Getting an S as Support

AkaliTheOP·May 20, 2016·1 votes·592 views

I'm pretty pumped about getting the level 6 and 7 masteries, though I'm finding it difficult to get that second S-, S, or S+ as blitzcrank. Granted, it's only been 3 games and I got one, but my question is this: What does riot take into account to determine my rank? Both games were stomps resulting in a surrender at 20 and 21 minutes for the past 2 that I did not get an S. My scores were 3/0/5 and 2/1/4 respectively with over 70% kill participation. I always had a pink down, first item sightstone and always had all 3 wards up, my pull landing on a champion was above 80%, took part in towers and dragon, etc. And riot gave me a B. That doesn't seem quite right, why should I have to KS 10 kills in order to get an S? My play was spot on and our tristana absolutely loved me for it. Uncle rito, why? FeelsBoostedMan

10 Comments

Athenes LuluMay 20, 20162 votes

I will just leave this here:

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I'm still trying to find the actual criteria for getting S rank on supports, but you should do most of the following:

>60% kill + objective participation

a few kills, 2-3 is good enough

a very sharp KDA, getting 3+ KDA on supports is nothing if you know how to steal assists

some lane and jungle creeps, you want to have a little bit of everything if possible

more damage dealt

lots of wards bought, placed, and destroyed

Good luck.

It's no easy task, but you have to be smart enough to get an S as support.

AkaliTheOPJun 1, 20161 votes

My KDA on my main supports, Blitz and Janna, are 6.11 and 7.00 respectively and I rarely get variants on the S rank.

aaronautumnMay 20, 20161 votes

your number of assists is still really small... i got s as janna today 1/0/16, didnt even get a "+" lawl.

AkaliTheOPMay 20, 20161 votes

The number of assists shouldn't matter. My kill participation was high and the number of total kills was low because, as I mentioned, they were 20 minute surrender stomps. Because I played well, there weren't any kills to be had beyond the ones I pulled someone into.

aaronautumnMay 20, 20161 votes

did you place wards?

AkaliTheOPMay 20, 20161 votes

I had a feeling you may be trolling, but now I'm sure that you are because asking two questions that are answered in the post itself is rather definitive.

aaronautumnMay 20, 20161 votes

i only read the title. every time someone asks this it's the same answer: ya didn't do enough

9kPluzZMay 20, 20161 votes

Bwhahaaha, i went 13/7/10 on varus support and got a S+ .

JulanusMay 20, 20161 votes

The ranking system, from what I gather, compares your champion and the position you've selected with others that have played the same champion in the same position.

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess that Varus Support is probably not something played very often, nor the most successfully. So it's likely easier to get S ranks playing Varus as a Support than it might be to play him in Bot/Marksman or even Mid.