP supports, those are Utility supports.

Hello I am Bird1 votes

Thank you! I forgot the name of them and couldn't remember it for the life of me

khorney1 votes

when i play mao supp and luc adc and the stupid fck refuses to listen to me about a item he needed to build and refused to build it. teemo adc and ww and brand i kept telling him to build banshees but he refusd kept calling me noob and to shut up .... guess what he fed a bunch and we lost

yeulx1 votes

Denied Ap, ap utility supports are not horrible infact tank supports are the worse ...Because Unlike utility supports that u can Easily deal with picking off. quickly focusing and killing or just the utility support getting Caught out.. but unlike tank supports well they are tanky u cant deal with them easily.... especially if the game rolls into lategame.... ive been supporting the past few seasons and ive come to realize out of the 3 types of supports... Tank supports are just unhealthy except for in higher elo .... tho my question is.... why are u going on with this when u are not a support main?

Edit also forgot to mention... The new mastery... Goes on alot of the Tank Supports..

Edit2 also i just got an old video 3 years ago when i was playing nami support * dont mind the streamer * https://www.twitch.tv/ilovetswift13/v/50112019 generally utility supports have to sit in the backline...because they offer only utility.. heals and shields.... i mean..... Am i the only one Who remembers the Old soraka? ahhh i miss the old starcall

Oglaf1 votes

If you think that Braum is "just to soak damage" you need to git gud with him.

The plays you can make with him, especially when using his W to get around... oh boy...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CPnC20XWoAAMmx8.png

yeulx1 votes

:O nice sticker

Oglaf1 votes

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:O nice sticker

There are tons of them, but for some reason Rito decided to only stick with these boring Halloween ones as default...

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