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Galio is not a support just because he has support-like characteristics. Teemo support? Lol, good joke - he's one of the best KS-ers in the game. And, as the World Championships showed, support Zyra is viable.
Mejai's Soulstealer as part of support main build? WTF. Not a support item. Did you even watch the World Championships? Third buy is Kage's Lucky Pick? No, more likely to be Heart of Gold, based on the completed items. Athene's Unholy Grail isn't a support item, leave it in AP Caster Section. No consideration of Mercury's Treads? Boots of Swiftness? No mention of Oracle's Elixir?
'Playing an exceptional support is all about itemization'?
Um... Yeah, lemme rephrase that for you:
'Playing League of Legends is all about itemization'.
'Most people only see supports as a healbot, a ward slave, or an aura newb.' Wow. Yes, support Blitzcrank, Nunu and Leona are definitely seen that way. How dare they.
'Your team has high expectations for a support and many fail to meet such a high expectation.'
Seriously, just leave sweeping generalisations out of the damn thing! Just because you feel that way, doesn't mean everyone else does!
'I truly believe that the support role is the number 1 most important role in the game!' - OK, let's forget the carries who, I don't know, CARRY? If the carries screw up, the support can do bugger all to win the game. Most important role? Forget that.
Take out your pictures of honours. They're only self-serving for you and pointless for everyone else. Honour has nothing to do with how you should play as support.
No armour runes in an AD lane? No scaling magic resist runes for later game? Or CDR?
TBH, the mastery point for 5% increase on wards are worthless. Take it in speed.
Your Summoner Spell ratings... wtf.
Ghost is not good for Sona. Flash is much better if you want to initiate with Crescendo. Cleanse useless? CC makes a game, Cleanse saves you. At least a C rating but a situational pick. Clairvoyance is A+ but Flash is A? Clarity useless. If your lane partner can't manage their mana you've got a bigger problem. If you can't manage your own mana, you've got the biggest problem. Revive useless. Smite useless - for junglers only.
No comments on where to ward? What to ward with (Vision or Sight)? Nothing on covering jungler for first buff? Nothing on buff timers? Calling ss/mia?
If it's not misinformation, it's lack of information. You have so many bad preconceptions.
Secondly there are several mistakes in your list of supports. Galio is not a support (he's a mid laner). Shen, Heimerdinger, Morgana and Orianna are all not meta supports - they are stronger on mid or solo top. Teemo is not even viable as a support. Blitzcrank and Nunu & Willump ARE meta supports. Cho'Gath and Maokai are only barely viable as support, and Amumu and Rammus are completely unviable.
Thirdly, your runes are almost completely wrong. Double gold per 10 is situational. It's only used for extremely passive babysitting supports. Plus, you broke two very important fundamental rules of runes: 1) never run AP runes without mpen reds and 2) never run AP runes on a support. The returns are generally just not worth it, especially without mpen.