Should this approach help?

EkkoFroffles·Aug 16, 2015·1 votes·791 views

I feel like I've posted way too much on this board, especially about me and supporting, but here I go again anyway...

Since deciding I, previously a top main, wanted to become a support main, my strategy has been as follows: level 5 supports one by one, then (after I'm done with that) cherry pick my best supports to focus on. This usually takes ~30 matches per champion, which I feel is more than enough to base such a decision upon.

I always see people advising you to stick with what you're best at and from there to try to become the best, but this exercise is showing me how everything I thought I knew is wrong. was a support I'd written off as "not for me." Then came free week. I gave her another go, and I'm 8-2 so far with a 4.85 KDA (in normals). Another example is . I knew I could probably do alright with her, but she's proven to be possibly my best overall support (21-12, 4.87 KDA).

Before you say it, I know stats don't tell the whole story, but I can't exactly argue with results. When I win 8 in a row with , start 6-0 with , go 21-6 with after starting 0-6, etc., that's something I can't help but take notice of and see as a sign that something really is working.

On top of opening my eyes to certain supports I wouldn't otherwise have bothered with, I feel that it's increasing my flexibility, giving me experience with every kind of support imaginable, and that this experience is making me a better support with every support I play. Learning made it easier to learn and , for example. Or at least it felt that way. And I once viewed them both as beyond my capabilities.

So, would you say this is a solid plan that I should stick to or not? Or do you have tips to help me further maximize my time by changing this plan of mine up slightly?

2 Comments

hh the thinkerAug 16, 20151 votes

the practice with many different champs does give you good practice, plus the many games you play with them. the more you can play, the easier games can become, though don't focus on too many because it's harder to improve on a few champs if you are trying to improve with 50 or more champs.

I would say 3 or 4 champs at your main role, while also being able to play other roles (two champs per other roles should be fine, 4 is ideal though).

the 3 or 4 main champs you want to focus on, really learn them well, their cooldowns and such. if you want to focus on learning all the champs for the support role, it can become a bit much, that's why I'm saying to limit it to 4. you can practice on all of them, but keep 4 max as your main focus when it comes to rank, until you feel you've mastered them.

after you feel like you really master a champ, try to practice and master some others, and then go back to the ones you think you mastered. the champ pool will increase over time and the ones you feel you master will still increase each time you get back to playing them.

EkkoFrofflesAug 16, 20151 votes

I'm only doing this with the support champs, because I plan to play basically nothing but support next season. That means like maybe 20 champs. And after I'm done learning those, I'll shift my attention to the supports I'm best with and work in some top, mid, and jungle to keep in practice with those, even though the champs I play for all three of those roles are so easy to play effectively that I shouldn't need too much practice. Especially since I doubt I'll have support stolen from me much in ranked.

I only feel comfortable doing this because I've given up on ranked for this season and am just waiting until I can start over anew next season. Support is what was holding me back this season, which is what first sparked the focus on the role and led to me becoming a support main.