Give supports the ability to ward back

slippykitten·May 7, 2015·4 votes·642 views

I get the concept behind giving the entire team free wards and limiting any one player from being able to place more than 3, but in solo q it just limits the supports ability to impact the game.

The support already is starved of gold and items, if they cant even create significant vision for their team, they live and die based entirely on whether they have a good adc.

Why should i have to suffer when my team wont ward? why should i be useless to impact the game if im underfed or am supp with a bad adc?

LET ME WARD RIOT!!!!

11 Comments

InphernalMay 7, 20152 votes

Please riot, jam your forced meta into us even harder than you already are

slippykittenMay 7, 20152 votes

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Please riot, jam your forced meta into us even harder than you already are

Trust me, i would love to equalize gold between carries and supports so supports could be viable even if their carry isnt, but riot doesnt seem to desire that. What i cant stand is being support and not even be able to ward for the team.

The Bearded BardMay 7, 20151 votes

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Please riot, jam your forced meta into us even harder than you already are

Number of wards you're able to place isn't enforcing a meta, it's enforcing the aspect of this being a team game. That being said, 15 sight wards and 5 vision wards is a pretty sufficient amount. The issue is getting people to shift from the "only the support can ward" mindset to "it's everyone's job to ward." It's been a year, you'd think more people would understand, but alas, bads will be bad.

InphernalMay 7, 20151 votes

I was saying this in response to the suggestion that Supports get more wards than everyone else

IcyPepperMay 7, 20152 votes

Or maybe... your teammates could, hear me out here, actually... ward as well.

slippykittenMay 7, 20151 votes

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Or maybe... your teammates could, hear me out here, actually... ward as well.

This has been my dream for over a year now but it doesn't look like it's going to happen. People seem to ward less when they are asked to and cant even be bothered to use their free one. There should be a tactical option though if someone wants to take their time missing cs and xp to ward the entire map.

Toothless LionMay 7, 20152 votes

Are you really that stupid...? The support role was AWFUL in season 2 and it has never been better after all the changes they've put in place. For a time supports in professional play would buy one item, boots, and dedicate everything else to oracles and wards.

slippykittenMay 7, 20151 votes

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Are you really that stupid...? The support role was AWFUL in season 2 and it has never been better after all the changes they've put in place. For a time supports in professional play would buy one item, boots, and dedicate everything else to oracles and wards.

Right, you are talking about professional play, where now everyone will ward, but that isnt what happens in solo q. Instead of mindlessly insulting others based on perceptions of pro level play, why dont you actually do some thinking for yourself, it wont hurt you any.

NarabugMay 7, 20151 votes

item 2049

slippykittenMay 7, 20152 votes

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I guess you missed how that doesnt change the amount of wards one is able to place.

TheDirtyMangoMay 7, 20151 votes

I'm going to put it plainly the reason no one in solo q is because most people in solo q cant farm very well so they only put gold into items that affect their character not realizing that proper warding means that lane control is easier