It's not just viable, it's becoming pretty standard. Most supports are doing it the majority of the time. Shield has been broken for a while.
You already explained the reasons why yourself. :P
You already explained the reasons why yourself. :P
NateKiller wrote:
True, and I feel like Leona is one support who's really vulnerable to autoattacks because of the fact that she's melee.
Luther3000 wrote:
It's not just viable, it's pretty standard. Most supports are already starting with shield the majority of the time. It's a pretty broken item.
You already explained the reasons why yourself. :P
I guess I did haha. I was honestly just curious on other people's take on this start. I mean, the gold income items were made pretty much specifically for support as of Season 4, so I was wondering if it was better to start with one of those or with the extra sustain from Doran's Shield.
On that topic, what supports do you believe are the best suited for this start? Leona's already mentioned, and I personally think (like previously mentioned) that Lulu, Thresh, and Zyra also might benefit slightly more from these. However, in contrast, with like Soraka or Sona, I don't think it's quite as good, as they have a consistent heal and are ranged anyways.
Any other champions?
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COMPLETELY dependent on lane matchup and your adc imo, essentially how aggressive you expect the lane to be and how much you expect to trade damage. but yes doran's shield is a good start in a good chunk of cases especially with the most popular supports.
i dunno if i would narrow it down to certain champs. i think it is useful on all champs in a given circumstance like a leona versus a lulu or something...the leona would definitely want it...but if it was leona vs ali i would start relic. just depends on how you expect the lane to run from my experience.
i dunno if i would narrow it down to certain champs. i think it is useful on all champs in a given circumstance like a leona versus a lulu or something...the leona would definitely want it...but if it was leona vs ali i would start relic. just depends on how you expect the lane to run from my experience.
Shield is just borderline borken as an item atm. Technically it is actually a lot stronger than Doran's Blade as a start even on ad carries, although it'd make it harder to last-hit.
Doran's Blade as a start even on ad carries, although it'd make it harder to last-hit.
The past couple of weeks in the LCS match ups the shoutcasters would mention how Leona would take Relic Shield or ancient coin over Doran's Shield. It goes to show how the guys at the top influence the meta so much. I've been seeing champions like Trundle and Darius for the first time in a while because of how much the LCS does that.
To me though I feel like Doran's shield on a support is a bit like an all in. The trade off being that you have to sell it and that you won't be able to ward properly until the first back. I'm not so sure that being vulnerable to ganks is a good trade for all that opening power if you still die because you didn't see a gank coming in. But that is my low level opinion.
To me though I feel like Doran's shield on a support is a bit like an all in. The trade off being that you have to sell it and that you won't be able to ward properly until the first back. I'm not so sure that being vulnerable to ganks is a good trade for all that opening power if you still die because you didn't see a gank coming in. But that is my low level opinion.
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So the point of this thread is: Do you think the Doran's Shield start is viable? Yes or no, could you explain your reasoning?