The Importance of feeding your support (This goes out to ADC's)

Deathstr0ke13·7/5/2015, 7:01:57 AM·25 votes·3,394 views
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So most people have probably read threads where supports get bashed by their ADC's for "Kill Stealing (KS)", and even more people are undoubtedly aware of how bitchy ADC's can be in game towards their teammates (cough Vayne mains cough), especially towards their supports for harmless acts such as accidentally killing a single minion and "Stealing" that 15gold from the ADC in question, or god forbid landing the killing blow on a champ and making the ADC settle for an assist.

I'm here (as an ADC main myself Jinx Caitlyn ) to offer an alternative to my fellow ADC's who feel that acting this way is okay. My two-step solution is quite simple... 1) GET OFF YOUR SUPPORT'S ASS 2) LET THEM GET SOME KILLS. Now i know saying that will get some downvotes and negative feedback from ADC mains, but it has to be said. As an ADC i don't freak out when my support "KS" and i get an assist, and i actually encourage them to do it when it looks like the enemy might get away and i can't seem to kill them. Why? Because that support puts their life on the line constantly to save my squishy ass, sets up most of my kills, and gets no praise for it. Because as much as it might be cool to get all the bot lane kills during the early game (lets just low ball it and say 4-6), that just paints an even bigger target on my back than the one i already have for being the team's ADC in the first place. And you know who'll be trying to protect my constantly squishy ass from the counter attacks and ganks? That support i bitched at for attempting to get money to build items, who now is underpowered and can't keep my cocky/suicidal ADC ass alive no matter how hard he tries. This leads to blaming everything on the support, the breakdown of teamwork, and probably the loss of the game.

How does this change by not being a dick and "allowing" your support to get some kills? Well now the guy who's keeping you alive can actually do his job, your still getting money for every kill, and you now present a double threat in your lane, one that can push with ease. You'll still get plenty of kills in the game to call your mom up and brag about later, and you get a solid system going with your support. In the link i provided you'll see a match where as ADC Caitlyn i still had easily the most kills on my team, and with the help of my Volibear support (who i made sure was well fed early on) we not only one the lane and later the game, but also prevented almost the entirety of the enemy ADC's CS, making the poor Corki ADC essentially useless for the rest of the game (not even 2 full items).

Does this seem like a bad result?

As far as i see it, in bot lane KS actually stands for "Kill Secured", and that guy who's with you in the trenches at bot lane who's giving it his all to protect you should be your #1 BFF on the battlefield, not your punching bag for you to use when you have a bad game and throw a hissy fit.

If even just a single ADC reads this article and stops acting like a asshole in game, then the League just improved that much more, and i consider this article more than worth the time it took to write

Thank you and have a good night!

32 Comments

Conturbatio7/5/2015, 9:33:38 AM21 votes

What sickens me more is that they flame me for taking cs even though they are in base and have to walk for 40 seconds to reach the lane.

Deep Terror Nami7/5/2015, 7:05:01 AM7 votes

Ya whenever someone blames me for KS, I say "Kill Secured. You're welcome."

Though, I am a little better at refraining from taking the kill this season.

Nicorus 7/5/2015, 10:12:19 AM6 votes

As a support main, I cant agree more with this. I enjoy playing tanky supports, because I feel like in the current meta supports need to be an engage and cc in team fights. So I love playing champs like blitz, thresh, bard, and other tanky supports because I can make a big difference in team fights and odd sorts of fights. the items I build, like legion aren't cheap. The items I build however benefit the entire team.

I build items like legion, randuins omen, frozen heart, zeke's hareld, zz rot portal. These items benefit the entire team in fights, and keeping lanes pushed. Not to mention my sightstone really isn't cheap, and my first back i will buy it for a mere health boost. I'm the champ who mid game is running around warding the map while still being close enough to engage small fights and get you the cc to win those fights.

KayVaugn7/5/2015, 5:04:48 PM6 votes

So I'm a support main and I just had one of the most raging adc's I think I've ever seen. Not only was the adc (Kalista) really bad, but she also raged at me even when I did well. So she yelled at me to play more aggressive "K", so I tower dive their adc, support, and jungler some are fairly low and I'm playing nautilus. We also had our jungler and I think mid laner or top laner. So I dive them and we end up going either 2 for 0 or 3 for 0 and she still rages at me for not having any focus even though no one even died on our side. I'm just like "Wtf do you want from me D: You tell me I'm playing too passive and I should be more aggro and then when I play aggro you still rage at me." Apparently I have no focus probably because I ulted their sejuani, who was really low and I still got the knockup on everyone because they were clumped together. Then by the end of the game turns out I outdamaged her as nautilus building full tank, go figure.

ChaosThief7/5/2015, 4:31:46 PM4 votes

A while back I did Nami support, and kept taking the kills with a single auto (not even enhanced by E). So while I had 4 kills and my adc had 4 assists, I decided to go a needless.

Let's just say they feared the nami. A lot.

Only Play Darius7/6/2015, 6:23:28 AM3 votes

The support is the one making the plays that let the ADC do damage to the enemy during the laning phase. The support is also the one putting themselves between the enemy so that their ADC can safely farm. I am practicing ADC in teambuilder right now and I learned quick that the ADC isn't the one making the moves in the laning phase, it's the support.

Good supports tend to go unappreciated. I do my best to call them out when they do a good job.

ArmouredToaster10/1/2015, 9:51:29 PM3 votes

Love this post.... As a blitz support main, and as many should know that there are a number of kills taken or if you prefer "secured." most of which are by fluke chance or my passive striking dealing the final blow. i have seen alot of hate and blame towards the supports. so this is now shared on facebook...

Tohoko the Neko10/2/2015, 8:46:03 PM3 votes

It's the reason why Braum exists. "Stand Behind Me!" is the litteral embodiement of what it means to be a support, even if I've never played anything in the bot lane, I know atleast that much.

ZT Xperimentor10/22/2015, 4:49:03 AM2 votes

I cannot upvote this enough. Supports & junglers are always the targets of blame when the team falls behind, but jungling is convoluted since it was reworked into a minigame. Anyways, yeah I feel your pain; I'd rather make sure the enemy dies than escapes, it gives both of you more time to get a level advantage and possibly chunk their turret. I don't play carry often (as my aim sucks ^^; ) but I don't mind when my support gets the kill, because it still removes enemy pressure. Top & support are my preferred rolls, but I don't play as much as I used to; mostly from the increasing hostility over petty things such as these. The game is about taking the enemy base, not killing them; it just so happens that it's easier to take it when they're dead. But I've seen & played several games to success from being far behind.

Ironic Breeze7/5/2015, 6:21:25 PM2 votes

It's better to play a premade team as a support with the adc, that way you can coordinate the low level warding, when to back off, etc. It helps to "yell" at each other to back up :P

Chimewlan7/5/2015, 9:44:17 PM2 votes

I remember when I supported an ADC where he had 6 kills and I had 4 and damn, we were like the bosses of the Rift. We owned anyone that came near us and scared the hell out of the enemy team. He even praised me for being a good support :3

Anyways, I appreciate that you posting it! Reminds ADCs that supports don't kill steal, but kill secure instead and that leads to victory!

kile1477/6/2015, 12:16:09 AM2 votes

I agree with your sentiment, though a game with a Volibear support is a bad example since Voli actually Needs gold to stay relevant since he doesn't have a lot of CC and needs stats to help you, whereas Thresh, Blitzcrank , Janna and the like are really designed to keep a lot of their utility even when they are getting very little gold.

Pegasus1777/6/2015, 12:18:00 AM2 votes

its for this reason when i play support i normally start item 3301 I leave all creeps for the adc. Then in lane i just concentrate on zoning and harass. Im still gaining 3 gold from the adcs CS and when the ADC is out of lane i take the CS while im holding lane. you still gain gold because of the coin and dont get caught in that trap most sup do of falling behind.

As for the kill (KS).. i mean i don't hear anybody say that anymore.. not since i was in the lower levels when matchmaking paired me with bronzers and lvl 20's territory. in the larger scope of things it doesnt matter who got the kill. Sure it would be slightly more benficial for the ADC to have gotten it but regardless that enemy champ is now oout of lane and gives you advantage either way so its all good. its still a positive... still a win

Randomonium7/6/2015, 9:50:27 AM1 votes

I agree that you should always give you support lots of love. Supports often do way more work to secure kills than the ADC and have a pretty thankless job. They're like that lead blocker that sacrifices their body so that the running back can get that highlight reel touchdown.

That said, its a bad move for supports to take kill unless the enemy is going to get away. The reason for this is you want to keep the gold reward for killing your tanks and supports low so that when a team fight happens even if you trade even in kills your team will wind up with a gold advantage as long as you do a better job protecting the carries than the other team. Also, if the team fight goes poorly and you need to sacrifice someone for the rest of the team to escape if you sacrifice the tank or the support then the enemy team will only gain a tiny amount of gold for their trouble.

Furthermore, if you have at least 2 more assists than kills you actually get more gold for every assist you get. Sure, this bonus gold caps at 60 but over the course of a game that can result in an extra 500+ gold for your support. That's a lot of ward money!

Doctor Dyment7/6/2015, 6:08:21 AM1 votes

I play Draven, this idea don't work for me.

NewMk7/5/2015, 5:23:05 PM1 votes

And then your adc is useless

Champion Skin7/5/2015, 5:20:46 PM1 votes

Well simply theoretically it is best if one champion gets the kills while the other gets the assists (doesn't matter who does which) Why? Well because assists give bonus gold when you have more assists then kills as can be seen here Assists grants +30/+45/+60 gold per assist at 2/3/4 assists more then kills

Which means more gold

Also if the one taking all the kills gets lots of kills without dying that will mean that your teams bounty won't increase as it caps at 5 kills which gives 500 gold (200 extra gold) So if that champion get more kills then the teams bounty won't increase

And there is of course Draven

Though yeah it doesn't really matter who gets the kills after all if you kill the enemy ADC that means they won't be farming and won't be getting any exp and if you kill the support you can likely zone the ADC away from CS