Support Main here, and my thoughts on Season 7 ...

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Hey guys, a Support Main here and I wanted to share some of my personal thoughts with you on how I (and perhaps, the majority of other Support Mains felt) about Season 7 as a whole. I'm currently Plat III, about to hit Plat II, so while my division shouldn't matter on what I have to say, least know i've been playing long enough to understand, or at least grasp, what the problem(s) are.

All I wanted at the start of Season 7, was for Riot to buff Supports in a way we could carry our game, dominate our lane, and assist our team. When I say team, I mean help everyone out. Instead, what ended up happening was Riot making Supports revolve heavily around the ADC's to the point we had to babysit them if we wanted to win most of our games. Then, it came to a point Enchanters ( ) with were the must have if you wanted to win games because of what they offered for their ADC's. The way they buffed Supports was, incredibly hurtful to those who loved playing tanks like

or AP bursting Supports like . Even really good Supports that can make plays like were being outmatched by Enchanters; by the simple fact Enchanters were way better at keeping their ADCs alive and making their carries far stronger with the healing & shield + itemization buffs.

I have over 225 games with this Season, and got into Plat thanks to her. She's my main, and I love my Leona ... but, because of how hard it was to carry games with Enchanters running rampant; I had to adapt and play the meta. Only played 70 games with but nearly have a 60% win rate with her, despite not even maining her at all ... that says something. The reason why I was unhappy with this Season, is because it ensured that Supports had to be played a certain way, regardless of individual skill. There's a reason why in Worlds, you've seen nothing but spammed non stop and mentioned enough times to get people killed if they were playing the drinking game.

TOO LONG; DIDN'T READ: Why am I making this thread? I never want to see Riot buff a certain class or role again in this light. I don't ever want it to revolve so heavily around another role and if you choose otherwise, you'll be punished. It was not fun having to play Enchanters and stick with my ADC 24 / 7, it was not fun being passive as hell because I was a shield + heal bot whom had to babysit my carry ... it was not fun knowing we only won a teamfight because I was abusing the meta, not outplaying my enemies. The number of times people would say in lobby "Soraka OP" wasn't a lie ... she was literally outhealing anyone's damage to my ADC because of a combination of things that was overlooked by Riot's balance team.

Please, never do this again. This game has over 130+ champions with unique features, skills, identities, play styles ... I never want to feel forced into playing a very select few champions while being unable to roam or help anyone else because I had to ensure my ADC could melt the enemy team or else we'd lose. Unless your team was ahead or your ADC is that skilled, bot lane was a huge influence on how games were won (that and Junglers, but it became more clear what determined it later on in the patches). Thank you for taking the time to read this thread, and I want all the other Supports out there to know ... I felt your pain too guys, I felt it too ...

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Also a huge shoutout to IGNAR for picking off meta Supports in worlds ( ) and making them work against this meta. Made me so happy, and even though Misfits lost .... they certainly fought against the meta and almost won against the greatest team in League.