Supports Getting Buffed Next Patch

[quote=Jebus McAzn]http://www.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=560013 Guilty Hands has a very useful post. From all the red posts on that thread: Shurelia: -Sona's passive is getting a rework -Sona is being changed so that she'll "require more use of your brain" -Lux is being buffed in terms of support and nerfed in terms of damage [indent]-[[Finales Funkeln]]: AP ratio reduced to .75 from .85 -[[Prismatic Barrier]]: AP ratio reduced to .3 from .35, effect increased to 60/85/110/135/160 from 50/75/100/125/150[/indent] -Maokai is getting some buffs centered around support -Galio will be receiving a range buff to his ultimate, but not next patch. -Prototypes for new support items are being thought up. Morello: -Janna will not be changed anytime soon, at least that's what he's hinting. -Neither will Morgana, apparently -Changes going on involving making junglers less of a necessity -"We want supports to contain moments where you feel great and helpful to the team, and continue to move away from resource-battery style characters." -Riot is leaning towards more "clutch" style supports as opposed to heal spammers. -Possible buff to [[Mantra]] used in conjunction with [[Spirit Bond]] in the next patch -Possible nerf to Zilean's ultimate -Reconsidering Alistar changes after seeing how effectively he was played as a roamer in the ESL Discuss.[/quote]

[quote=Mowen]This made me raise my hands in the air and go "WHOOOO!" I'm definitely a fan of making Sona require more brain power, and hopefully making her more viable. I'm worried about nerf to Zilean's ult because that's the only reason people ever take him over say, Janna. I'm also really excited about more support items. I hope they're things like [[shurelia's reverie]] because I think that's a really fun and unique item.[/quote]

[quote=B-Wong]Lux scaling nerfs made me go :( Her ult already can barely even snipe a twitch at 200 HP but oh well Everything else was pretty cool. I enjoy good supports and I think the buffs will help very much in that field, as for now they feel very very lackluster.[/quote]

[quote=Searz]They pretty much flat out nerfed Lux... I don't like it. She was barely good enough to begin with.. I'd be okay with it if it was only reducing ult and increasing shield, but nerfing the ratio on the shield too seems stupid..[/quote]

[quote=Jebus McAzn]It's meant to make her act as more of a support early game, as your shield could conceivably apply four times in a dual lane, effectively making it a 40 hit point increase to your shield. Still, I preferred old Lux.[/quote]

[quote=Diesel]Meh. Lux getting nerfed was something that was gonna happen one of these days. But it wasn't bad at all, it may give me reasons to level up Shield faster now.[/quote]

[quote=caucheka]sounds really great. i play a mean support maokai :D and i like the sound of karma buff. and yes to new support items. hopefully more auras.[/quote]

[quote=Dremu]I'm diggin the Maokai buff ;] FINALLY[/quote]

[quote=Trojan995]I'm happy about most of this. I used to play sona all the time, but once she became garbage it wasn't fun anymore. Everyone QQ'ed at the ryze rework until they tried it, thinking it was a flat-out nerf. It turned out to be a huge buff, making him legitimately viable. I hope that they do the same for lux in this case. My only gripe with lux's change is that much of the reason people would take her is because she could carry as a support. If your team needs a support in solo queue, lux is a great pick because she can carry harder than any other support. Doing things like increasing the range & power of her slow would be great, but she still needs to be viable. Even though alistar does have viability as a roamer, I think that he could use some changes. His heal, for instance, is a piece of garbage. The buff to karma is needed, shes pretty awful right now.[/quote]

[quote=Joobieo#41288]Support Bufs are great because its will help in having people actually pick a support class instead of the whole team going dps lol.[/quote]