Is it time for an AD-based support champion?

Yes, yes. I get the talk about , and . I have no problem with those. And don't want an AD based support item - I don't think it is needed. Yet.

But after seeing some experimenting with and even as support, I can't help but wonder if it is time for an AD-based support champion appearing. The coin and shield are perfectly fine for such purposes - so no, you don't need a new item as suggested. But it would be nice if we could get a support champion with ad-scaling talents that allow for decent crowd-control in lane (slows, stuns and AOE effects) that would benefit teammates more and would allow them some AD-based poke in botlane. And no, those melee based tanky types that have been pushed for the past few years just aren't adequate in the rock-paper-scissors nature of botlane.

Currently, most of the AD champs that are being generated are still more aimed at 1v1 battles. The meta as it has been evolving seems to suggest that there is a gap that needs to be filled by such a champion - perhaps to counter the range-based mages that we are seeing dominating the support positions lately.