Do supports notice toxicity more?

Skorch·1/12/2017, 10:11:06 AM·5 votes·1,035 views

Like seriously? I am basically a Fill main and when i am support my teams usually seem to be way more toxic and less focused then when im mid or whatever.

Last game i serisouly had to say "I appologize for my teams stupid remarks no matter who wins this was a pretty GG"

I shouldnt have to do that but my team was flaming SO HARD. Luckily it was meant with gratitude and the vayne sounded like she felt kinda bad for flaming

24 Comments

IA9hRfpP5q1/12/2017, 10:21:17 AM4 votes

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And you've never even backed once. Riot needs to destroy the slavestone.

Big Lincoln1/12/2017, 4:27:55 PM3 votes

supports are professional victims

grug1/12/2017, 11:13:12 AM1 votes

here's another for you

3 CHARGES WHY AREN'T U WARDING,

BACKING WITH 3 WARDS????

dont trust girls1/12/2017, 4:26:21 PM1 votes

This is my breakdown of why supports can seem to notice toxicity more --> On Summoners Rift we have 5 unique positions that we can choose to play, however bot lane is a really abysmal lane right now and adds less effect the the game overall *What I mean is that over 100 games supports with an ADC specifically will be less Impactful in the current state of season 7

Why does that matter?

  • Well the answer is that if you're playing a role that's not support you have control of the damage aspect of the game which matters much more in the lane phase than the vision of the aspect of the game in terms of objective control.

If you are good at a solo lane or even especially jungle then one of the other lanes being bad or having a rough lane will hurt the team moral less

If you notice players being more toxic in a game when you're playing support_**, maybe it's because you outperform the average player in solo lanes and that makes the team moral better? **_

  • Supports, in general, have less mechanics and more macro decisions to make than others might - in my opinion. This means you're watching the enemies and your teammates for (hopefully) useful information that can turn a lane and maybe the game. In doing so you tend to look at chat for slightly useful things they might be saying - in doing so you can notice toxicity more as well That's what I think, hope it helps! [slayer-jinx-catface]
Oleandervine1/12/2017, 4:38:54 PM1 votes

Supports don't notice toxicity more, but being a support does in fact indirectly lead to toxicity elsewhere, in some respect. Here's why. You have 5 roles, 4 of which people believe are the hardcore "omg I have to kill everything to win or I lose game ggff@20." Supports generally don't fall into this mindset because they help the team by offering vision and setting up and engaging to speed the ADC along. They play more carefully and sometimes passively, and their general risk as compared to other lanes is a little lower because they always have back up, and their death does not mean a distinct lane advantage for the enemy in a lot of cases. So with that information, this can generally upset other roles when they die, because their disadvantage of being dead is felt a little more than when the support ends up dead. Jungler loses map pressure and risks getting counter-jungled. Top, Mid, and Bot lose CS and also can give up bounty gold if they've got kills. This kind of temporary setback can cause people to tilt, and thus, become toxic if it becomes a thing. This is why playing as a support leads to more chances to encounter toxicity in other lanes, as there are now 4/5 chances to encounter players who might tilt off the planet and start raging. But if, say, you decide to play mid, and you know you don't tilt or get toxic, this means that you will generally now have a 3/5 chance to bump into other toxic players, because supports don't typically have the self-perceived stress and pressure on them that will cause them to become toxic. So yeah, that's my thoughts on the matter.

Worst Kench NA1/13/2017, 3:47:22 AM1 votes

I've been noticing that junglers get a hell of a lot more abuse than anyone else.

Telephone Booth1/13/2017, 4:07:10 AM1 votes

Meh. I notice toxicity when it's there no matter what role I'm playing.

GuildedEnd1/12/2017, 10:14:44 AM1 votes

I am a support main since season 6 and i noticed that at first. Whenever you're not support you tend to focus on how to get ahead, watching the opponents in lane and cs to the best of your ability with so much more, but with support you have a bit more time to see around and look at minimap and look at chat, to which i've noticed my team being more talkative than usual where i just /mute them in game when they start talking a lot. It is very distracting and honestly they don't understand what they are probably doing adding in more negativity to the game because the jungler refuses to gank their lane, someone doesn't ping mia or doesn't follow, etc. That is why you're noticing it now.

BlackLion13371/13/2017, 11:45:37 AM1 votes

Yeah in my opinion supports are the ones who get the most hate besides junglers. At least that's how it is in my games.

This Is Your Dad1/12/2017, 10:52:02 AM1 votes

Rito needs to make sightstone cheaper. Like make the support gold item come with a ward, then upgrade for the second ward and so on. Also if you play a tanky support and your adc does bad you'll get flamed after he goes 0/12, if your adc was bad but you went ap carry support your adc will flame you for taking his carry role soooo. Idk. You also have to duo lane, makes chat more noticeable for me because I use it to coordinate intel.