Hey, Supports for ranked

[quote=Qorn Mcbandagez]So I'ma scrub, I want to pick up a support champ for ranked, and I feel like I want to play lux, how Viable is she as a support/carry in Ranked play?[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard][[Lux]] is probably fine. She's an option, but I wouldn't pick her all the time as she's not super variable. I generally prefer someone more like [[Karma]], who has decent CC, better engage, and good harass. Or [[Lulu]], who has good poke, strong CC, and a lot of utility. Both of them can also disengage better than [[Lux]] can, which makes them a bit safer to pick. imo [[Zyra]] is still a decent pick, however you need to be fairly confident in your ability to play her and she has similar problems to [[Lux]]. Annie is obviously good, but does get banned sometimes. On a tankier note, [[Leona]] and [[Thresh]] are both very strong picks right now. [[Alistar]] is fairly good as well, but if you can't master the [[headbutt]] + [[pulverize]] combo don't bother.[/quote]

[quote=luizdeh]^ right on. [[lux]] is fine in low elo. Learn to hit the roots and always shield your carry. Always get [[sightstone]] no matter what, harass constantly and don't worry if you accidently kill 27 dudes in a game as a support. gj lux op In all honesty, almost anything works in low elo, so pick whatever you feel like and see how you fare. Just don't go too crazy, leave that for the high elo folks that don't rage (as much) when they see something different.[/quote]

[quote=Latest Legend]Don't pick [[nidalee]]. Congratulations, you are now an advanced support player. I think the most important decision is if you want to play an all-in, poke or fairly passive support. And please note that supporting usually also involves a lot of coordinating with your team(setting up team-fights, vision, objectives, try to prevent them from raging etc.). Take some time to ping here and there and see if other lanes don't forget to call mias. While stat-wise not so good at the moment, I think [[taric]] is easy to pick up and play if you find you're struggling with the other tanky options.[/quote]

[quote=Scott Azrael]I would suggest these champs: [[Annie]], [[Leona]], [[Thresh]], [[Morgana]], [[Karma]] Those are the best supports right now. [[Taric]] wouldn't be a bad option, I just don't like playing him personally. As others said, the main thing is don't play [[Nidalee]] support and buy sightstone. I mostly play [[Annie]], [[Thresh]], and [[Leona]]. Those 3 are the strongest right now because of their lockdown ability.[/quote]

[quote=Qorn Mcbandagez]I play a Morgana as AP carry mid. How does she differ when played as a support? I should be feeding my ADC CS and kills, Would I just drop a Soil on the minions to help lower them then harass with Snare and AA? BS when I see them try and make a play for lane?[/quote]

[quote=Scott Azrael][quote=Qorn Mcbandagez] I play a Morgana as AP carry mid. How does she differ when played as a support? I should be feeding my ADC CS and kills, Would I just drop a Soil on the minions to help lower them then harass with Snare and AA? BS when I see them try and make a play for lane? [/quote] Pretty much. She has become somewhat of a counter to [[Leona]] in some of the LCS games I've seen. When she goes to stun, you use your BS and let your ADC stroll away. As you said, early on, you use Soil to lower minions for your ADC to last hit them(though don't spam it too much and use all your mana), and then if you see a chance to catch someone with a dark binding, then catch them for your adc to burst down. Once she gets to 6, [[Morgana]] can become more of a playmaker, but until then she is more of a safety net for the adc. And at low elo, keeping an adc from feeding can make a huge difference(though sometimes they still do their best to go die anyway).[/quote]

[quote=FantasySniper]You want to stick to more conventional supports, being [[Lux]] support is only good if you know how to [i]support[/i] as her. For the current meta, the less passive the support, the better. This makes [[Thresh]] great, and [[Soraka]] unfavorable, for example. Don't pick [[Nidalee]] General rule of thumb: Put high priority over [[Sightstone]] before boots. Arguably, the situation may call for something else, but getting your sustainable supply of wards asap is the best way to go.[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard]...uh, aggressive [[Soraka]] is good this season. like really strong. but you have to know how to play her. [s]passive [[Soraka]] has been terrible since healing was nerfed the first time.[/s][/quote]

[quote=Toshabi]You heard it here folks! Aggressive Soraka is a thing! [img]http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/pino/sesame-street/32/Cookie-Monster-2-icon.png[/img][/quote]