When will we get another AP Support?

TNHA Baritone·Mar 4, 2016·1 votes·318 views

Last one we got was [People don't even build much AP on him either due to his short range]

From then we've gotten (Assassin) (Tank Support) (Marksman) (Fighter) (Marksman)

To clarify AP Supports:

9 Comments

LauchmelderMar 4, 20161 votes

I play Bard tanky, not AP o.O

TNHA BaritoneMar 4, 20161 votes

I don't even play Bard but I've seen a great deal of people do as you described.

So technically our last REAL AP Support Nami

Ricky Spanish DCMar 4, 20161 votes

There are also Annie and brand. I feel like aurelion sol is gonna be a straight up mage for the Midland because we haven't gotten one in so long, and in general Riot has ignored the mid lane with their new champ releases.

INoble KnightIMar 4, 20161 votes

If I remember correctly Riot said the next champ released was going to be a mid lane mage

Duke AnaxMar 4, 20161 votes

I think we got quite a number of AP supports though, what I'm really interested in is an AD support for a change. The only one that comes close to that is Taric and if anythign he is hybrid. Maybe Urgot too, if you stretch the definition of a support. (he got CC and Armor reduction)

TNHA BaritoneMar 4, 20161 votes

Having an AD-oriented support would mean an auto-attack modifying trait that would lower the damage dealt on his/her auto attacks.

Also: Ashe is the closest thing to an AD support. And notice: she cannot crit regularly. Instead she gets added utility on critical strikes.

67chromeMar 4, 20161 votes

Closest thing to an AD support ATM is Bard , he does stupid levels of damage with auto-attacks via Meeps, and he does stupid levels of AA damage on a support's budget.

TNHA BaritoneMar 4, 20161 votes

You could argue that Ashe has more Crowd Controls

67chromeMar 4, 20161 votes

When will we get another AP Support?

Thinking about supports as AD or AP strikes me as the wrong way to think about supports: they often have such a lacking income building end-game damage on them usually isn't the greatest idea.

I mean: look at the support builds on "AP" supports in pro-games like: Nami with item 3069 item 3190 item 2049 item 3158 Such AP, much wow.

Generally speaking you're going to do more damage with any support via a CDR+Tanky build so rather than 1 QWER then exploding you can break out the QWERQQQQWE strats.

Supports usually interact with AP in a similar fashion as Warwick Elise Shyvana as well: scaling much better with combat stats that specifically aren't AP than combat stats that are (AS in WW and Shyvana's case, Magic pen in Elise's case).

AP scaling only really matters if a game really drags on or you go into a non-support roll in a non-support lane, in which case pretty much every existing "AP" support does a lot more damage with an AD build than an AP build as-is. AD Janna is pretty similar to Vayne in damage-steroids, mobility, and better self peel, where Janna +AP isn't killing anything ever.