Good video about change but supports still need help

mmoran5554·8/18/2018, 8:15:01 AM·1 votes·742 views

I like the video RIOT recently made that addresses all the changes in League. However, RIOT, if you can please revert the change to Support starting items costs, we would all greatly appreciate it. I need you to understand that the support role is not overpowered and in fact kinda hated by many players in the community. Fortunately, I love support role and have been playing support for years. But when I saw the price of starting support items increase to 400 gold, it killed me.

As a tank support, I used to start with Relic Shield and either Refillable Potion or Rejuvenation Bead. As a mage support, I used to start with Spellthief and either Faerie Charm or Refillable Potion. Now with the cost at 400 gold, the beginning of the game feels under-powered and limiting for the support role.

What makes League so different from other games is the ability to be creative and different, especially when trying new metas and strategies. I can see a dramatic negative shift in the laning phase for support players. The beginning is rough and frustrating now, especially when support items cost the same as Dorans' items, which we all know are way better than any support items. It feels like it takes too long to build support items now and I know for a fact that the support role was never OP or too strong, so why nerf support role by changing support items' costs?

Please RIOT, I am begging and pleading you on my knees...please change support items back to costing 350 gold. Thank you for your time.

4 Comments

TitanAnteus8/18/2018, 8:25:34 AM1 votes

I'm fine with these changes though. I do pretty well as leona, azir, braum, sona and soraka support.

In fact, I like these changes since it means my early trades matter. If you got the enemy adc in a leona snare early, it'd be rendered null in like 2 secs because they'd have 3 pots over there. Too much sustain is an actual problem, and a small nerf to early sustain meant that your early decisions matter more.