Confessions of a support player...

I Main Taric·1/20/2015, 7:20:39 AM·32 votes·8,370 views

Old board topic. Thought it needed reviving.

For instance: As Thresh, if I miss a hook and my ADC calls me out one how terrible I am i throw the hooks out of the map. As Taric, I spend the whole game yelling in all chat about my gems: Opal, Emerald, Sapphire, and Ruby. Also, if I find a REALLY cool pink ward in our jungle (like gentleman poro), I tend to leave it be. (Its so adorable!!)

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YuDanCha1/20/2015, 9:33:30 AM43 votes

Soraka I sometimes intentionally waste my ult to get cross-map assists.

RasCaelestis1/20/2015, 9:28:44 AM28 votes

I've got a Taric one. I once got raged at by my Vayne carry for accidentally KSing her. I mean, I've seen people get mad before, but because I dared to use my W in a fight, only to have it kill someone, she seemed to think it was fine to insult me, my family, and any of my future offspring by wishing a lot of terrible diseases on us. I told her that I was sorry, but she continued berating me. Our mid-laner even told her to lay off, but she didn't. I am not a cruel or vindictive person, most days, but she was a particularly rude individual. That was when I decided to bind Taric's joke to my third mouse button.
I spammed "Gems. Gems are truly outrageous. They are truly, truly, TRULY... Outrageous!" All. Game. Long. Vayne continued to insult me, but my mid-laner and jungler seemed to find the situation hilarious, and since I was actually contributing a lot to the team in other ways, they defended me and my gems. Even the enemy team made a few jokes about it as the game went on.

In other cases when I've had a whiny ADC, I've warned them that if they continued, I'd go support another lane. Example from a fairly recent game...
An ally has been slain! Jinx killed Caitlyn Caitlyn: Omfg. ^^^^ing Leona, why didn't you go in? Leona: I pinged you to fall back. I had 40 mana and less than 200 hp, while the enemies had >90% hp.
Caitlyn: You left me to 2v1, ^^^^ing idiot.
Leona: Correction: You ran into a 2v1 without me, and didn't listen to my pings. You got Sona ulted, Jinx Zap!'d, you tried to run, then flashed into a wall. If I went in, we were both dead.
Zed: Top lel.
Caitlyn: ^^^^ you.
Leona: Just stop. What's done is done.
Caitlyn: ^^^^ing ^^^^ support.
Leona: Sorry, but I tried to warn you. >_>
Zed: You mad, Cait? ;) Caitlyn: No. ^^^^ this ^^^^ Leo. You take my CS, you leave me to die, you don't ward. GG, fail support, fail lane.
Leona: I have 12 CS and have gotten all of them with Targon's. I can only put 3 wards at a time.
Caitlyn: ^^^^ you with your ^^^^ing shield.
Leona: Okay. Hey, Zed. Want me to help with mid-lane? I'm obviously useless here, but might have better luck with you. Light/Shadow and all that.
Zed: Sure. Cait confirmed mad. ;) After I left the lane, Cait's 3/1/0 became 3/4/1, while Zed's 1/1/0 became 4/1/1 and my 0/0/3 became 1/1/6. Cait continued to rage and blame me, but Zed and I had fun in mid. When teamfights started, I used item 3401 on him, ulted the enemy team, and watched him melt the enemy carries. Any stragglers were E/Q'd, and promptly eliminated.

Kosmic Rider1/20/2015, 5:00:07 PM24 votes

I often have supports apologize for securing kills on the enemy. If Im 0/0/4 and you are 4/0/0 as a support, I am okay with that. You worked your butt off and gave me free reign to farm and push down objectives. Supports don't make a lot of gold and you are there to ensure I can farm safely and take those objectives. What happened? You just ensured by taking their lives that I can do that freely. In addition, a fed support is nothing to scoff at. I once had a Miss Fortune ADC and I was Taric support going against Draven/Thresh. That game, I went 10/0/X assists. Every time Draven showed his face in lane, I would chase his butt down and kill him over and over again. I even 2v1'd Thresh and Draven together because I got fed and afforded to build to raid boss status by mid game. Guess what? My ADC had all the free farm in the world, we got every dragon, and we took objectives like nothing.

I laugh when people on the enemy team are like "At least the support got the kill." Everyone involved got an assist and that helps them scale more. In addition, allowing that 5th champion to begin closing the gap in item scaling over your 5th champion will make a huge difference. Fed Braum/Taric/Nami/Morgana/Annie/Zyra/Leona are scary to go up against.

So all you support mains, thank you for doing your job and allowing ADC's to free farm/take objectives by ensuring that those villains are dead. Thank you for protecting your adc's and making LCSBigplays

AthenasVendetta1/20/2015, 10:57:03 AM21 votes

Sometimes I intentionally take first lane kill, to rush my sightstone.... :(

Sáx Man1/20/2015, 5:37:27 PM14 votes

Velkoz I tell them that I'm sorry I took the kill, but really I did it on purpose.

HalloweenDeath1/20/2015, 9:07:57 AM14 votes

Ezreal sits there hitting 10% of his skillshots and yells at me for hitting 50% of my hooks. I hate adcs who talk shit on you for missing one of the hardest skill shots in the game. I'm not saying it's super hard but it's harder then your insta cast shit with insane missle speed that has a 1/4th the cooldown.

Dilitra1/20/2015, 5:10:33 PM13 votes

So me as my main Nami ....

"Oh crap, my adc has really low health, but their adc is so close to dying....do I heal and possibly take the kill or do I hope and pray my adc stays alive..."

(1 second delay)

"Ugh, fine I'll heal."

-heals and saves life.....gets kill-

"Damnit, sigh."

Taryn1/20/2015, 6:19:02 PM10 votes

Sona main reporting in. I always like to ask the opposing support and adc how oppressed I'm making them feel. I'm pretty considerate like that.

Arie1/20/2015, 9:33:17 PM10 votes

I've flash-ulted as Sona to chase down that last enemy the rest of my team couldn't get. Clean up crew support, reppin'.

Blue Moon Wolf1/20/2015, 8:38:14 AM9 votes

the only counter for a gentleman summoner 31 ward is to have your own so you don't feel as bad about destroying it.

Vauren1/20/2015, 4:13:05 PM5 votes

When my Eclipse takes a kill and I say "sorry, eclipse KS" or I avenge my adc with a double kill as Leona I always think to myself: THAT'S THE POWAH OF THE SUN FOOLS!

But I just type "Ever Vigilant *wink" instead.

If up against Sunglasses, I religiously watch the enemies' health bars incase they get away with 3 hp or something like that so I can blame it on sunglasses...

Ariel the Cruel1/21/2015, 4:30:39 AM5 votes

oh dear. all the secrets are coming out now I see... Lets see, what can I safely reveal..?

If you insist on harassing me or making references to a certain Disney character, I will feed you to the enemy team. This is not an idle threat.

When I, as Leona, joined your attempt at a 2v1, I already knew I was going to die. Calling me bad doesn't make it any better. Calling me bad instead of running away, makes you dumb.

When I take teleport as support, it isn't actually to help the rest of the team (that's a bonus). It's because I don't trust you to help maintain lane dominance. (Especially with these new rice-paper towers) If I take it on a very defensive support (Janna, Braum, etc.): it's because I expect one of the other lanes will need help.

When the ADC leaves lane, I sometimes reset it so I can take the extra 2-4 CS. Even though I'm fully capable of freezing it in front of tower.

If you're up 3+ kills and/or triple the enemy's CS, there's a good chance I'm going to start roaming. You should be plenty ahead enough to survive the lane as long as you play safely. Meanwhile, Mid/top is due for a few of their own. This is especially true if I'm playing Leona.

CoCo BoEy1/21/2015, 9:53:51 AM5 votes

I played with some friends the other day and we had this diamond 1 in call and called ADC instantly. I figure what the hell i'll support thresh. First 6 minutes I throw a latern, flash hook adc and ADC get's first blood, then I exhaust support and ADC gets a double. What does team say? GREAT JOB ADC YOU ARE PRO...

So i'm like screw it w/e.. We get back in lane and I poke trist down and right as she is about to jump away I land a hook and catch her in the air., jump to her and E her toward adc and he gets another kill. What does chat say? OMG Ezeral is a beast!...

At this point i'm in call and like.. are you fing kidding me? Don't I get no love.. and the guy playing ADC is like, hush i'm gonna carry.. I bite my tongue and said nothing.

10 Minutes into the game, Trist and Morg rush the turret with Gnar to gank my ADC and I ult trapping them in front of the turret while ezreal is almost dead trying to get away. Gnar goes to jump and Q him and I catch gnar in the air and pull him into turret and he dies and ez gets the kill cause he ignites him while morg dies to turret aggro and ez gets a double.

Guess what I see in chat? EZ! YOU'RE A GOD!.. While in skype everyone is like.. I see why you are diamond now. He's like ya, just takes practice.. you guys will get there eventually.

At this point i'm just shaking my head and thinking.. I should have just let him die. Through out the whole game i'm landing Madlife hooks, setting up plays and saving team mates from dying with latern while stealing drag from enemy team. Game ends and i'm like 2-1-35 without one good play thresh or good hook because they were to bust praising this Diamond ADC player. All of a sudden I hear in skype this dude ask his friend who was the Diamond player if he wanted to play with us again and if he cared if I supported him, I swear to God he says " Ya I don't care.. I've played with worse supports"

Needless to say I went off on him and kicked him from skype call.

Moral of the story is.. It doesn't matter how good you are at support, majority of the time you will not get credit for the shit you do unless it's LCS or on stream.

Vicvictorw1/21/2015, 4:36:25 AM4 votes

Lulu I glitterlanced into a teamfight and got a triple kill.

I only meant to slow them, I swear!

Derpy Cupcake1/21/2015, 8:18:17 AM4 votes

As a support that has played since the end of season 2, I have heard some real gems from players. I list some of my favorite complaints along with my confessions about each one.

  1. "OMG Y U NO BUILD X ITEM?! U SO BAD REPROT!!!" You're not the one playing support, I am. I don't tell you how to build ADC so shut up or I'll just build damage to annoy you. If you want to complain about my build, then you play support. Giving advice is fine, but word it in a way that doesn't sound condescending because it makes you sound like a jerk and I won't listen.

  2. "Oh wow! way to miss skills. Stupid dumb support, reported!" I am a human being not a robot, I will miss skills. Complaining about it constantly will just make me not focus on hitting them even more. Then I will call you out on being a jerk and probably end up going to help someone that actually deserves some help.

  3. "OMG KS REPORT ENJOY YOURE BAN NOOB!" Even when I build support, my skills still do damage. Suck it up Cupcake and deal with it, don't whine like a little baby because it makes me want to do it more just to annoy you. I like being antagonistic with jerks like you so don't give me a reason to and I won't intentionally do it.

  4. "Only supports should ward." or "Report noob support doesn't ward, y u so bad?" Newsflash! I can only put down three wards now, and have been restricted like this for some time. You can buy a ward trinket for FREE...so do it! Also don't be a cheap jerk and buy some wards if you can afford it and have the space. I cannot be a ward machine anymore, so don't treat me like I still am. I am just more likely to leave lane and ward elsewhere, is that being a jerk? Yes. Do I care after the complaining you've been doing? No.

  5. "SUpport feeder noob, go kill youself. so reported" Okay if that is how you feel, then I will go find someone who is worth supporting. I only died because I followed you into an unfavorable situation or I peeled for you and you didn't take the hint. Yes I will sacrifice myself to save you, even if it fails. But calling me out on it, calling me a feeder or generally being jerkish to me is just going to annoy the ever living hell out of me so back off, grow some balls and learn how to carry.

SecretAgentHulk1/20/2015, 5:46:03 PM4 votes

My favorite story was stealing a triple kill from Fizz as Sona. As in, I got three kills, he got none. I wasn't even trying to ks! And then Fizz got super mad, because he isn't one of the stupidest champs in the game (sarcasm), and I just told him, "im supp, i build no dmg. kill harder." (I hadn't got my Lich Bane yet.)

ChimeiTekinaNasu1/20/2015, 9:51:29 PM3 votes

Sometimes I let my duo rank partner die by accident. Cause he's got such an ego, that he thinks he can do it all. So when enemy had 20hp and he has 100hp, I stop attacking the enemy while he dies, thinking he has the damage when he doesn't, and should've just taken the kill.

I've went through different builds as Leona. Iceborn early was a thing for me. Sunfire cape early was a thing for me. Now lately I've been focusing Randuin's....but one time. I went back to getting Sunfire early. I ended up getting 8 kills in a row, more than normal. Like, Sunfire Cape, please quit doing more damage than my ADC. lol.

Also, as Leona, it's always hilarious when your W kills the enemy. Like, "SORRY. NOT A KS. >=D JUST MY W ACTING ON ITS OWN". Then I don't feel as bad when it's my W killing them instead of my Q. lol

Sirin Gioro1/20/2015, 10:31:00 PM3 votes

My confessions as a support (and ADC) main:

  • Sorry but if you're going to play Ezreal ADC I'm going to dodge because I can't support an Ezreal because 99% of the Ezreals are toxic and misses skillshots and are just plain bad im sorry :< I have yet to see a good Ezreal in Silver ELO
  • Thresh YOU, TAKE MY FUKING LANTERN OK? What the fuk. Why would you flash out of my lantern range. WTF.
  • item 3302 YOU, LET ME GET THE FUKIN CANNON. PLS. Supports need gold too. PRETTY PLZ DON'T TAKE IT. I pinged the cannon and you took it wtf selfish ADC reported Kappa
  • Don't blame me when you're going in 1v2. If I'm recalling then hug your tower. Lmao don't blame ur support!
  • Shut your mouth if I'm missing hooks as Blitzcrank Thresh. You're playing ADC for a reason (OOPS).
  • I'll assume that you are a DL wannabe if you're playing Vayne. I mean, if you're someone I don't know of course. I won't judge my friends I promise.
  • SHUT UP If I'm getting ignite. I'm getting it for a reason (TO KS HUEHUEHUEE).
  • If I didn't peel for you, you're obviously not worth to peel for. Lmao don't cry when you're 1/5/2 and you expect peels. I would rather peel for my tank than you.
  • It's really hard to lane with a passive ADC as a support main especially playing Thresh.
  • You need to go in when I flay/hook/bubble someone, seriously, what are you doing. You let me die and will ask everyone to report me for "obviously feeding" afterwards.
  • If I died for you, you don't have to thank me. JUST don't tell me how bad I am at the game for peeling for your sorry ADC ass.
  • I will support top/jungle/mid if you can't stop bitching about your shit support. But don't ask me to stay with you afterwards.

/RANT.

7ha7guy7771/20/2015, 10:31:28 PM3 votes

i don't always flay the enemy the wrong way, but when i do, it's probably flaying a melee assassin TOWARDS my adc Thresh item 3070

Hard Penetrator1/21/2015, 12:08:42 AM3 votes

When I play Lulu and I W really big enemy I sometimes don't attack him while thinking: "Where is your god know you tiny tiny creature".

I Main Taric1/21/2015, 6:16:29 AM3 votes

I have another confession.

As Taric , if our adc is ahead, ill save my W for getting the kill instead of the initial armor shred. Gems? Gems are truly outrageous. They are truly, truly, truly outrageous.item 1028 item 1027

FatedTitan1/21/2015, 2:39:07 PM3 votes

As Leona, I'm sorry when my shield explodes and takes the kill...every time. I'm not trying to, but I can't just stop it from exploding. And maybe you should have shot one more auto while I was taking tower aggro for you instead of backing up with full health.

Decrit1/21/2015, 2:47:08 PM3 votes

Leona ' s roar: i dive, i stun, i proc E to mitigate damage, carry follows up and deals damage but not quite enough to kill enemy carry. E procs, deals killing blow. Geeeze...

Other times happened that i had to stun an enemy with low health that was about to kill my carry and i ended up killing him instead...

well, what can i say: death is best CC.

DevilishMetal1/21/2015, 3:59:20 PM2 votes

I use Nami's ult to steal blues.

FuzziestPickle1/21/2015, 10:23:41 PM2 votes

I just got back from recalling and was alone under my tower. The enemy vayne was alone at half health (minion damage op). I wrote in all chat "Fight me vayne" and then proceeded to kill them. I felt guilt afterwards because that probably really hurt their feelings.