Support Changes

PootLoops·7/21/2014, 8:09:31 PM·3 votes·924 views

Recently, supports such as Braum and Morgana have been top bans in ranked and competitive play, along with Lulu, but that's a separate matter. Even though Kassadin is banned in about 90% of games, these support bans are higher in frequency than I remembered in past seasons. My question revolves around toning up other supports so that they can be on the same level as these champions. It isn't that Morgana is an amazing ban option, but the fact that she simply dominates compared to almost all other supports.

With regards to Lulu, is there any sign of her kit being tuned to have her resume her role as support? She is such a strong champion that many deem her a waste to be played in the role of support, and I think it might be nice to lower her damage output while increasing the utility of her kit by a small amount to compensate and not ruin her as a champion.

In solo queue, it isn't ALWAYS the easiest to play certain supports like Soraka and Janna that heavily rely on the ADCs skill in to transition well out of lane phase. I have no real suggestion on how to fix this, but I feel this is a big reason why the current support meta is the way it is. I don't believe that any of the supports are unbalanced champions, but there are some champions that are just way stronger than other champions in the roll of support; just want to know where support balancing is in the priority of balances/changes. Thanks :)

3 Comments

Roguestoney7/21/2014, 8:51:22 PM1 votes

I pick Ali!

PRN7/22/2014, 10:06:56 AM1 votes

Braum and Morgana are banned because of their kits. I don't think there are any buffs you can give to other supports to put them on the same level. Simply put, other supports ARE on the same level, it's just that depending on your MMR, people don't trust bot lane to not lose to those two. They are also strong teamfighters in that Braum has a stun as a passive and Morgana can shield her ADC to ensure survivability. Unless you want to give a Braum passive and a Morgana shield to every other support champion, then imho there are no changes needed. They're flavours of the month for now, only Braum is a new champion and Morgana had always been a top ban in the earliest seasons of League. She was just simply forgotten along the way because of buffs to other mid-lane champions, which pushed her to a favoured support role.