Supporting is a very strategic role, and a major part of the strategy is picking the right support for your team (or to counter the enemy team!). Ideally if you're supporting you will be one of the last picks, and if you're in a premade be sure to coordinate picks with your team.
I just wanted to go through my thought process when I'm picking a support in Draft Mode.
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Janna:
- Enemy team has an AOE ult comp. Ex:
Fiddlesticks,
Gangplank,
Kennen,
vladmir,
Amumu,
Morgana,
Sona,
Galio. If necessary buy a
Quicksilver Sash so you can pop out of stuns and reset the teamfight, and now the enemy team has blown all their cooldowns!
- Enemy team relies on suppress assassination. Ex:
Malzahar,
Warwick. Tornado to win!
- Your carry has good poke in lane (shield them for super poke). Ex:
Caitlyn,
Vayne,
Ezreal
- You are laning vs
Alistar or
Taric. A personal opinion, but I find Janna quite effective vs. these supports. They rely on getting up close and crowd controlli…
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