Pike is not a support? (Support Main)

The newest champion to hit the rift (ATTOW) is Pyke another psychopathic serial killer with a slightly different lore than Jihn. But Riot has done something very interesting... they've already defined his position pre-release? They claim he's a dmg support but looking at his kit, and as a support main myself, I don't know if he'll fill the role Riot intended.

• Passive: His passive Gift of the Drowned Ones gives him health regen if not seen by enemies. When I first saw this I thought it SCREAMED jngler but the passive stipulates that the health regen dmg must have been done by an enemy champion. This is an important stipulation because if his passive also works with dmg from monsters and minions he's definitely going the way of filling the jngler role, and given that he has no AOE dmg other than his ult... his position as a jngler may be hard to fill. But I also think this passive may be good for Top laners because of its natural sustain.

• Q&E ability: The Bone Skewer & Phantom Underway are great CC abilities for your ADC, and Jngler when there trying to gank your lane. I actually like these. I favor any type of CC abilities as a support player myself.

• W&R ability: His W ability Ghost Water Dive gives him the power to go stealth and gain movement speed at a decaying rate. I was confused by this ability and how it complimented the support role? When I first read this I immediately thought this favored the jngler role more because along with his R-Ult Death from Above it has massive gank potential and stealing camps may be fairly easy; HOWEVER, a stipulation of his R-ult is that the assist shares in the kill gold making his R-ult ability favor more the support role. Also, his W ability may be good for roaming as counter-jngling & warding is a prevalent responsibility of the support player.

Verdict? I definitely think people will try to use him in various roles because I believe Riot has surely challenged people by already defining his role pre-release, which is something I don't believe they've ever done. Their policy was always to avoid defining roles for champions. But IMO I think Riot has carefully worked this champs abilities out to eventually favor the support player. I think a high dmg support is a long time coming. Supports, I can already tell you, are frustrated because if our team sucks we can't carry a game. So hopefully other mains will stay away from this champ and let us supports shine, for goddamn once<3