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Why No one wants to play Support.

HavokDash·2/18/2019, 10:46:12 AM·3 votes·3,406 views

I sign up for support, work my hardest to keep my adc alive. Enemy tower dives and locks down Lucian (adc) Enemy jungle, Pyke and MF gang up. I blow W I blow Ult, I blow heal I CC the enemy and poke to keep them off lucian, constantly focused on trying to keep my adc alive I managed to pull him out alive.

My thanks for exhausting myself and blowing everything (all heals on CD): Lucian: "Soraka u are useless as fuck" and people wonder why no one wants to play support. Why I hate playing support. But no, you are forced to bend over and kiss the adc's ass because they think the entire game revolves around them.

When I can pull my Adc from sure death, Have Ult, and W all on cooldown so I keep my adc alive, and the thanks I get is being told how "useless as fuck" I am. Think I will start letting my adcs die till they realise how important support actally is. Thats not greifing, thats just being selective about how and when I choose to save them sinse I am gonna be labeled useless anyways.

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AeroWaffle2/18/2019, 5:11:13 PM5 votes

From https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/1vAJ49LE-tired-of-the-its-just-a-game-excuse

{quoted} And I As a support main am quit happy to abandon dead weight players. No heal, no support. These players arent interested in destroying the nexus, they wan to waste 40 minutes so they can farm 100 minions and 40 kills while completely ignoring towers.

From https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/player-behavior-moderation/RIrj6sUv-i-have-given-up-on-trying-to-win-my-matches-with-this-community?show=flat&page=2 with the title, "I have given up on trying to win my matches with this community."

{quoted} So Yeah, Not really trying to win anymore. I dont have enough energy to waste on kids who prefer "My kills" to "team win" Enjoy the losses, kda players. You earn every one of them.

Sounds like you're also filling a stereotype that ADC players hate to have as a support. Those support players that intentionally stop helping when they feel like you're not doing XYZ enough.

Jo0o2/18/2019, 3:11:43 PM4 votes

Support is often a thankless role. You have our sympathy there.

However, you earn no thanks because you aren't playing Soraka in a useful fashion. By building AD, crit, and attack speed items (and not even the AP support item), your heals offer negligible impact on the game. A quick glance at your current account's match history indicates that most of your damage is still magical and your heal numbers are low... so are you, in fact, useful? You love claiming that your builds are in support of your play style, which is a fine sentiment, but in reality what are you really accomplishing?

Ultimately, it's clear to any experienced player that you're not playing Soraka at anywhere near her full potential. That doesn't give your ADC the right to flame you. But if you're constantly being flamed for not pulling your weight, the logical solution is to pull your weight and earn the respect of your teammates, not troll them.

Edit: While I'm here, I count several recent games in your current account's match history where you've clearly maliciously AFK'd for one reason or another. Your ADC flaming you is a good reason to mute and report them, not to troll your entire team. You'll get no sympathy from these boards when you blatantly troll like this.

Edit 2: And before you start giving me crap for my adherence to the meta, please note that I've basically been one-tricking Swain Support for most of my games for the past several months. I don't give a shit about meta, I do what I think works. Difference between us is, I'm making an informed and calculated decision, and I can demonstrate a good win rate in doing so.

AeroWaffle2/18/2019, 5:27:59 PM3 votes

Sorry, My job as a support is to help the team when they want to WIN.

Your job is to try to win. Regardless of what other people are doing or what role you're playing as. If you're intentionally making a choice to not help the team win because of some spite you have over how the adc is playing you're griefing.

You officially become part of the problem you're complaining about.

deathgod52/18/2019, 11:17:05 AM3 votes

Think I will start letting my adcs die till they realise how important support actally is. Thats not greifing, thats just being selective about how and when I choose to save them sinse I am gonna be labeled useless anyways.

Please don't do this to other ADC's, they didn't flame you, this Lucian did.

GreenKnight2/18/2019, 10:51:59 AM2 votes

I want to play supports. When you get a massive, 5-man ult and save your teammates from certain doom, it's one of the best feelings you can experience.

At lower elos you do have to endure smug ADC's, but their attitude changes as soon as they realize it's impossible for them to do shit without you.

By the way, don't take the game too seriously, it's just that. A game.

Chalze2/18/2019, 10:52:04 AM2 votes

I dunno man, I've gotten used to it as a support main. That being said though, I tend to avoid supports whose supportive capabilities aren't as obvious, such as Soraka. In a complicated fight, you could be doing the most work but most won't see much of you aside from your ultimate and maybe Equinox.

Try Janna, saving allies from engagers by disengaging can be relatively obvious so usually you get some credit. Besides, if I do save someone as a support this way usually I can 'feel' their appreciation without them needing to type anything at all.

Honestly if I were you, I'd ignore the bashing (since it's never personal, trust me) and assume people still appreciate your efforts even if they don't say anything. That's what I do, and that's how I maintain my love towards the support role.

hrooza dota 2/18/2019, 11:00:05 AM2 votes

nah thats not the reason, mid laners/junglers or even adc got flamed for no reason not only supports

i once was told as adc by my tahm support ( oh my god why you are 0/3? ) when he is not even trying to help by clicking a single button on me when they are diving me

i got flamed multi times as mid laner by bot laners because an enemy roamed and i did not follow roam because i recalled, even tho i pinged the whole river towerd bot, or i lost lane to someone being better then me or whatever.

jg get blamed by players who lost lane even if it was not jg fault (sometimes ppl push so hard and enemy is hard to dive and then cry that jg not ganking their lane)

everyone just try to throw the blame at others no matter the role or champion.

the reason players dont pick support often is that they want the fame and want to solo carry the team tbh

Madjack012/18/2019, 11:07:37 AM2 votes

Well, you still have four other mates which you can give all your attention to after the laning phase.

Then you get to watch your adc fail miserably while trying to solo farm.

“Why you leave me alone, fcking supp? Report for inting.“

“Oh? I thought I was useless to you?“

Nah kidding aside, I think playing support is for people who stand more firmly in their shoes. I don't need validation from my team. I know when I've done well and when I screwed up. That's why I don't care so much about other people's ramblings. There is nothing sweeter than doing your job and seeing your team mates flourish and make plays because you enabled them to do so. It's like watching your kids grow and do well after you've been their backbone all this time. Even if they took it for granted the entire time, the little shits (Forgive me the silly analogy, but such are the joys of supporting).

Saezio2/18/2019, 2:19:17 PM2 votes

Meanwhile you have 0 games with Soraka with Heal

MorgManBasher2/18/2019, 11:33:59 AM1 votes

Stop caring what your ADC thinks and flame him and/or mute him If the player is dog shit, tell him he's dog shit. Don't put up with abuse, just make sure you don't say anything to get yourself banned and report after.

I am a support main and sometimes I'll run into ADC's like this, but it's not too common from my own point of view but when it does happen I just give it right back to them or just say F it and insta mute them if I don't feel like dealing with it or want to win.

Barso552/18/2019, 11:50:35 AM1 votes

3 primary reasons -

To get kills, carry, etc
Too passive a playstyle unless you are a poke support
Lowest influence on the game if your teammates are incompetent.

and a distant fourth - being worth as much gold as your teammates to the enemy team but being unable to protect yourself unless your teammates are around/are competent.

Awf Meta2/18/2019, 11:07:51 AM1 votes

Support is what you make it. I think people are too afraid to experiment because they are getting threatened all the time regardless if they follow meta.

Shiroe Okazaki2/18/2019, 11:20:04 AM1 votes

i actually dont mind playing support.... their champs are really op to me....

Deliberate Inter2/18/2019, 3:38:21 PM1 votes

hink I will start letting my adcs die till they realise how important support actally is. Thats not greifing, thats just being selective about how and when I choose to save them sinse I am gonna be labeled useless anyways.

Nah you're just griefing. Worry about you and do your job or don't claim to be a support. It doesn't matter how the adc talks or how your team talks, people get angry because they want to win, get your ego aside and do what's best for the team. I do , what's your excuse?

Néékö2/18/2019, 11:12:12 AM1 votes

I'd rather support than anything... trying to outplay ppl in bust 1hit meta is fun. If adc have that luciens attitude I'd go support a diff lane, the adc will sink or swim. But bash a raka for that play you described than he doesn't get anymore heals outside of r.

Kei1432/18/2019, 11:29:55 AM1 votes

Btw dashy, do you know how to trade with the enemy during laning phase? Soraka is like one of the best harassers in low ELO.