top mage supports?

iniquitý·Apr 21, 2019·1 votes·819 views

im looking for a support that'll do a ton of damage sorta like by im thinking maybe? any recommendations ?

7 Comments

4 Step CadenceApr 21, 20192 votes

If you want to do a ton of damage, play a role that's supposed to, because clearly support isn't the one for you.

iniquitýApr 21, 20191 votes

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If you want to do a ton of damage, play a role that's supposed to, because clearly support isn't the one for you.

karma does a shit ton of karma and shes a support ;)

4 Step CadenceApr 21, 20191 votes

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At least she does more than that though, like providing shields and MS buffs.

By only providing damage as support, you're useless, because that's not the supports job. The supports job is to... Support, with either shields, heals, CC, buffs/debuffs, or by providing something missing from the team comp like a tank. By playing a damage support, you're royally fucking over your teammates because you can literally do nothing to help them if shit goes wrong and you're borderline trolling. You can't ult to save yourself and your team like Janna or Soraka. You can't revive someone like Zilean. You can't lock someone down like Thresh, Blitz, or Leona. You can't engage like Malphite or Maokai. All you do is sit on your ass, taking kills and CS from your teammates that actually need them, doing absolutely nothing useful.

AlzonApr 21, 20191 votes

Seems you want a mage support with mobility. Your best bet would be Lissandra, but LeBlanc would also work. I’ve seen both perform well in the support role on multiple occasions. In fact, support LB was somewhat common at one point.

CamedInYourBoiApr 21, 20191 votes

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Seems you want a mage support with mobility. Your best bet would be Lissandra, but LeBlanc would also work. I’ve seen both perform well in the support role on multiple occasions. In fact, support LB was somewhat common at one point.

this is a damn lie. Brand, Zyra, Annie, and Lux would like a word with you.

If a brand or Zyra don't do the most damage in the game, they aren't doing their jobs right.

DuskDaUmbreonApr 21, 20191 votes

Leona and Pyke work well as high-damage supports, and Morgana has a surprising amount of damage on her Q. You also have Sona and Nami for more poke-heavy supports.

I generally suggest against true mage supports though - they tend to offer little to their team besides their damage, which means if you don't win lane with it you're going to remain useless for the rest of the game, whereas most other supports (even the highly aggressive ones) bring some form of utility, reliable CC, or peel, whereas a mage support is just going to be a shittier version of their already existing mage, and will hurt their existing mage's effectiveness by encouraging the enemy team to buy more MR.

Now, if you get ahead on one, you're likely to just snowball the game out of control as you effectively remove two of the enemy team from the game while likely being ungankable due to your high burst. But the odds of that happening are significantly lower than the odds of you not doing that.