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Supporting Ain't Easy... Neither is climbing the latter, I need some help/feedback

Ward for Jesus·2/9/2014, 12:13:59 AM·2 votes·941 views

Okay, I have now played in two seasons of League of Legends. At the end of Season 3 I had a great time supporting and enjoyed how I could carry a game even if my whole team were filled with the scrubbiest of the scrubs. I ended up in s3 after starting out in b4 playing ranked over a span of 4 months. I had no duo partner and enjoyed relying on myself for carrying the game. At the end of the season I was playing with a range of plat5 and gold3 players. Now, it is season 4. I was placed in bronze 2 after going 5-5 in my provisional's. I have diversified my champion pool inviting karma, lulu and the occasional darius support ( I know, not really a support.) I really pride myself on my map awareness and ability to read situations before they occur. I only talk in chat if it's about an objective, cool down, or timers. If I ever want to trash talk, I do it in the post game page when we lose/win.

The other lane I'm proficient at includes top and mid, but I main support. What I am trying to get across is I am a better than average bronze player. Though that doesn't carry a lot of weight , I want to get that out in the open. I'm not at pro level, and I'm not at wood5. I feel like lately I have been playing my best: Hitting all my skill shots, focusing the HPT's and ALWAYS having my map warded and using my sweeper when available. When my adc or duo have an immense lead I love to roam mid. I just feel like supports can't do anything in low elos It is souly left to the carries and team fighting capabilities .

I understand how the meta works: a tanky top with a bursty high dmg output mid. The supports must be all in play makers. Junglers usually high mobility with some damage and cc to back up the ganks. The adc, well dmg, kind of self explanatory. This meta is all about objective fights , relying on everyone to pull their weight with vision. I just can't wrap my head around the concept of not playing ranked seriously. You experiment with "silly picks" in normals. That's how I picked up darius support. In bronze you cannot depend on your teammates, and I do understand that. But, I am tired of ending a game at 1/0/8 having participated in 85% of the kills (with subtle variations in stats of course.)But I am not the reason why we lose the game, and I totally hate the "woe is me position." I have tried top lane and mid lane after 6 or 7 straight wins in normals. I get to ranked and my support doesn't ward and misses vital skill shots that could make or break picks and fights or worse and feeds to high hell. Elo hell is real and from the research I have done. Over 65% of lol players are grouped in silver and bronze. That means you're hit and miss with many players. Either you're graced by God and get a half way decent player, or you're placed with a 9yr old who only plays ad teemo mid and loves to dive LeBlanc under tower and then complain about dying subsequently following his third death.

I have considered paying for a carry just to silver 3 , back up to where I ended the season at. I understand that maybe illegal , but this game is becoming so unbearable. I don't even enjoy playing anymore. And , my past experience have shown if I give-up support, I forfeit wards. I don't understand what else I can do., what else I can improve on. I have now been demoted to Bronze3. I need help because I know I'm better than what my mmr is at. I don't know how i prove it, but I am better than the current elo I am in.

My here are the kda's of my adc duo from our past 3 games ( in which we lost btw)Jinx 9/4/11,Cait 18/5/9 Cait 5/3/4 and here are my kda's Leona 3/5/14 Lulu 5/7/23 Karma 2/5/19

Please help, as a player who enjoys the game and has played many mmorpgs. I want to have fun again(in a non-troll like fashion) and get out of bronze... I will take any help that is presented.

Much Appreciated

~James

2 Comments

ShadowNinetails2/9/2014, 8:20:58 AM2 votes

I almost completely agree with everything you've said, but every time I start on a rant of my k/d/a versus those "useless n00bs pulling me down to elo hell", my buddy always says something like "stats don't matter. at all. especially as a support and you know this. so what if you went 6/0/56, if you lost it's because there's something you didn't do besides die."

I'd advise that if you don't already use a program to record your matches like LoLReplay, find one and watch your old matches. When you're doing that, don't worry about that Tristana blind jumping the wall to steal Dragon and winding up in a 1v5, worry about where you were at the time and why there wasn't a ward in the pit so she could at least time her jump better.

Im Chubbalicious2/10/2014, 9:23:54 PM1 votes

I'd suggest looking for roam options. Yes, it is your duty to protect your ADC but if you have ranged cc and you notice mid is having some trouble securing a kill, communicate with your jungler and mid and gank that guy. tell your ADC to farm under turret till you return, Ward tribush and river before you leave and boom, 1 kill for your mid lane that was unexpected from their mid. Besides, do you think your adc would mind getting full xp from minions while you leave? it won't harm anything. just work on looking for more options to secure and support other lanes not just the ADC. It will be much appreciated from your team, even if you don't secure the kill you are bound to burn a flash and give extra vision for your team. Another plus to roaming a little as support is, the fact that you provide lane pressure elsewhere. you have no idea what support roaming can do to assist your team.