Why I'm giving up support

AdeJBug·9/7/2018, 1:06:13 AM·5 votes·5,293 views

I chose it a while back because it's the weakest link which means a bad support is an auto loss. I was tired of watchin games be decided by that, a year or 2 ago, so decided I can make a difference. But lately it feels Riot has been systematically trying to give me the crop of the crop, the shittiest adcs, almost one game after another. Looking at stats and profile, cus at first I thought it was all in my head, it was like this: everyone was above silver, some gold, and the only bronze or low silver, or UNRANKED, was my adc. Repeatedly. So yea, what am I to think? That riot doesn't want me to play as support. Ty, rito. You succeeded.

In game, I reported so many for various reasons under the feeding category, to no avail. The only feedback I got was when foul language was involved... Some are clearly trolls. Some are clearly so bad that not even norms is low enough for them. 80 cs in 30m is appalling. 0 vision score in same amount means you just came out of bot games. Walking around enemy pink wards casually and just sittin there without an auto is again trolling. 5k aka less damage than a full support build on a support champ is disgusting. Refusing to ult is plain trolling. This goes beyond not healing in time. We're waaaay past that (at one point I was taking a 2nd heal just cus of that). This is beyond eating free dmg from bush cheesers cus 'I'm adc and I never ward a bush ever'. And these are just some recent examples.

What's worse is the rest of the team, blaming the weak lane, puts me and this troll adc in the same jar. All you have to do is take 1 look at the kda and see how I miraculously spent 15-20m with 0 or only 1 or 2 deaths against a fed bot, and fkn REALIZE who is basically running it down bot. If someone is trying to feed, there's no stopping them. That goes for all roles ofc. But leaving bot lane will not stop them from still feeding from that point on.

And I am sooooo tired of this idiotic idea that the support is a ward bot and no one else has a responsibility towards vision, especially in games with sometimes 3 champs with invisibility attributes and/or abilities, like we had a Teemo, Eve, Twitch as enemies, but who's pink is that lonely one on the map? You have one guess.

I understand I have to lose from time to time, but at least stop at, u know, giving me higher enemies (like plats and diamonds just to get to silver 5, thanks again). I cannot take this spoon feeding of useless, no, LESS than useless adcs. I'm done.

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36 Comments

Reaper Soraka9/7/2018, 4:51:20 AM3 votes

idk why you have so much trouble with your adcs. As a support you can practically force them to not suck.

Be a better support! [slayer-jinx-catface]

I Feed As Yasuoo9/7/2018, 1:28:58 AM2 votes

Yikes dude you play way too much fiddle sticks support and other mages as support. (I see you've been chillin' with Aram). Stop playing mages support because there squishes and they're most likely ks since they're strong asf. Play more reliable a champions like Braum Thresh TahmKench Rakan where you can tank damage and give more utility, with these supports it'll get you back and running. [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Ðahyun9/12/2018, 6:15:43 AM2 votes

It doesnt end after gold. I play both adc and support. When Im adc my support doesnt know know squat about supporting. They dont put pressure or do anything supports do. Because they dont do anything for you the JG ganks repeatively and you end up being 0 and 3. Your already behind, but the support never helps you so he looks squeaky clean with is 0 and 0. The team blames you for being 0 and 3, then your support flames you. Every lane has no idea what your support has done, so they just blame you for having no help, especially in this meta when adc actually need a support.

In my support aspect I have a bad adc. I know how to uspport so I put pressure when pressure is needed, die for my adc so he can live because he is worht gold and Im not. But the adc just thinks your feeding and the team just blames you for feeding.

Moral of the story dont play bot. They put you with a random person you have never met and expect you to have perfect synergy with them.

Sirsir9/14/2018, 5:46:53 PM2 votes

Theres a misconception that mage supports handle lanes with a bad ADC better. Its actually the opposite. Mages are constantly trying to pick fights and get ahead in kills, which is hard when your lane partner has the brain power of a sponge. A bad early game for a mage 'support' is game ending.

Enchanter/tank supports however, just live through lane, and at the first opportunity go stick yourself to the most competent member of your team, help the carry carry even if its not your ad carry. It doesn't matter much if you're behind in gold, your power comes from your utility.

ApollyonBainer9/10/2018, 9:26:06 PM1 votes

Idk man play adc or something then. Usually its the support that makes the lane and applies pressure to let the adc farm as much as possible. And as far as trying to climb as a support you almost have to have a duo to do anything about it.

Entei9/9/2018, 6:58:02 PM1 votes

Top is the best lane with the right champs. Its not hard to win your lane with thresh or blitz tho. You only need to hook one of the enemies and you won a fight. You just think you are unlucky. If your jg sucks, you lost your game. Adc isnt that powerful in this meta anyways.

Mc Truck9/7/2018, 6:20:14 AM1 votes

Brand Zyra XerathLux to rule them all. Just so we are on the same boat - these are not assassins. These are champions with good waveclear. Yes, as a support. Yes, it matters so much that it carries games. Yes, you will get misunderstood in soloqueue when you shove lanes in the midgame, but not only are you going to put pressure on yhe map, you are also going to have high gold and experience, making it easy to blow stuff up. AP version of Sona is absolutely broken and might be one of the most reliable hardcarry AP champions in the entire game. Sadly, she doesn't have the advantage of shoving stuff and she needs level 16 to function properly, which doesn't happen often enough. And her earlygame is stupidly weak. This champion, basically, needs a support herself. Play her with caution.

zPOOPz9/7/2018, 1:15:28 AM1 votes

Looking at stats and profile, cus at first I thought it was all in my head, it was like this: everyone was above silver, some gold, and the only bronze or low silver, or UNRANKED, was my adc. Repeatedly. So yea, what am I to think? That riot doesn't want me to play as support. Ty, rito. You succeeded.

You are to think that ranking =/= mmr and matchmaking is based on mmr. Also possible there's a duo in your game which would boost mmr.

JoeAnarchy9/10/2018, 8:40:20 PM1 votes

if you're silver, and your teams are all silver and gold, except your ADC, that means they are a good enough ADC to be playing with Silvers and golds. stop trying to blame them. not saying it's your fault either, but clearly they are playing on a level higher than expected of them.. it's prolly your junglers honestly.. this meta is currently a "better jungle wins" meta