One would think playing support would get easier over time...

Reksee·Jun 24, 2019·1 votes·1,950 views

Very simply, for me it has gotten harder. I've played the most "braindead" supports ( ) for several months now. I'm mastery 6 on Janna. And yet, somehow, support has gotten far more difficult to play despite the fact I've played them for so long. Now, half the time I play support I feed to the point it is mind boggling, something that almost NEVER happened when I first started playing support. Games used to last 30 minutes+ when I played Janna, now (often) I lose them within 30 minutes. So my question is, what happened? Did matchmaking more unfair? Have I not improved enough in comparison to people of similar level?

Whatever happened, I need help. Janna tips, Soraka tips, support tips in general, please share them. What to do in certain matchups (especially against thresh). Please, if you have advice please share it. Thank you.

[sg-soraka]

6 Comments

UMomGaeJun 24, 20191 votes

So, you focus on playing poke supports that blow up when caught out by anything.

Now poke supports are great when the enemy bot lane has no sort of burst dmg or reliable engage. Supports like janna and soraka definitely blow up even if the ADC gets on them in the early levels, this is ignoring the fact that the enemy has a support. If the enemy has a support with CC of any sort and you get caught in it, you will instantly die if the bot duo is any good. You say you die a lot but why do you die? Did you get hooked/rooted? Did you die cuz an assassin was fed? Did you die because you got greedy for luxury vision?

All of this contributes to your overall gameplay as a support.

You asked for specific help against thresh. As soraka your ideal goal should be to land your silence upon yourself when you get hooked by him so he can follow up with his flay/R/lantern. If you proceed to land your Q as well, it may result in a guaranteed root on the thresh. As janna you have to use your W wisely since it gives you a movement speed bonus when it is off cooldown. You can also utilize your tornado to cancel thresh Q (correct me if I'm wrong about this) but this requires fair amount of practice. In any case janna has good peel and you should prioritize getting your movespeed up when into a hook support like thresh.

If you have anything else, let me know! I'll help you out as much as I can.

Chosen of the sun Leona

RekseeJun 25, 20191 votes

The ways I died are generally as follows. .Get hit by cc .adc gets in my face

As for the advice, I will take it into account. Thank you!

Crispy0SnakeJun 24, 20191 votes

This "UMomGae" and I have something in common, and that's our Elementalist Lux icons (at the time I post this) and there's some implicit advice

Play Lux

I mean in lane as Janna you're super squishy, your reactions need to be really good to get good E's off or QQ an assassin (hello Rengar Khazix ) using W at the wrong time can get you killed... it's been balanced around pro play so you just can't pick Janna into anything like you used to

And why would you pick such a difficult champion to impact the game with when you can play lux supp, the shield is just as good (okay, debatable, no AD and not instacast), but you can just fkin blast someone for all their hp with just QER

Soraka requires good management of her minigame to find success, her minigame is as follows:

Hit Q's, get gold and hp, spend that hp to heal ally, sustain lane and scale

With Soraka I run full CDR, get her W down to 1.1 seconds, and I do that by going

+Transcendence+Cosmic insight (I take biscuits to get more heals in lane)

Ultimately your champion pool is pretty limited, and would struggle into hard engage ( Sejuani ) or as a part of a team comp without much CC ( Teemo , Nidalee , Katarina , Kaisa ) and for that reason I'd recommend picking up Braum for disengage, Alistar for peel/engage

RekseeJun 25, 20191 votes

I might start practicing lux, thank you for your advice!

UMomGaeJun 28, 20191 votes

Baby aftershock Lux is a thing of wonders. I pick it even if im first pick with no worries because what can the enemy bot duo really do to me? I run ancient coin for that free gold with relatively low risk and I save mana for engages. Rush into Sorc shoes and athenes its practically gg. Ludens if your team is behind and u need to put on big boy pants. Otherwise, athenes rush and then whatever your team needs (morello is always a sexy item).

Thresh hooks, lands E, R. Enemy vayne AAs me 500 times? HAH MERE MORTALS YOU CANNOT HARM AFTERSHOCK LUX.

Ever vigilant Leona