diary of a non meta support

Mrmiki·10/27/2017, 7:07:31 PM·4 votes·633 views

i main support. i think teamfights are the most funny part of the game and bot lane offers teamfighting from laning phase to the end of the game

the thing is i play in a way that a lot of people doesnt understand. i allways try to win but in order to win i use the things that both work for me and are funny. i could not care less about what champiom is played in lcs or what build is required for each champ.

i play often and have success using supps like teemo, illaoi, jarvan, aurelion, ekko, taliya, yorick, sion, casiopea, swain... and i keep increasing the list as i find champioms that im interested in.

i also play bard, janna, tahm kench, blitz, thresh and i can say i have similar succes among them and the other ones i listed.

what im trying to say is that , at least in gold and below, your pick doesnt decide the match. you just have to find a way to make it work and you will succed.

but there are a lot of people that are too narrow minded to understand this. they will report you for troll pick and will allways blame you if botlane loses regardless of your adc not healing, not following, not focusing or not looking at the map.

the good thing is that going offmeta (or trollpicking as they like to call it) is not a reportable offense and you will never get banned for it (as long as you dont steal cs and try your best to win).

so fellow comrades dont be afraid to play diferent. your champion doesnt win your game. you do.

20 Comments

Frankbang10/27/2017, 7:20:08 PM1 votes

I think especially as a support, non-meta is more viable than some other roles. As long as you know how to play the vision game, almost any pick has something to offer as a support, whether you're adding more CC, poke, tank, or teamfight potential.

Sure there may be a meta option that does the job better, but that doesn't mean you can't take things like Taliyah or Gragas and do a phenomenal job with it

La Belle Sauvage10/27/2017, 7:29:46 PM1 votes

Love this Post. I'm going to try some of those off meta supports you list.

Rootlo10/27/2017, 8:09:52 PM1 votes

Heres the thing, people need to realize that in Bronze/silver META dosent exsist. You can literally play anything anywhere and do fine because the people just dont know how to deal with it.

abca9810/27/2017, 8:17:51 PM1 votes

Just one thing, if you are going to play Teemo Support, do it outside of my games. The rest are fine.

Telephone Booth10/27/2017, 11:57:32 PM1 votes

You should also consider your team comp when playing support. It's not always just about winning your lane.

Metal Janna10/28/2017, 5:05:30 AM1 votes

This thread. Fuck meta-bots (people who robotically follow the meta). Don't like my off-meta support pick? Too bad. You get to pick only one champion: yours. I would love it if Riot did an update where choosing to ban your teammate's pick during champ select just earns you an instant dodge penalty. Why? Think about why they do it. There's two possible intentions: Force them to pick a different champ (basically griefing your own support, which is suicidal to the outcome of the game). Force them to dodge. If you purposely make someone dodge, YOU should get the penalty. If you purposely sabotage your team by tilting one of them before the match even starts, you should get a penalty. You don't get a choice in your teammate's picks. It's time people learn and accept that fact. On the off chance they don't dodge because you said "aw snap mb total accident" and they accepted that and didn't tilt, no penalty. I'm not advocating for penalizing mistakes here, i'm advocating for penalizing intentional, toxic behavior.

DontTouchMyBall10/28/2017, 5:38:14 PM1 votes

Im a support main. I usually play what some would call "real supports" Amongst all support viable champs and meta supports there are... my fave is Orianna with a Support build, maxing E first and running Blessing Mastery for better heals and shields.

I play also Quinn ADC, Talyiah supp, Ashe support and Lux supp (with Ardent Censer and AP). Players usually honor me after game but I also get flamed and my champs banned... in normals, yeahm Normals!! Imagine that!

Bronze 6 Yasuo10/29/2017, 7:08:00 AM1 votes

As long as you don't play Janna and lulu I think we can be friends.

Best Vi Earth10/30/2017, 3:54:22 PM1 votes

the only way id report you if you didnt know the basics of your champion. well and teemo supports always