When will we get another AP Support?

TNHA Baritone·3/4/2016, 12:10:53 PM·1 votes·318 views

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

From then we've gotten Ekko (Assassin) TahmKench (Tank Support) Kindred (Marksman) Illaoi (Fighter) Jhin (Marksman)

To clarify AP Supports: Karma Sona Nami Morgana Lulu Zilean Bard Janna Soraka

9 Comments

Lauchmelder3/4/2016, 12:13:21 PM1 votes

I play Bard tanky, not AP o.O

Ricky Spanish DC3/4/2016, 12:31:57 PM1 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.

Duke Anax3/4/2016, 12:49:04 PM1 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)

67chrome3/4/2016, 10:57:21 PM1 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.