Who exactly thought a roaming support would work in a game where the ADC is the win condition?

Raoul··1 votes·1,026 views

Seriously, your ADC decides if you win or lose a game.

Your support only exists to keep the ADC save until your ADC is more fed than the enemy ADC.

Pyke is supposed to roam, but by doing that, he destroys your teams win condition by leaving the ADC 1v2...

Do you even know your own game RIOT? Nothing but botlane matters, thats why the support is down there, thats wwhy the jungle camps down there...

16 Comments

ModWulf Helhammer10 votes

All supports roam.

The key is knowing when to do it and how to pull it off correctly.

Raoul1 votes

yes, when your ADC roams after your bot turret is down.

ModWulf Helhammer7 votes

No, that's not what I meant.

If you're playing a Blitz or Thresh, or Alistar or Rakan, you roam to other lanes. You have so much kill pressure from your CC that you can easily start gaining advantages in other lanes. And all supports should be roaming around getting vision on the map.

As long as you didn't leave your ADC in a bad matchup, or leave them vulnerable from lack of vision, you're good.

IcyPepper3 votes

or leave them vulnerable from lack of vision,

It would help if they knew how to use their trinket to help. Most ADCs I play with often forget and leave it up to me to buy all the control wards and use my trinket solely for defensive warding.

[sg-shisa]

And where's the jungler in all this? I feel like I'm the only one supporting this family! Goddamn top laner doesn't even pay child support anymore

Warlord Rhinark1 votes

That spoiled brat doesn't deserve my hard earned cash.

I'm filing for a divorce.

Daedric Etwahl1 votes

You dont know how to properly play support, then.

Sure some supports like Bard, Blitz, and Alistar roam more often than those like Sona or Soraka, but every support is supposed to roam in some capacity, and there are certain times when it's safe for both you and your ADC for you to roam for a little bit.

IcyPepper1 votes

The support isn't your servant. There's three other teammates they can help from time to time, past early game they're free to make decisions and exercise agency. You don't get to decide everything for them from start to finish.

Raoul1 votes

Its everyones job to win the game. That means getting your ADC fed and save. Which means if the support abandons the win condition, hes not doing his job!

ZephyrDrake4 votes

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Its everyones job to win the game. That means getting your ADC fed and save. Which means if the support abandons the win condition, hes not doing his job!

"win condition" sorry but only absolutely horrible ADCs need a support to baby sit them 24/7

Daedric Etwahl3 votes

It's everyone's job to win the game. Which means as ADC it's your job to stay safe when I go to ward, not go "Oh! Sona's warding! Time for me to 1v2!"

If an ADC plays like that they're no longer my win condition, I'll make it whoever is actually carrying.

IcyPepper1 votes

That means getting your teammate[s] who will greatly increase your chance of winning fed and save.

FTFY

It's not always about the ADC.

DerMangoJoghurt4 votes

Bard ?

Raoul1 votes

Barely played and when played he is a botlane babysitter like every other support.

Critmaster Garen2 votes

riot is trying to steer the game away from the adc being the win condition. at least thats what they officially stated.

Raoul1 votes

Then they should finaly make some serious nerfs to ADCs burst per second.

Give ADCs more resistance ignoring options and make crit melee only. 500 dmg autoattacks will never not be the win condition!

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