What does S4 have instore for Non tank, Non poke, Non kill lane, Dedicated supports?

CarbonWyre·Nov 15, 2013·1 votes·467 views

I mean true supports as "Non Tank (No thresh, Alistar, Leona, ETC.)" "Poke is not main purpose (No Annie, Lux, Nid, Zyra ETC.)" "Not a kill lane" and "Main purpose is to sustain or boost team/Marksman". To me they include Kayle (Full healer Kayle not damage), Soraka, Sona (Before she got the nerf bat to oblivion and beyond), Old Karma, Taric, Janna, and Nami. What BUFFS are we seeing to them? Not changes, and things that aren't made to make them "More offensive". I consider anything to make them "More offensive" as a nerf and a change to the point of the champion. I am looking for dedicated healing buffs, Aura buffs, ETC.

6 Comments

KorazulNov 16, 20131 votes

I believe that they just announced Pre-season four changes to supports and they mention Janna, Taric, etc in the roles and positions changes.

They made Soraka more synergistic and are changing how AP affects the support spells like Lulu dash.

They made Taric's passive work on all his spells.

eKatSSNov 16, 20131 votes

AS a general rule, supports in S4 should see some more gold coming their way. Edit: I just read the pre-season changes, and they seem to do the job for the most part

See here.

Quit PleaseNov 16, 20131 votes

there was a recent news post on this you should check it out :) http://na.leagueoflegends.com/en/news/game-updates/features/preseason-draws-closer

CarbonWyreNov 16, 20131 votes

I am disgusted and appalled by the changes. First they are making everything so babied that inhibs, tower pushing, and wards are close to useless. The ward changes will push supporting into a "Why don't you have these 3 things warded?" and the pink changes are insane and idiotic. As for supports I am happy for Sona's changed away from poke but I think they lost the idea of soraka by lowering her heal and making it more frequent. Jannas tornado is already useless enough when charging and now it's even worse. Overall, S4 will be gruesome and terrible,

felEsperNov 16, 20131 votes

wait if you go full healing kayle wouldnt you also do damage since you know... healing and her kit scales on ap?

CarbonWyreNov 16, 20131 votes

I figured someone would bring this up so I already have a prepared response, "This is like saying "why not just do damage Soraka, it scales off AP", the difference is how you level things, healer Kayle levels her heal then slow then ult then AOE damage. As you can see, this is different from damage Kayle. Items would also be different."