Which support to use in Solo Queue? Karma, Alistar, Sona, Soraka, or Blitzcrank?

Wasabo·Nov 11, 2014·2 votes·1,890 views

Which of these supports is best for solo queue (not really relying on your allies)? Can you rank them? Also what about Fiddlesticks support?

14 Comments

MatthevvNov 11, 20144 votes

I would have to say blitzcrank. If you can make the plays happen consistently he will win you the game. I can't think of many other abilities that can change a game as quickly and easily as a blitz pull.

Cynder KurokaznaNov 11, 20141 votes

I can't think of many other abilities that can change a game as quickly and easily as a blitz pull.

New Raka W. Raka ult. Ori ult. Sona ult. Morg Q.

MatthevvNov 11, 20143 votes

I can't think of many other abilities that can change a game as quickly and easily as a blitz pull.

New Raka W. Raka ult. Ori ult. Sona ult. Morg Q.

Ori ult yes, sona ult almost, the rest no. Your team could be behind by 20 kills and 1 blitz pull can win you the game. Can't really say the same about the rest of them.

Cynder KurokaznaNov 11, 20141 votes

Ori ult yes, sona ult almost, the rest no. Your team could be behind by 20 kills and 1 blitz pull can win you the game. Can't really say the same about the rest of them.

Your team could be behind by 20 kills and they could use your pull as an initiation.

Whereas Raka's new W can keep everyone at literally full health for the entirety of a teamfight, and her ult only improves that further. Morg's Q... If timed and placed well, it's just as impactful as a Blitz grab, without the risk of dragging a tank into your team if you're a degree off.

MatthevvNov 11, 20142 votes

Your team could be behind by 20 kills and they could use your pull as an initiation.

Whereas Raka's new W can keep everyone at literally full health for the entirety of a teamfight, and her ult only improves that further. Morg's Q... If timed and placed well, it's just as impactful as a Blitz grab, without the risk of dragging a tank into your team if you're a degree off.

Hence why I said in my original comment that you would have to make the plays consistently to play blitzcrank. Pulling the opposing teams tank is not making the plays and is actually quite noobish.

As for raka w, healing your team to full won't mean much when the opposing team is 20 kills ahead and massively outscales the damage that your team is capable of.

Cynder KurokaznaNov 11, 20141 votes

As for raka w, healing your team to full won't mean much when the opposing team is 20 kills ahead and massively outscales the damage that your team is capable of.

Actually, my team was behind about 10-15 kills and that W helped a /lot/. Zed was able to pick off Cait and survive. Trist didn't die when she got jumped on by a fed Riven. And Mao just tanked everything else that was thrown at us with heals and ult. That team fight won us enough time for three of us to baron while our tanks pushed up mid. We won the game on that push.

Cynder KurokaznaNov 11, 20142 votes

Depends on your ADC. Depends on your matchup. If you Sona into a Blitz lane, you're in for a bad time.

Cynder KurokaznaNov 11, 20142 votes

Though I can attest to Raka's ability to hard carry and stop people who are literally trying their hardest to feed.

Cynder KurokaznaNov 11, 20142 votes

Lets also not forget Flash, Smite, Consume Nunu

Or Flash, Smite, Feast Chogath

Sara LeahNov 11, 20141 votes

"not really relying on your allies"...

none.. no champ can 1 v 5 the entire match no matter the role you must rely on your allies and they on you. that said...

all supports are good the "best" one will change each match. I use different supports depending on the ADC I am laning with and their playstyle as well as what will fit team comp.. I prefer ADCs that actually farm minions and are patient however most want to all in from the start ignoring minions..but that is a different matter than what you asked...

again all support champs and some non traditional champs can be used there is no ONE that fits all situations/team comps. if you plan to "main" support best to learn at least 3+ different ones so your chances of having one to compliment the team comp are greater. the more choices you have the better.

eg... ... enemy team has karthus then soraka is a must since her ult will help cancel his to an extent as long as you also build ap, blitz is useless vs a karthus ult no matter what he builds.

... enemy team has a tank and off tank and your teammates all went squishy damage dealers in this case soraka may work also but she is no tank by any means blitz, thresh, & leona are better choices vs this enemy team and the lack of a tank/tanky type on yours.

these are just observations I have found that work during my time playing. I do not and will never play ranked as it would suck the fun from the game making a it chore. I do however have 1300+ normal games won and most of them would be as support(guessing 70%) since most don't want that role.

whatever you decide best luck to you.

*** also as support expect to be ignored when team does well and blamed when it does not, support for the most part is thankless.

Akki RasetsuNov 11, 20141 votes

Soraka is ridiculously good but if you don't want to rely on your allies you probably want Blitz. Not even the worst ADC will ignore a free kill robot-handed to them.

AloneInTheCrowdNov 12, 20141 votes

DrMundo

DrNovaNov 12, 20141 votes

In my opinion Leona can make a medicore ADC better if you play her well. You contribute a ton of CC, and used well she can win fights for your adc.

BasilShadowreaveNov 13, 20141 votes

I would say Sona because she is a very flexible champion. She can work with any adc other than Corki in my experience. (Although the issue with Corki is more due to my play style than anything else.)