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StoryDuck·7/13/2016, 3:18:00 AM·3 votes·565 views

I quit Support. The boards hate them having an opinion. I lose constantly to forces outside my control. I never get respect. Almost every game I lose I win lane hard then lose the game. I'm about to be demoted to gold 1 from diamond 5. I don't know what the fuck is up with league of legends this season but every game I play lately ends in defeat. I have no answer. I have no game plan or solution. I cannot stop my ADC from being out of position. I cannot stop my mid laner without TP from being away from the team on a side lane. I cannot force my jungler to be at the dragon or baron when they spawn. I cannot teach my TOP laner that wards keep him alive when split pushing. I cannot teach my teammates how to farm passively when behind.

I love the support role don't get me wrong, I have been a support main for 3 years now, but enough is enough. I cannot stand losing one more game because of one of my carries are being stupid. When I am support I can peel, engage, disengage, chase, poke, ward and clear waves but I cannot deal the damage needed on my team. I have tried playing carry supports like Zyra and I have had mixed success because unless you snowball a ridiculous amount you will not get the gold and exp needed until late game. Unfortunately most games end before then. I do my best, roaming, vision control of objectives, and wave management when my teammate have no idea what that is.

I can't handle it anymore. I need to be the carry, I need to be able to say, "Well shit...that was my fault". When you are support you don't always get that option. It was fine when my games seemed to be won due to my good playing skills. For some reason I don't feel that anymore. I don't feel like my skills are making a difference. I don't really understand what changed but support feels really terrible to me this season. I want to feel impactful and even when I am landing clutch CC I don't feel like I had any impact. Perhaps this is the type of supports I play, I like AP supports like Nami, Lulu, and Soraka. I play quite a few to be honest and can play all of the AP supports at a very high skill level.

I will admit, I was playing Soraka a lot as she was always a favorite of mine. I really enjoy the healer fantasy and she filled it to the letter. She was over tuned and OP as hell. She is quite balanced now but I miss being able to carry my team. To hit that fantasy of out healing my opponents because I position well, manage my health well, dodge skill shots well, and place CC well. To that I thank Soraka for letting me reach my highest rank. Unfortunately recent changes to Grievous wounds has made it FAR too easy to completely nullify her impact outside of E. DO NOT TAKE THIS AS A RAKA LOVE THREAD this is merely an example of when I felt like I could carry with my skills from support. I think Raka is in a fine place now. I would like to carry with her but that is never going to be support's role. Mark my words, Zyra will be next because she can carry from support role. She was the last champion I felt I could carry with very effectively. Zyra can sometimes but it requires some snowballing first.

I wish someday to return to support. I am sure I will continue to play a game of support here and there. As I mentioned I love the healer role and want to do that more but as it stands I want to be able to say "I misplayed that." instead of having to admit that it was my ADC out of position that cost us the game. I can't control that. I never will be able to. I know there are supports out there that reach higher then diamond 5 and I suspect most of them do so with a duo but if not I have no idea what they do different then me. I cannot think of anything that I can change. Sure there are times I could've done X instead of Y but that doesn't change the fact the midlaner was in base and ADC bot lane when my jungler and top laner decided to engage the enemy team 3v5 under mid turret.

If I am to be demoted to gold division after so long being in plat+ then I will do so because I failed not because my allies failed.

10 Comments

Friendly Ram7/13/2016, 3:35:15 AM2 votes

Sorry bout all that. Hope you can get some better teams/ find some friends to fight with in the future.

Damagefox7/13/2016, 4:26:10 AM2 votes

I play support not only so I can help my team, but also because it allows me to be able to make observations and analyze the other team. What items are they building? what are they focussing? where are they going? are they all targetting a particular player. Sadly ANYTIME I try and voice these observations I am ignored simply because I am The support and "ur 0/X". Yeah just because the support isnt constantly getting those "Ez Pentas" thier opinions dont count, they arent considered part of the team, are considered easily disposeable. And worse yet, if the match goes south, its a toss up whether it will be the SUPPORT or JUNGLE who will be thrown under the bus so everyone else can absolve themselves of any blame or responsibility "I played perfectly, We would have won if not for Support/Jungle. Plx report"

I am a support, but I am not your verbal doormat, I am not your scapegoat, Not your lane-slave. I am not there for you to throw to the enemy so you can get your kills while your support is being chewed up like bacon only for you to turn around and try and report your support for feeding.

Magical Player7/13/2016, 3:22:55 AM1 votes

TLDR for everyone else

"climbed when a champion was "strong" and when she became balanced, it became hard to adjust to the difference. champion of choice was soraka"

So, -learn another role -learn another champion -learn to carry as soraka again

Suck to hear a good support is struggling with teams still, but I'm sure you will level out and continue climbing again

ZT Xperimentor7/17/2016, 1:51:10 AM1 votes

In reply to your comment about not being able to reposition with your allies; go with tahm kench, he's a bit clunky since allies can still decide when/where to land, but it's better than nothing. Unless you're used to playing as a classic tank though, it'll be rough the first few games; conditional damage, and meaningful choice crowd control. He also suffers the problem nautilus has in being very squishy early game, but late game he's got the problem of only being able to body guard one champion at a time unlike braum (as he can potentially protect his entire team). Think of him like a cross between garen & braum; he can't initiate beyond waddling into the fray, but he can take out a key target if given the chance, or save an ally from a killing strike if on his toes.

Other than that, I concur, supports are more harassed than ever in this increasingly hostile game environment. Yet riot still questions why no-one wants to play it, maybe they should roam the boards or play as the role.