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If you main ADC, this one's for you...

HamsterSloot·1/9/2015, 5:09:00 PM·3 votes·1,058 views

Supports are not your minions... we are here to help you, but when you do something incredibly stupid and then blame us, yeah, we have feelings. Don't get all toxic and start blaming your support if it was clearly YOUR fault...

My last match I couldn't poke (I main Lulu and she's so mana hungry early game) anyways... my ADC called me some pretty rude stuff and then our jungler tried coming in but the other team all came bot at that point and our ADC completely stopped playing... stayed on base so we couldn't report for AFK, called our entire team r%%%%%ed (which wouldn't have been an issue minus the fact that they were way out of line once they started throwing different mental disabilities around) but literally, I've never been so mad at someone for griping about our team sucking... And I'm only mad because the ADC quit on us because I couldn't poke and they weren't trying to help...

Yeah, supports aren't always the best, but please, try and deal and if we do THAT horribly, then report for feeding or some other stuff... but when the game is over and your support is 1 and 12 because you left them in a lane alone, don't you dare blame your support....

11 Comments

Byrnes1/9/2015, 5:13:23 PM2 votes

Stockholm syndrome op.

GhostButter011/9/2015, 6:18:23 PM2 votes

Supports can be just a bad. If you are doing really bad, and then I decide that farming under the turret instead of feeding is a better idea, don't flame me either. I'd rather be a useless champ, than the one that feeds and HELPS the other team. Odds are that I can make a comeback when the turrets go down in bot lane and people forget about me.

Don't get mad at me because I didn't turret dive with you against that Lux that was low Hp... you failed to notice that lux still had a heal spell, an exhaust spell, full mana and her ult is ready... You dived, she healed, stunned you, opened the distance between you two, ult'd you, and then put exhaust on you.. and then turret killed you and you go "Wtf, help me dude." I was probably already back in base picking up my IE...

Don't blame me when you go in 3vs1 (The jungler showed up) and I ran back to my turret instead of helping you. I'd rather give the other team 1 kill instead of 2. Don't get mad at me when I don't push hard because we don't have enough vision because you refused to buy that sight stone and instead wanted to go AP blitz and miss every throw, except for the one where you pull that full HP Yi on top of both us and then don't understand how we both got insta gibbed.

tldr: Blame game is stupid. All roles have players guilty of BS.

warpenguin5551/9/2015, 6:36:43 PM1 votes

i wish more adc's would understand this. Almost every adc kill i get is because the support sets it up for me and i can follow it up. I cant really get mad at them for f'ing up alot because i consistently f up as support

i generally give them the credit for my early kills because unless they went afk they probably played a big part in helping get fed.

Support generally like me :)

Caoil1/9/2015, 8:32:00 PM1 votes

I think if you're going to play in a duo lane you should have some degree of tolerance for other players. I main ADC and I try to limit my chat usage to "good play", "gj", or "jinx f 1800". I also always throw in a "gj" if my support managed to assist in killing someone or just made a really good play. Even when my support is doing poorly but is at least trying to win I'll just focus on my own game. In soloQ I like to play ADCs that can stay alive easily with minimal help from the support (ie. can farm under tower easily and has an escape) so that I don't have to rely heavily on a less competent support.

I find sometimes that ADCs and supports are quick to blame each other, especially if one is 0-4-0 and the other is still 0-0-0. What players in duo lanes need to remember is that the ADC supports the support as well. If your support is trying to initiate, don't just stand back and CS when you could have got a kill. Also, don't rage if the support takes a kill with a stray auto attack. Assist gold is better than no gold.

TL;DR: Duo lanes need to be willing to communicate and support each other. If you can't tolerate another player's mistakes, don't play bot lane.

Drunk Rummate1/9/2015, 9:23:41 PM1 votes

Duo laning is tough in low ELO. There are a lot of nuances to wave control and positioning that often require almost telekinetic teamwork to do properly. Knowing when the support needs to help shove the wave, knowing when it's better to hold onto that Targons charge, knowing when to freeze and zone, etc.

It can be really frustrating for both parties when communication breaks down, especially when both players think they're doing the 'correct' thing.

As an ADC main I can't tell you how many times I've been frustrated by the Blitzcrank/Thresh going for the all in hook when I'm down a full pickaxe on my lane opponent. Supports who don't pay attention to my items and the opponent's relatively can really ruin a lane quickly. When I support for players I often run into ADCs who have a terrible grasp on the concept of wave control and how to position relative to their support, which is an easy way to throw away your HP lead if you just keep shoving waves into their turret and let them farm safely (for example).

Just recognize that there are issues on both sides of the equation. Just keep in mind that your duo lane partner is also a human being with feelings, they're trying to win the game as well. If you've got a problem with their style then explain it calmly and constructively and ideally they will work with you in the future.

For Ashe1/9/2015, 6:21:01 PM1 votes

Once I had too many supports who didn't buy wards, let alone sightstone. Thank god I managed to get out of that tier.

Hrothgar the red1/9/2015, 5:22:36 PM1 votes

i once had a support that didnt push any buttons before level 8 soooo that means ur all bad