Remember, support isn't hard.

Athenes Lulu··10 votes·1,624 views

You just need a little more thinking, and less mechanics.

You may not have to last hit AND dodge at the same damn time, but instead of having just one job (such as dealing damage), you've got a handful of them. May it be peeling, spoonfeeding your teammates, warding, tanking, baiting AND getting out alive, and of course, providing CC.

Or if you ARE getting Relic Shield, trying to last hit comes to mind, so sometimes supports still have to last hit. And on the right minions, too. What about when it's times where the adc is not present? Can't let all that good CS go to waste, right? It's not mandatory, but rewarding if you can pull it off.

As a tank support, you don't simply go in when it's at the wrong time where you can be in a middle of a 1v5. As a poke support, you gotta know how to control your poke patterns and get out alive, and not get free enemy jungler camps all day. As a peeler, you still gotta think on how to peel, because you could be wasting a spell where an even harsher gank rolls in 5 seconds later.

Sometimes you are the potato peeler, sometimes you need to take care of the frontlines. It's your own judgment of what you should be doing depending on situation, anytime in the game.

One does not simply plop a ward and clear them under the penalties of getting caught by anything. And getting out alive.

Heck, some supports don't just involve pressing 3 buttons in an orderly fashion. Some supports work AROUND how enemies mash buttons, which requires more thinking other than just shoot the crap out of them.

You wonder why bad supports f**king up creates bigger problems than bad adcs causing trouble, especially in low elo?

You don't necessarily need extreme game knowledge (like junglers do), but enough so that you gotta think on what to do.

You think other carries are important? Naw, man you are just as important, as everyone else on the team. Where are all the peels your team needs when you're gone? Instead of going kamikaze mode willy-nilly, you need to think about how to stay alive because as much as they like to claim that you get carried.... naw man, they can't live without you.

Your skillshots are usually just as important as those of your teammates. Heck, a lot more important especially if they're lockdown CC. You miss one, you better stay away from trouble or else you're screwed. You land one, you still need to think whether if it's a good time to go in.

So, we know it's not the hardest thing because you don't need extreme mechanics (cough ADCs). But hey, it's not the easiest thing either because it's a role where you have to actually think before you even do anything, instead of just doing only one job.

Anything I missed?

34 Comments

Curling Veigar5 votes

play janna press e

you know know how to play support

Athenes Lulu2 votes

Too bad not every support is Janna :^(

Shoo, shoo, shoo, you egotistical assassin mage main.

Onegarion4 votes

Joking aside I really hate when I see these things. It shows exactly how little people actually know about a good support. I'm a support main and proud of it. I put my team first and my safety below the carries. Many people don't understand the amount of thinking that I do to do anything. How i'm watching my XP bar for a lvl 2 all in when I go ignite or how our lane is going to lose and should just farm and play close to tower with defensive wards. My eye is on that mini map making sure that the ganks aren't coming and the enemy laners are where they should be (not near us).

Cosmic Cocaine4 votes

Dealing with the salty ADCs is it's own section.

Athenes Lulu3 votes

Well, junglers have to deal with salty laners every day.

Cosmic Cocaine1 votes

"dude wtf 30 secs in im being camped why the fuck arent u ganking faggot"

Enosetc3 votes

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Athenes Lulu3 votes

Shh shh shh.... don't spoil it!

I main support enough to make a thread like this, ya know lel

Enosetc1 votes

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Shh shh shh.... don't spoil it!

I main support enough to make a thread like this, ya know lel

<.<

Arcane Azmadi3 votes

Actually, support is INCREDIBLY hard. To support effectively, you need to not be a moron. And that's just too much to ask some people.

Athenes Lulu3 votes

People think mechanics is the sole indicator of how hard a role is.

We all know that isn't true.

I mean, you've seen in low elo enough to know how catastrophic it is when people fuck up supporting.

Arcane Azmadi3 votes

Tell me about it. When you have a genuinely stupid support (e.g one that rushes Rod of Ages and never buys Sightstone or any wards, or even upgrades their trinket), your team is effectively 4v5.

Elo Thief2 votes

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Actually, support is INCREDIBLY hard. To support effectively, you need to not be a moron. And that's just too much to ask some people.

lol downvoted

LadyRenly2 votes

I'd beg to differ. You still need last hit mechanics if you are Thresh, Naut or any tanky support with Relic Shield. Lacking damage, you tend to be more of a threat to your teams chance of victory if you get caught out compared to the adc(assuming you live from the displacement/engage)

At the end of the day, I wouldn't say there is more or less to it than any other role, it has an equal amount of finesse to pull off well

50000000000000002 votes

Thresh sure, but any other tanky support with relic shield? The true damage makes it easy enough to get every cannon minion, if not being zoned by enemy.

Not saying it's easy to play a tanky support. Just saying that last hitting isn't really an issue if you have a relic shield or its upgrades.

Athenes Lulu1 votes

The stuff non-tank supports have to do... got it.

I knew I was missing something lol...

50000000000000002 votes

Expected "support just gets carried every game" post. Was pleasantly surprised. Upvoted.

Anzila2 votes

Watching the enemy players' inventory and movement to try and track and call timers on wards?

Reaper Soraka1 votes

Not sure why you got a downvote for that. Counting seconds the enemy support is out of lane and keeping an eye on whether he used a sightstone charge or placed his pink ward is kind of a big deal. You can determine the difference between tribush, dragon pit, or front of dragon pit depending how long he was gone.

Athenes Lulu1 votes

Just some random support hater around here downvoting everything on this thread, just move on.

PokladnicaZla2 votes

It's funny how you say support isn't hard,while you Math History indicates that you really strunggle in that role.

Athenes Lulu1 votes

Relax! Ever seen people tilt for a few weeks plus the fact that they don't League every day?

DrNova1 votes

For a few weeks? No..

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

Anything I missed?

Ya, you forgot to praise Nami.

Arcade Andrew1 votes

anything I missed?

You forgot feed to win

Reference material

Lugg1 votes

Support isn't that hard of a role if you want to be acceptable in solo q. Just be able to harass the enemy, keep your ADC alive, and ward the map.

However, it's really hard if you want to be a great support. You need to keep an eye on the map and warn other lanes about possible ganks, keep track of objectives like baron and dragon, ward priority locations, poke down the enemy ADC and deny them as much CS as possible, shield/heal your carries, CC the priority targets, deny vision for the enemy team, roam and help other lanes and/or the jungler, etc.

PoopLoopist1 votes

Support is hidden op. Most people don't realize it but support champions have the most time to deal damage and or crowd control the enemy team out of anyone on the team. they also make the biggest impact on teamfights and positioning due to warding and usually their crowd control. Even beyond that support has the ability to roam and make plays all over the map and not be considered a troll. In summary, support is probably the best role there is to carry from so long as you pick the correct champions (see annie) and play well. /thread

MrWasjig1 votes

For a moment I thought this was gonna be another "Support isn't a real role" troll thread. (Your name didn't help the first impression xD) Though saying it's not hard isn't true. Every role has it's ins and outs as well as easy and hard champions.

BuzzinTate1 votes

top three aggro supports Blitzcrank Leona Thresh Top three defensive supports (guardians) Braum Nautilus TahmKench top three healers Soraka Nami Sona Top tree Shielders Lux Lulu Kayle top three saviors Zilean Shen Lulu top three mechanical Lulu Thresh Karma

SwapShadows1 votes

tbh all supports do is afk in a bush and place the occasional ward as they wait to be carried by gentlemen such as myself

Voluug131 votes

''You just need a little more thinking, and less mechanics.''

That is the game if you arent an hypermobile assassin playzmaker.

Athenes Lulu1 votes

Too bad it's mostly assassins claiming that "support is easy".

See the correlation here?

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