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Bronze supports?

Skullgetti·7/20/2017, 8:22:16 PM·1 votes·346 views

Hey,this is not a QQ thread.I'm just at complete loss what i can do. I won't lie,to start off,no,i do not think i'm good enough to carry an entire team every single game,and i do not blame my teammates entirely for my losses,i know i have clear room for improvement and that's something i do,i read guides and i take tips from better players,that's why i'm writing this. I simply want to see what others think,and how i should counteract a few events that seem to reoccur every single time i play ranked. So first off,i've been playing for about 2 and a half-3 years now.I first played ranked about a year and a half ago,maybe longer,and needless to say,i was placed bronze after unlucky placements (6 games with an afk,that kind of stuff) which as a support main,scared me off,until a week or two ago,unfortunatly,exactly the same happened,but i kept hopeful that my ranked matches would go better over time.I'm not saying support can't climb,the oposite,usually,unless your entire team screws up completely,if botlane gets fed,it's "gg". That's the problem. I honestly don't know what to do in this situation,but it seems each time i get a good,english speaking,positive team with a good "we don't lose until it says "defeat"" attitude and win,i seem to get another team that instatilts afterwards.I always ward ganking routes,i do my best to get as much vision on the map as possible,in as many important spots as possible,i take enemy buildpaths and champions in consideration when building items,i do my best to zone the enemy laners on bot away and USUALLY (say 80% of the time) this works well,and we get first blood and/or first tower on botlane,as well as an adc that's ahead with 20-40 farm because i try to counterpick the enemy support so my adc can safely farm without getting poked,since i put alot of pressure on the enemy botlaners (E.G pretending i'll hook them as thresh or blitz,pretending to Q as tahm,forcing them back with alistar). Then it happens.Top gets ganked,the jungler messes up.Top INSTANTLY tilts. I tell them mistakes can happen,that they're doing good and that we'll recover. It doesn't work,they spend more time typing than actually playing,and there it goes,they get killed. Now we have a fed darius and a fed yi.I build armor,start building frozen heart as well as trying to focus them down as much as possible and trying to get my team back up again.The jungler starts tilting,despite my attempts to stay positive,he starts feeding,"/all report jgl for feed thx" top goes. Whatever i do,each time i seem to climb,each time i do my best to be the absolute best teammate i could be,someone tilts like this;obviously this happens on the enemy team too,since i still win games 1/2 of the time. Is it me having bad mmr?Bad luck?Or does the system,even in ranked,purposefully put you with a team that just lost to keep you at 50% winrate? What do i do in such a tense situation if being positive and helping doesn't work? I'd really like some feedback,since this bothers me alot,and makes me feel rather horrible,since most of those lost games could've easily been won if it weren't for our team giving up.

Thank you for your time,and sorry if i come off as whiny,i didn't mean to.I just want help since i'm honestly losing motivation to play support,even though it's my best and favorite role.

8 Comments

KawaiiShroom7/20/2017, 8:44:42 PM2 votes

It's very hard to climb as support in bronze, because you can't factor in how good the adc is going to be in your lane. In top and mid you can get better with different champion match ups, and even if everyone feds there's a chance you can snowball the game if you get fed enough. As a support you need to hope that there's at least one good person on your team and support him, and by the time you figure it out who that is it might be too late. What champion you play also makes a big difference. For example janna is the best at peeling and leona is best at engaging and soraka is best at healing. If your adc wants to play a different style those supports can't offer much value. The only support that I have seen able to carry the game is thresh. If you can play consistent with him land your hooks flays and lanterns you can carry even the most boosted team.

PlsTouchMeGently7/20/2017, 8:34:39 PM1 votes

Sorry to tell you this, but it's highly unlikely that you will be able to carry as a support in Bronze. You have to carry hard to get out of that, and supports usually can't. Even if you get your adc fed, they are highly dependent on people peeling for them. Which no one does in Bronze, so the adc is literally the worst person to be fed in Bronze.

Kevin7117/20/2017, 9:58:23 PM1 votes

Not much you can do. If you start playing mid maybe you have slightly more impact, but get teamed with a support that is greedy or feeds. I only ever played support as backup role, but because mid is much more popular than support at bronze/silver, I got put in support 4/5 games before giving up on ranked.