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Possible to climb ELO as only Support?

Creator: R4GE March 30, 2014 12:46pm
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my thresh record is pretty good. a shame i don't like supporting

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22/7 with Leona here and I personally think she's the strongest support around. Thresh is a tad bit more skill dependent, but a good Thresh will wreck very hard - perhaps harder than Leona. But the lower skillcap on Leona is what elevates her to strongest support for me. I honestly don't think Morgana is that strong a counter to Leona.
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Taric Leona Thresh Alistar <-- Tanky Supports FTW
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It's easier to carry as support this season than it was last season and last season was still manageable. So the answer is yes, I actually think it's easier to carry from than ADC, but thats just me personally
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I went up to plat just playing morgana support. It's very simple to do. ADC is a brainless role for the most part. They can have the worst positioning in the world as long as you can go above and beyond with protecting them, they'll still get their damage out there.
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Well, thanks for all the responses. A problem that I've in some of my games are when my Adc literally sucks, for example he can't lasthit and he gets hit by every single skillshot while I don't get hit by one skillshot so I've to block them. So being a Support have its Cons that you need a good team.

I'm pretty decent as a Adc but it depends on my Support because almost all of my Supports didn't want to go Support in Champion Select so they trolled. ( One thing that's pretty disturbing is that when I play another role my team Trolls/Feeds or are getting raped by the enemy Team, but when I'm playing Support I'm getting my Adc and my other teammates Fed ).

Currently my main Supports are Thresh and Morgana ( I'll buy Lulu & Nami tomorrow ) so I'll be focusing on playing Supports.
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I don't know which league you are, but if it's low silver or bellow it can become pretty easy as long as 1) You build damage after your gold income item and your sighstone and 2) You position well.

The key to most squishy supports is positioning and good reactions to what's happening, like using the Leona engage in your favor to stop her ADC (lulu Q+W; Zyra E (+W), Morg Q, Sona empowered W auto, janna Q, Annie stun, etc) and then focus on hurting her bad for what she did while protecting your carry if you have extra abilities to do so (Lulu E on ADC, Janna E on ADC and W on the engager, Sona W and Q, Morg W and E, Zyra Q(+W).

The thing you REALLY gotta get through your head is who to prioritize. Tanky supports will often deal less damage then their ADC if they engaged and their ADC is good at responding, so focus on CC'ing their adc and taking off that tanky support. Squishy burst supports will often output more damage early game and be able to witstand less damage, so if they engage it's not bad to CC their carry and then focus the **** out of their faces (ignite if you brought it, damage abilities, autos). Just remember to make the most out of each situation and carry, and really measure if you're in a situation where you can and should engage because you'll win, or if it's smarter to wait for them to do dumb stuff and react accordingly.

Also note that patience can be rewarded with extra gold and levels, allowing you to become bolder as the game progresses.
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