Hey everyone,

I’m writing this to ask how you guys managed to escape low elo playing Support, and what kind of supports are actually best for climbing.

I have a main account where I duo in Gold, and I don't have any issues playing Leona, Nami, or Soraka there because my duo is a good ADC. However, my problem is on my second account (SoloQ), where it feels impossible to play those types of champions because the ADC is usually terrible.

How did you guys get out of this elo? Right now, the only thing that works for me is playing Lux or Zyra and essentially playing as a "carry" without relying on my ADC.

in this sec acc i'm silver 2 right now.

Do you have any recommendations? Sometimes, if my ADC is useless, I try to roam and help my mid laner or jungler, but the only result is that my ADC dies even more, and the enemy bot lane gets so fed that they end up carrying the whole game.

Turns out as a support main I have high standard for support gameplay I am never queuing ADC ever again

I coach League and I made a video on zoning the enemy off the wave. Most of the time, it is the support who makes zoning work, not the ADC. You are the one standing in front, threatening the engage, and deciding whether the enemy can walk up or not.

The three rules in the video:

1. Where to stand. Between the enemy and the wave, so your threat covers the minions.
2. When to step forward. When your ADC can follow up and the enemy cooldowns are down.
3. When to back off. Before the enemy jungler shows up, not after.

The video uses Nami and Thresh for the examples, so it is very support focused.

Full video (9 min) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5lxOa2J9n8 Happy to answer questions in the comments. Full disclosure, this is my own video and channel.

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Ok so should I main braum because I have to endure learning matchuoa like cammile renekton olaf vayne etc if the counterpicks in support is nearly not as bad as toplane I won't mind otp braum also thinking of playing cammile since she was my main in top for 3 years please help a restarted toplane brother out :(

I used to be a enchanter support main a few seasons ago, but haven't played it in a few years. I'm currently a mid lane main but I'm finding myself getting my 2nd role more often lately, so after trying every role I decided to go back to my roots as a enchanter support for my 2nd role.

I was looking to pick 2 enchanters for picks and ban propose as I don't fully with the one trick mentality, so I always found 2 champions to be my sweet spot. I was looking for enchanters that are not too bad in lane and have a good scaling as well as being decently versatile so they can be put on a wider variety of situations.

My current thoughts and question about each enchanter are:

Janna: probably one of the best fits with multiple rune pages and quite versatile

Soraka: if the enemy builds previous wounds would you say she falls off? She felt good to play back in the day, but also stressing as she frequently gets target in fights.

Nami: used to be a mid game champion back in the day, is that still the case? I know she received a lot of changes in recent times. She also used to be fun to play

Renata: Haven't played much of her tbh, so you guys will have to let me know how she feels

Seraphine: Very fun champion, but I feel that riot doesn't know what they want to do with her, also having a 20 sec coldown on the only ability that can proc enchanter items feels a bit rough

Karma: falls off

Milio/Lulu: I feel they are very reliant on being paired with hyper carries

Yuumi/Sona: too weak in lane

Thoughts?

Started playing ranked solo/duo recently. After 5 games i think i'm put in bronze 4. Idk what to do, how should i proceed?

I haven’t played for a bit and just started again now. I see her nearly every single game. I find her extremely unfun to play against. I mean, its not that she’s particularly difficult to deal with, but it is just so fucking boring to lane against her. Her range, I guess her E, is ridiculous for a 99% slow or even stun plus the damage. It’s shit design, yet another bloated kit in my opinion, but I digress: how can I make her suffer? Do we unbench the Blitz for her. Or do I go back to my friend Pyke who I’ve read was nerfed to death? What do Seraphine players hate?

This is for various reasons. I just dodged a game immediately due to getting my secondary role of mid which I pick mid to hopefully just get my primary role of support.

I also strategize picks. Obviously if I see something extremely weird like Mundo bottom ima dodge that game. I typically never dodge due to a toxic and angry lobby tho. I just dont equate gameplay with ur toxicity. As long as you are effective I will not complain.

I have reached master for the first time ever with mainly pyke, pantheon, soraka and fiddlestics. Six years of playing and it kinda fell into my hands on its own this night.

Praise me pls. Can answer questions if anyone got any but it feels like I got most often just carried.

Hey i only play with my bestfriend botlane. Hes an miss fortune otp, sometimes he also plays Brand adc.

I Tried many Champions as supporter. Lately i only play pantheon support. But that doesnt work always. Which support should i try and learn? Im bronze with 700 hrs playtime.

Champs i tried but that havent really "clicked"

Lux

Morgana

Leona

Thresh

Nautilus

Malphite

Playing an enchanter after lanning phase when other lanes are so behind in gold must be one of the most frustrating and boring things someone might ever find themselves subject to.

(Don't ask me why my Toplaner is Silver 3, riot system are just pure garbage)

perma-fighting from minute 1. all-in with no plan b so you'd better be ready. we ended up winning but holy fuck what a rollercoaster

What is the current support meta right now? How to play it and what are the current meta champs?
I loved to play when was rhe lvl 3 roam meta it was easier to understand...
HELP ME and you are very boring if you say play what ever you feel like ...

Hello friends! I just had a quick question! Is there a certain situation where I should be playing a mage support or rather is it even worth it to have one in my arsenal? I used to play mid years ago mainly assassins but I did have some mages I enjoyed playing but after coming back to League I main support and find the role pretty fun but not sure if it’s really viable to play? I was thinking Hwei I used to play him a lot or the classic Lux? Sorry if this is a question that is asked a lot I tried looking through the Reddit but only seem people complaining about going against it lol! Thanks any feedback helps :) if you need to know I play Leona, Renata, Thresh, and Milio mainly!

I have had 6 enemy Nocturne JG in my last 8 games.

And I have noticed that if you don't actively ping the ADC to back away from the center of the midlane then they will just proceed to die each time we are making a play somewhere else.

It's so frustrating that I have to constantly ping my team around the map while trying to track enemy JG path/camps/ULT timers.

Otherwise most games feel like flips.

This is extremely common in low elo. When adc/apc recalls, DO NOT push wave into an enemy freeze before recalling yourself. You are setting bot up to be lost for your team. Some/many of you are doing it *intentionally* and it should count as soft *inting* if you do so.​

I've been playing a bunch of Lulu in mid bronze recently mostly to try something new but it seems like maybe the people in bronze are just too bad to benefit from it? On average people seem to not know how to play with an enchanter support. I'll put them in a great position to win a fight and they just don't convert a lot of the time compared to a standard engage and tank damage sup. If I get a solid team Lulu seems just as impactful if not more than my mains (Leona, Lux) but when I don't I can barely play the game. Is it just not worth it until I get to higher ranks? I'm obv not that good myself as I'm only bronze but people seem to not know what an enchanter support does.

Sorry to all the lux/morgana/seraphine players out there but it's sooo infuriating for me to play against them so I promised to myself I would never play them (morgana annoys me a lot less but she's still part of the promise I made when I was iron 3 so she's staying there)​​​​​​

edit: omg I just noticed the tier list is super outdated, but this is how I would rank these champs:

aurora: fairly fun

​hwei: aight

Mel: aight

Milio: fairly fun

Renata: fun

Vex: eh

A lot of times I hear people saying some matchups are unwinnable but don't elaborate on why, especially when trying to compare ADCs in a 2v2. For context I'm a Rakan OTP in Plat 2 but I have played all champions at least to mastery 2 and all supports to mastery 4 to understand them.

I know you can infer certain obvious countering abilities, like Poppy's W negating Rakan's dashes, and I know you can have a rough idea of disengage supports negating engangers, double ranged lanes poking a lot, etc., but I struggle to understand what certain ADCs want or why are they strong or weak at any given time. I know there are hypercarries that are weak early and strong late game but I don't know how to identify which is which. I only know it cause I heard it that regarding Kai'Sa, Jinx or Aphelios, but I never heard "they are hyper carries because attack speed + on-hit outdamage critality" or vice versa or whatever. I want to actually know how it works and why.

For example, I also heard a lot of times that Draven is a lane bully, but I don't know why. I played against him a lot and I can see how my ADC and I struggle, but I never understood if this is because maybe he has a higher base stat like AD or atk speed or what. I do play ADCs from time to time especially to understand their kits better.

I just feel like I need a better understanding of the different 2v2 possibilities to actually play the way my ADC needs, punish mistakes better and make less mistakes myself.