Support sucks...
Honestly, it's the reason i started playing soraka top on the PBE about 3 weeks before it got its ridiculous 56% win rate. The main reason being, my adc can't do anything. Unless your adc is miles ahead in skill, they have no power. The xp nerfs hit an already somewhat weak class HARD to the point one adc always ends up feeding. Not to mention the new support items ruin supports in the mid to late game and enchanters are already struggling in the burst meta. People say soraka top is only there because top lane has no agency. But it's also because enchanter supports need items, badly. And now it's almost impossible to really get them. When I played soraka top, it was so much easier to get items. I was able to help the adc not get burst down thanks to the amount of healing I was able to give them. I was able to beat down one of the enemy team members into complete submission. I was accomplishing SO MUCH. The thing is, I know how bad it feels to be poked down from miles away. Even as soraka,
exists in bot lane and can give basically any support literal hell. So, the things that need to happen so that supports don't stay dominant top lane are.
- The XP share nerf needs to be reverted, keep the buff, but revert the nerf
- Support items either need the gold income passive to be there all game, or the gold nerf (pacifist I think it's called) needs to go away once it is maxed.
- Nerf
to a reasonable spot. This will make it way easier on everyone else as well as the people who currently don't get to play these champs - Find a way for REAL top laners to have agency and have top lane as their own. Whether it be with items that can counter ranged champs/melee only, or something else. REAL top laners have been in a bad place for so long. Top lane NEEDS to be a place for champs like
and many more.
K sorry if this title is a bit misleading, but I feel the support role as a whole right now made Soraka top a thing and no one seems to mention it.