Views: 1159 Get off my AD Carry! (Support 101: part 4)
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Bot-lane synergies
Hello peeps!
Time for another blog on how to support! Tonight's blog will cover botlane synergies: how can you theorycraft the best synergizing supports for each ad carry? A rather simple question, and I will not be giving you all synergies. I am just giving a little explanation which should help you out a bit :)
This is a rather important part in botlane, because lacking synergy can pretty much cost you the lane. Keep in mind that synergies are not that important for late game.
Basically, when theorycrafting matchups, you need to ask yourself the following question: What are the pros and cons of the ADC champ?
Lets break this question down with a couple of examples:
Miss Fortune: Her strengths are AoE damage and overall burst. So, if you want to pick a support for MF, you want to pick a support that has the same abilities.
A few good supports for her are Thresh (Engage, AoE, burst) and Sona (massive AoE and good burst).
Caitlyn: Her strength is long range poke/autoattack/siege. So, you'll be wanting to pick someone who has the same long-ranged poke OR with an autoattack enhancing spell. However, because of her poke possibilites, you can also pick something that covers up her weakness: all-out fights (-> disengaging abilities)
Good supports for Cait would be Nami (poke/autoattack buff and (dis)engage), Janna (free ad + disengage) and Lulu (poke + shields/heals).
Simply said, you want to have a look at the abilities your AD Carry has, and couple them with a support that has the same kind of abilities.
Do guys in platinum complain about Thresh as much as guys in silver and gold?
I have personally only once lost a lane to Thresh while supporting, and I can assure you, he is used quite a lot if not banned.
Ya, Thresh is pretty much the most banned champ as far as I know. I play him myself as my best support but barely get to play him :(
I have personally only once lost a lane to Thresh while supporting, and I can assure you, he is used quite a lot if not banned.
Expand on this. It'd be a huge use to me as I'm trying to get back into supporting.
Already having 3 other blog posts - if you have some more suggestions for support-related topics to cover, I would love to hear them :)