Support-specific summoner spell
There should be a summoner spell with its own coinciding items, like
, for supports.
That way they don't have to nerf support items just because they're being used mid and top.
I don't have a suggestion as to what the spell would do, but it'd be a nice edition.
Edit: Suggested by Tohob: A minion-only Smite that leaves the minion alive and immune to minion/turret damage so your ally can kill it guaranteed.
My additions/changes to this suggestion: Since I was thinking it would get enchantments in exactly the same way Smite does, to change the spell, it would be different based on the enchantment you go with. For his idea, it'd be the spellthief enchantment because that's the one where you specifically don't want to kill minions.
For the FOTM variant, it'd share the kill gold just like FoTM does already.
The AC variant would just increase the passive gold you get from nearby minion kills already. (Unless someone has a real suggestion)
The point here is that buying a support item would only be possible to buy if you have this spell. I don't know how we'd balance this around the current necessity for Exhaust, but it's one way to stop them from gutting support items.