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Choose Champion Build:
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Summoners rift (Support)
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Machinegun lulu
Recommended Items
Runes: Basic runepage (Click 1,2,3,4) ---->
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order
Pix, Faerie Companion (PASSIVE)
Lulu Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Pyke
Pyke has a lot of mobility and kill pressure. As most engaging supports I take guardian vs this matchup. Make sure to decide if your adc needs movementspeed or if you need to polymorhp the enemy adc. Your shield+Q could be enough to slow the enemy for an escape.
Kog'Maw
Kog'maw and lulu are one of the most famous combo's. You give the movementspeed and attack speed empower he needs to do carry a game. Besides that your peel keeps him alive long enough to kite and do insane damage.
Kog'Maw
Kog'maw and lulu are one of the most famous combo's. You give the movementspeed and attack speed empower he needs to do carry a game. Besides that your peel keeps him alive long enough to kite and do insane damage.
Champion Build Guide
Welcome to my guide! This is my third guide and I would like to inform you that: I'm NOT a pro. Please keep in mind some of my advice is experience/opinion based! Everybody has their own playstyle and opinion, and I try to consider that! Just keep that in mind you have to find out what works for you. And don't assume I know everything or am right about everything! If you've seen my ![]() ‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Short about me﹥˙‧.✰˙‧ Hello I'm Dotje, I'm a support main and I've been playing league for several years now. I'm from the Netherlands and I'm 23 years old. Playing games for me is about having fun. I play on the EUW servers and sometimes on NA. The reason I main support is because I enjoy empowering my teammates and because I used to always have internet and fps issues. Recently I have been practising new champions and roles but support is my go to. :) My absolute main is ![]() ![]() |
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My most informative guide is my Nami guide, it has a bit more info than this one. If you enjoy playing ![]() |
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You can check me out on twitch where I will stream my game play sometimes. I'm not planning on growing but if you're interested or got any questions leave me a follow and drop by :) |
If you're considering playing



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[+] Insane lategame [+] Engage [+] Disengage [+] Shields [+] Can shutdown carry champions |
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[-] Needs one front-liner to really work [-] Squishy [-] Doesn't work well with every botlaner [-] Mana consuming when aggressive |
Even though she is a great support, I don't think she works well with every laner. I am sure you CAN make it work with every one, but it's often best to pick another champion instead. Lulu does need a front-liner to reach her full potential, but can be fine without it if the enemy doesn't know what they're doing. Compared to other support champions I find it harder to defend myself on ![]() |
A support item is a must-have as support, else you will lose a lot of gold income and vision control. Because lately




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Shard of true ice You buy it as ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Bulwark of the Mountain Consider this item vs hook matchups or matchups you prefer not trading against. This not only helps denying the enemy support gold if they have ![]() |
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Boots of speed Movement speed is important for dodging abilities and getting out of a fight. Though if you are able to sustain without them, you could use that gold to finish another item faster. |
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Ionian Boots of Lucidity Ability haste goes great with ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Mercury's treads These boots are a great option when you're playing against a comp with a lot of cc. Getting stunned means you're not able to do anything, or even die. It's best to position a way you won't get hit but there are some champions that are hard to avoid like ![]() ![]() |
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Plated steelcaps I've bought this item a lot of times on tanks, but on ![]() ![]() |
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Boots of swiftness These boots have always been my favourite, and in 10.5 they have rebuffed it to make it viable again. It's now cheaper as ![]() |
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Moonstone renewer This item is good for sustaining trough fights. You basically give a heal every 2 seconds. Especially on ![]() |
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Imperial Mandate I think this item is the best when your team is snowballing, especially when your team is good lategame as well. The bonus movement speed and damage are not to be underrated. You can easily proc this item with your Q or E+Q combo as well as your W or R knockup. |
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Shurelya's Reverie In combination with a good engage this item will be most useful. Now together with the movementspeed all allies affected get a damage boost for the first 3 attacks. I'd usually get this item for a better disengage or position in fights. But this season you need to consider if taking this item will be more worth over the others mythics. |
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Locket of the iron solari If your team has the better lategame composition I'd go for another mythic item. If your team is not snowballing or needs a little more defense against burst, I'd go for this item. Right now the assasins are very bursty so you can't go very wrong getting this item. The shield also procs ![]() |
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To finish up your item build you should always consider what your team needs, the enemy has, or what you need. Your team can't kite fights, your carry gets bursted/cc'd down. Maybe you just keep getting killed, which makes you unable to help the team. Take these circumstances into consideration and try to use items to save these fights!
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Ardent censer This item gives your adc a lot more power. If you have an ap champion in botlane you can rush this item later on as you probably have other champions in your team that can benefit from this. It's easiest to proc this item with ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Staff of flowing water This item is a good alternative for ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Mikael's crucible When your carry (doesn't have to be your 'adc') get's shut down by cc it's great to get a ![]() ![]() |
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Vigilant Wardstone If you're facing a ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Because of patch 11.11 the item gives an increase on most of your stats when you're level 13 and have 20 wards placed. It won't give you the movement speed anymore but it still gives a fair amount of ability haste when it's upgraded. |
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Redemption This item gives a big aoe heal that is really strong in teamfights when placed well. Combined with other healing buffs and ![]() |
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Knight's vow This item is slightly changed in the pre-season. It gives you a lot of health regeneration, reflect some damage from your assigned ally, and it gives you movement speed towards your ally when they're low. I haven't been testing this item much yet, but I think it could be a decent option to make you and your ally a little tankier, especially because it gives 400hp with a lot of hp regeneration now! |
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Frozen heart If their comp based on ad like ![]() ![]() |
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Zeke's Convergence This item has a lot of ability haste and makes you tankier. They changed this item, proccing when you immobilize an enemy. This means it will only work on your polymorph W ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Whenever you're ahead, or think this fits your comp even better these are some considerable items. It's important to have fun in your games, especially normal games.
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Chemtech putrifier Instead of ![]() |
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Banshee's veil Againt heavy ap based comp you can consider taking this item but ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Morellonomicon When the enemy team has too much heals, and your team refuses to get an item against that get some anti healing yourself by getting this item. I recommend getting ![]() ![]() |
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Dark seal I like getting this item when I'm ahead and in no risk of dying. If you're really far ahead and already have some core items you can upgrade this into ![]() |
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Rabadon's Deathcap We all know why you will build this item, lots of ability power! Try it out, your shields will become massive and your damage will be stronger too. |
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Summon aery This keystone is the best go-to option on every shield/heal support. This guarantees to add more poke to your abilities. And an extra shield to also proc ![]() |
Manaflow band Manaflow band is unmissable on most supports. ![]() |
Transcendence Ability haste without having to buy items is great, the ability haste bonus can make a big impact. At level 11 you even get 20% cooldown refunds on takedowns! I think ability haste and cooldown reduction works great on ![]() |
Scorch This rune feels as the best choice for me at the moment, ![]() |
Biscuit delivery This rune makes sure you're safe losing HP while trading in lane which allows you to get more spellthief's stacks. Also when you need that little mana for the kill/safe you can eat your cookie mid-fight. I've had this happen to me a lot. |
Cosmic insight This rune now gives you summoner spell haste and item haste. I'm not sure if this rune is more worth than the ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Guardian This keystone is a great option vs heavy engage, it gives movementspeed when procced. And you don't really lose much power in teamfights. Hitting your Q ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Font of life This rune works on slowed or immobilized enemies, which means it should be fairly easy for you to trigger this in teamfights. It gives tiny heals for any ally hitting the target and apparently it triggers ![]() ![]() |
Bone plating This rune grants you better trades, and a tanky feeling early game. You're the strongest lategame anyway! Because this rune is basically only useful lategame, I've been replacing it with ![]() |
Revitalize This rune grants more heal and shield power, even more powerful when the target is below 40% hp. A real life saver! |
Biscuit delivery This rune makes sure you're safe losing HP while trading in lane which allows you to get more spellthief's stacks. Also when you need that little mana for the kill/safe you can eat your cookie mid-fight. I've had this happen to me a lot. |
Cosmic insight This rune gives you a little bit more ability haste, and item haste. That little bit more haste will make you able to spam your E ![]() ![]() ![]() |
‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Mix it up!﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
Font of life This rune works on slowed or immobilized enemies, which means it should be fairly easy for you to trigger this in teamfights. It gives tiny heals for any ally hitting the target and apparently it triggers ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Revitalize This rune grants more heal and shield power, even more powerful when the target is below 40% hp. A real life saver! |
Presence of mind This rune used to be really good for a champion like ![]() ![]() |
Legend: tenacity While going ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
It's useful to know what your abilities are, and how to use them. There are different ways to use them in different team comps. So keep in mind to think for yourself, but I wrote some utilization tips you should know to get started. (I hope they're not too obvious)
For support maxing your E





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Lulu is assisted by Pix, a faerie, who fires a barrage of 3 bolts to her target every time she uses a basic attack against an enemy, dealing 5 − 39 (based on level) (+ 5% AP) Magic damage bonus magic damage with each bolt for a total of 15 − 117 (based on level) (+ 15% AP) bonus magic damage per basic attack. The bolts can be blocked by units in the way of Lulu's target. Casting Help, Pix! Help, Pix! on an ally champion transfers Pix's help to them for 6 seconds. |
This passive is why Lulu's base damage is very low. It gives you a lot of poke potentional when the bolts don't get blocked by other units like minions. Shielding your ally makes Pix jump onto them empowering their attacks with your passive. |
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Active: Lulu and Pix Pix each fire a magic bolt towards the target point, each one dealing magic damage, reduced to 70% against minions, and slowing them by 80%, decaying over 2 seconds. If an enemy is damaged by both bolts, they take 25% bonus damage and the duration of the Slow icon.png slow is refreshed. |
This ability great to harass with, when you're able to hit it the slow makes it possible to get some auto attacks off. You can play around using ![]() ![]() Later on you'd want to use your Q ![]() ![]() |
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Enemy Cast: Lulu launches a spell on the target enemy champion, polymorphing them into a harmless critter and reducing their base movement speed by 60 for a short duration. Ally Cast: Lulu casts erratic magic upon an ally champion or herself, giving the target bonus attack speed and 30% (+ 5% per 100 AP) bonus movement speed for the next few seconds. |
This ability is what makes ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Using this on your ally increases their attack and movementspeed, so make sure you use it wisely. Because it can greatly increase an ally's damage, or greatly reduce an enemies damage output. Just keep in mind this ability has a travel time and can get blocked by ![]() ![]() |
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Enemy Cast: Lulu sends Pix, Faerie Companion Pix to the target enemy, dealing magic damage and revealing them for 4 seconds. Ally Cast: Lulu sends Pix, Faerie Companion Pix to the target ally, shielding them for 2.5 seconds if they are a champion. |
In lane you can decide to use this to apply more creative poke. Using this ability on minions will make you able to cast Q ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Lulu enlarges the target allied Champion icon champion or herself for 7 seconds, initially knocking up enemies around the target for 0.75 seconds. Additionally, the target gains bonus health and slows nearby enemies for the duration. |
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There are mixed opinions on what the support role is supposed to be. But as far as I know is your main objective supporting your teammates to empower them, especially the (ad)-carry. You achieve this mainly by:
[✩]Protecting your carry/teammates
[✩]Granting vision control [✩]Engaging teamfights [✩]Disengaging teamfights [✩]Roaming to gank/ward or assist your jungler Also by:
[✩]Keeping an eye on summoner cooldowns for your teammates, maybe even write them collectively down in chat for your team.
[✩]Keeping a good eye on the map and ping wherever necessary [✩]Buying supportive items [✩]Shotcalling for your team |
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‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Warding﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
A big part of being a support is focusing on vision control. Down here I will try to go over some tips and insight about what vision control is all about. If you want to know more about this I suggest looking up this guide about vision control because it goes super in-depth for every role. Besides all the info you may gather, experience will surely teach you the most.
‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Where do you place wards?﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
Listed below are some general tips on where you need to place wards. Make sure to expand the spoiler below for more in-depth tips about warding in specific situations.
[✩]Ward to get vision over the enemy. A little straight forward maybe. But it's important to know where enemy champions are to know if you can pick fights, contest an objective or even dive an enemy.
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‧˙✰.‧˙﹤When do you place wards?﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
Even though you have a lot of free time to place wards, it’s still an art to time your ward placements. You need to make sure the vision is on the right place at the right time so that you have the advantage over the enemy. Here are some things to keep in mind:
[✩]Don’t leave your carry vulnerable unless your adc is a champion


[✩]When your jungler is around and possibly invading it’s the best time to place wards. He can back you up, and you can back him up if he plans on making a play somewhere.
[✩]When drake, herald or baron is about to be up and your team is taking control of the river it’s best to go for vision control. You can do it before your team arrives, but you’ll be less safe and the enemy can easily sweep your wards.
[✩]If you’re about to switch trinkets and got an extra ward, just place it wherever. Even if you’re just backing and got an extra ward make sure to place it. Random wards can be very effective.
[✩]Don’t rush dropping your last ward[/b] in case you need it mid-fight or for another objective.
[✩]Keep in mind wards last a total of 150 seconds (2 minutes and 30 seconds) Rift scuttler lasts 90 seconds. Think ahead!
‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Do not die while placing wards﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
Oh man.. The amount of supports that die while warding is tragic. If you know when the enemy support is warding you can often catch them off-guard. Make sure you're not that support! Here are some tips:
[✩]Use an ability in a unwarded bush to be safe
[✩]Know where the enemies are! If they just backed it's the safest moment to slip in some wards.
[✩]Try not to place wards alone. Bring an ally with the assistance ping + a ping on your warding item. This is my communication method. Don't be frustrated when you go alone, teammates often have better things to do.
[✩]Do not go for risky wards. If you do, make sure you have an opportunity to escape. It's often better to place a slightly worse ward, as long it grants vision on the enemy's position.
[✩]Not dying>vision. Keep in mind vision control is just an advantage. Just like a 4v5 is. If you're dead you might give the enemy a better advantage than vision control.

‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Supporting in lane﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
You're also supposed to help your adc in lane. Your role is helping your adc get more farm, and try to get the enemy adc to farm less. You also want to 'win' you lane. I'll cover laning tips in another chapter. But I find it important here to mention how to help your adc control the wave and farm. Here are some tips to cover that.
‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Farming under turret﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
Farming is what your adc does, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't help him doing that. It's helpful, especially when the minions are under turret, to help your adc last hit them. Keep in mind, the melee minions need 2 towers shots and one auto attack to die (so you probably don't want to touch them) and caster minions need 1 tower shot and 2 auto attacks (before your adc bought ad). When you get the hang of this you should try to predict what the wave needs to be killed as optimal as possible. Try to start practicing as soon as possible, because your adc will love you. |
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‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Freezing the wave﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
You probably do not want to attack minions at all, unless it's your intention to push, or get a level up sooner. Freezing the wave is when you try to keep the minions at 1 position. You mostly achieve this by tanking the minions on the spot you want them to crash. And also by last hitting the minions as late as possible, this is what your adc does. Freezing is best when you need to play safe, or withhold the enemy from farm by zoning them while you freeze the wave at your side of the lane.
‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Pushing the wave﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
Another option is pushing the wave, you most often want to try this when the enemy is backing, or not present in lane. You do this by killing the minions as soon as possible. Keep in mind your adc still want to last hit them, so you probably should stop hitting them when they're getting low, or getting a lot of aggro by your minions.
‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Before the minions crash in lane﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
League of Legends offers a lot of variety each game, which is why you should always consider your priorities in a game. Before the game actually starts it's not bad timing to consider:
- What do I do in this matchup botlane? You need to know how argressive you can be, and where you should spend your mana on.
- How can the enemy jungler gank us? You need to know where to prioritize your ward and how safe you have to position when the enemy jungler is around.
- Should I roam to the midlane? Because the enemy midlaner's mobility can be low and/or your midlaner snowballs well.
‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Early game﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
In the first waves you should always try to get level 2 before the enemy does, else back off!(level 2 happens when 3 melee and 3 caster minions have died) You can try to hit the minions to help them die faster for this advantage.
When your lane is going well, try to keep track of where the enemy jungler is, ping his starting position. And frequently look at the mini map to help your allies know when to stay alert.
You basically want to trade, especially if you have

- When the adc is about to last hit a minion, because then she cannot attack you (yet)
- Especially when the enemy is going for a canon minion is a good moment to trade also because the adc will move perdictable.
- When the melee support needs to execute a minion for their support item
- When the enemy wasted their abilities (and should be afraid of you)
‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Getting into mid-game﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
Just fighting and chasing it not (always) the way to win. You probably want to try and get some objective control. You get this by not fighting recklessly when you are planning on getting one. It's best to back before you do, get some vision control, and try to be in the right position. Especially in the lower rankings your team doesn't always want to take objectives you so nicely set up, which is fine, it's always a good practice. Place some wards, sweep the area and especially don't die while doing that. (so try to take your teammates with you using the assistance ping) Defensive wards are important too, this way you can defend better or even turn the fight around. When you notice the enemy grouping/going for an objective like a turret. Just place some simple defensive wards to make sure your team can play around it well. |
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Roaming is very important. I sometimes roam at level 2/3 already when something's up in river. When you're getting used to looking at the minimap all the time your response time is a great oppertunity for some free kills and (deep)wards.
You basically want to roam when:
- Your lane is pushed in
- When the enemy botlane backed
- When the enemy botlane is dead
- Maybe even when your ad died and their botlane doesn't move
- When you come back from base
- Whenever you can follow your jungler
There are more oppertunities, but it comes with experience. Just keep in mind not to miss too much XP and try to protect your ADC with a ward.
‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Finishing the game﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
It's really important to know how to finish a game, especially lower rankings don't know how to do this. which is why you probably need to take control and type/ping your team to do certain things. Especially in soloQ it's impossible to control your team, so try to point them into the right direction, but make sure to be nice.
There are few ways to finish a game, it's often decided between taking inhibitors, baron or elder dragon. An open inhibitor gives a lot of pressure pressure, and in my opinion a more secure win in the end. You can consider going baron after getting an inhibitor, or back instantly to prevent the enemy from getting it. It is also possible, especially in team play, to have your toplaner split push, take inhibitors or end while you put pressure on baron.
If your team is planning on sieging/splitting for turrets, make sure to get vision in between the lanes. Don't force fights, unless you can easely dive the enemy at the moment because of split pressure. Sieging goes slowly, but surely with patience. If people tend to dive, make sure you live yourself, but try and help your team anyhow!
If your team has control over a major objective like dragon(soul), baron or elder dragon. You probably want to get vision control too, take 2 control wards and make sure the enemy has to risk their life to contest this objective. This could also be just a bait by your team. Your vision control in these cases can be the win for the team. Make sure you position a way so you can quickly help the team if someone engages in a fight. But don't hug your team so you are safe, and thus able to help your teammates better.
It's important to know what your role is in a teamfight. Try to find your role, compared to their champions, fed champions and carry potentional of your specific teammates.

‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Disgengage﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
If your team is in a great spot, or already engaging you have a decent follow up. Make sure to not overuse your abilities in case you need to peel anyone. When someone of the enemy is getting picked your Q



‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Peel﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
Disengaging is somewhat harder for





‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Engage﹥˙‧.✰˙‧
Peel is pretty much your main role as a support. If your team/adc really needs peel from someone like









‧˙✰.‧˙﹤Empower﹥˙‧.✰˙‧










Please remember this guide is made out of opinion and experience, be nice if you critisize, opinions are fine too! Feel free to ask any questions, because I didn't cover everything.


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