It's time to rename the role of "Support"
I was a Top lane main for most of Season 6 and 7, I really lost interest with the lane mid way through Season 7; I thought it was a lane with a dramatic impact but i came to the conclusion that it's just not the lane for me because it's basically like mid lane but with more melee bruisers or tanks and not really the playmaking potential that I was looking for..
(heard stories that JG was more playmaking potential than top, meh still not for me, tried a few games and it was like Top lane but without a person to 1v1)
Enter Support, at first I thought this role was kinda lame, there is a stigma around Support that people have; generally that it doesn't matter or they are just the adc's handcuff yadda yadda yada. However, over the past few months (namely the ardent censor meta up until now) Support has grown into something much much more than that and it absolutely matters, even some Challenger players / Pro's currently believe that Support is one of the most impactful / meaningful roles in the game along with JG and I agree after playing it and talking to a few other Support mains who have expressed similar thoughts as myself.
The idea of "Support" in theory before the ardent meta (and some of the newer support items) is basically some lame person who is the adc's bitch, flat out there are still ppl who think that even though there are players like Olleh who show in the LCS the value of Roaming and basically being like a Jungle 2.0, someone who puts out pressure throughout the Map.
Lane phase lets just assume you never roamed at all, which you can do but i wouldn't say it's the best strategy but it all depends on your champ, like soraka isn't really the best roaming support BUT after lane phase, how many team fights are won or lost directly because of OUR (Support) actions? I mean literally every fight we win as a team, I feel like I was the one who tipped the fight into our favor, even if we were behind (or WAY behind but within reason).
I play champs that have massive utility and CC built into their kits, now not all ppl may enjoy the champs that I do but that's also the great part of playing this role, we have a wide variable (not as much as top lane or even jg) of what is playable, not to be confused for being "optimal" or "meta" but even things off-meta can potentially be game changers (Look at Rox v SKT where Support MF made it's big debut).
SO, if you read all that thanks, what I'm getting at is this idea of "Support" is just out dated, the stigma is all wrong and ppl (not all but many) still have this idea that Support is either Low-Impact , Brain dead or played by ppl who aren't good when in reality Support is the polar opposite of that.
I would like Riot to change the name of "Support" to something more fitting to the role, personally I feel like I am the X-Factor in the game, I feel like THE Playmaker, I setup all meaningful plays and work 5 steps ahead of everyone else to set them up. So a more fitting name / role title would be more appealing to newer players who are just picking up the role, as well as shutting down this horrible outdated stigma that has changed pretty dramatically over the past year or so.
Thanks and have a good day