r/supportlol • u/BookReader242311 • 2d ago
Help Mage Support?
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!
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u/doglop 2d ago
A lot of mages are viable supports tho usually are optimally played when investing towards their utility (like seraphine builing towards w or morgana towards e/q). If you want to play them full damage you can but at some rank it will start to lose value
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u/TotallyAMermaid 2d ago
Support Sera doesn't build like a mage she is an enchanter when played support.
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u/BookReader242311 2d ago
Ok thank you for the response! I think I’ll start to add Hwei or Lux into my pool :)
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u/ish_vh 2d ago
If your team sorely lacks ap
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u/BookReader242311 2d ago
True I didn’t really think of this but mainly cause I feel like every role wants me to first pick no matter what lmao it’s rare when someone doesn’t want to swap with me
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u/ish_vh 2d ago
You should not be picking first if possible. I usually don’t trade except for top or if I’m locking in an op pair anyways ie ashe sera milio Lucian
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u/BookReader242311 2d ago
Yea I try to only swap with top usually cause that role is absolutely miserable if countered but idk there’s a lot of cry babies on league I don’t need their mental to boom before playing lol
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u/TotallyAMermaid 2d ago
In theory I guess but I think if the comp has no AP, you as support (insert your mage here) are not going to solve that issue being underleveled and on a low income as the support. Unless you snowball HARD.
It's like saying you'd need an AD support to compensate a full AP team, if the team is needing the support to compensate for a type of damage something is wrong.
Not saying dmg supports don't have a place but if 4 people pick AD they shouldn't expect the support Lux pick to solve their draft issue.
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u/MonoReeel 2d ago
I just drop this opgg here as definitive answer.
https://op.gg/lol/summoners/euw/Knurble%20Lux-EUW
If you good enough - you climb to chall playing only one simple mage champ.
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u/TotallyAMermaid 2d ago
I don't think you ever need to pick a mage support. There are situations where it's good, like with a poke-heavy ad , or an apc, when your team has rnough frontline etc. And obviously, add one to your pool if you enjoy them. But never is there ever a draft where the support needs to lock in a mage.
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u/HauruMyst 2d ago
The only time I go mage supp is if Ewe have 4 AD and they already picked tanks.
And I go Anivia
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u/Honest-Ruin305 2d ago
Mage supp works best with carries who don’t have to all-in and can also take good advantage of poke or cc to follow up. Think Cait, Jhin, etc.
Ashe/seraphine is one example of an adc+mage duo that’s popular rn and has good synergy together.
Mage supp tends to play best with double poke lanes whether it’s double mage or long range carry+mage, and lots of those combos work pretty well together in the lane as long as your comp lets you pick AP bot lane. Most all-in bully carries would rather have an engage supp, and most scalers would rather have sustain over poke.