Why are supports considered broken when we have champs like Teemo?

Ouroboros133·Jul 2, 2016·1 votes·597 views

I have been a main from the very beginning. Now, i haven't been playing long however, most of the support champions i use are getting nerfed pretty bad. Almost every game i play most of my allies expected me to keep them alive and all my enemies enjoy hard targeting the support. This situation is a conundrum and a half considering we all get the main who wants to be a pro (and blames every death on the support) and the enemy who knows how to win a lane. Now my question has multiple parts, why are supports considered OP when they only have one or two combos that deal any damage at all? Why is healing so discouraged in game because the mana cost is so high or the actual heal does not even do a fraction of max health when we have champions like who can kill a champion with 2 mushrooms? Finally, why does everyone blame a support if the support is so nerfed that they can't heal or even defend themselves properly without someone to latch onto for the entire game? Overall, i just want to know why a squishy champion with almost no real damage output is in charge of saving an entire team. I'm sorry if this seems like a rant, i've just been seeing so many nerfs on champions who already struggle and buffs on champions who were already OP. Maybe league just isn't support friendly anymore or i should just take champs who aren't support to be the rescue champion like everyone else (looking at you teemo supports!).

EDIT: I mainly focused on teemo here but this is a callout to all the broken champions. tryndamere, shaco, teemo, draven, but mainly just champions who spawn in with an unfair advantage while supports have to struggle to work their way up the ranks. my point is, with champions so broken, why don't we look at them instead of already weak supports.

7 Comments

DraaaaaavéééééénJul 2, 20162 votes

Meh, if a fucking guy wants to suport me with teemo i dodge, or i ban the champ. because every teemo supp is an fucking asshole

Ouroboros133Jul 3, 20161 votes

preach it, bro.

JayHog1992Jul 2, 20161 votes

Teemo has it's ups and downs, but don't think it's a somewhat viable thing. AP mages can shit on him early game and late game can deny his shrooms if a support is clever to sweep.

Ouroboros133Jul 2, 20161 votes

However, as a support, you have to match your adc play style. so if they are super aggressive, you have to be right there with him or else he will be feeding non stop. so when do we have time to ward everything early game if we have no choice but to support the overly aggressive adc and possibly win the lane. it's a multitasking issue, we can't be everywhere at once.

JayHog1992Jul 2, 20161 votes

Problem is that greed doesn't help much, but some people think it does. I prefer to stay back and let them make a mistake or slowly run out of mana and we can capitalize on it.

It will take months for people to realize that burning everything for a kill is not benificial if you can get killed like 3 more times while trying to run away.

Ouroboros133Jul 2, 20161 votes

very good point. i agree 150%. but how many times have you been paired with someone who thought they were better than you and wouldn't listen to anything you said? however, that's a human error. i'm referring to the broken champions and teemo just happened to be the one that was most prominent in my mind XD

JayHog1992Jul 2, 20161 votes

Meh, Teemo is only a threat if you're squishy. Bring a tank with enough CC and you're fine.

Besides, when I play support, I always assume the adc is reckless, so I have to keep a close eye like a caring mother would to their kid. Always telling them stuff and not taking the blame if properly comnunicated.