Why i'm not happy with going as a Tank Support anymore
Truth be told, I love
... she is my main. Being a tanky support and taking on the world is how I got to Plat 5 last Season. Everything about being able to take on the entire team and come out alive was always a great feeling to bear. However as time went on, no longer can I even manage to survive much of anything anymore. This is not me saying that Tank Supports are no longer valid, because they still have great uses (
with his shield,
with his headbutt / knockup, ect.) but as it comes to being tanky ... they don't feel tanky right now.
AP Assassins can easily destroy me now, despite building
and such. Granted I know i'm not supposed to be as tanky as a top laner or jungler who's
but even still, the lack of defense is clearly showing itself. I have to ban
now because she shreds my armor and can 3 shot me even if the ADC is behind late game. How am I suppose to save / protect my allies if I can't even survive most of the damage now?
I feel like Riot's been buffing damage, but not providing us tank options due to how Bruisers / Divers have been taking advantage of such things (like how
has been using Colossus Keystone) and how items like
got nerfed quite a bit because it was too good at release. I feel like in order to be useful as a Support, I instead go with champions like
because items like
(basically utility / mobility / ect.) are what is working well. I just had a ranked game where I didn't die and did more for my team than what I could as a tank support. This saddens me, I want to provide my team with a good tank support but not die like a squishy .... le sigh

make you kinda beefy, but neither can compete with true tank items.
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I'm helping us win by making the enemies dead.
support
and 100-0 the enemy adc on her own.
According to champ.gg (obviously not perfect but still an idea) the top 10 supports are:

is the best support for the last two patches (if not three) with 55% winrate