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Recommended Items
Runes: Glacial Augment
+8 Ability Haste
+2% Movement Speed
+65 Base Health
Spells:
Flash
Ignite
Items
Ability Order Ability Sequence
Triumphant Roar (PASSIVE)
Alistar Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Ashe
Ashe is annoying to play against, as it's difficult to get on her. When you walk up she slows you for ages and running away is near impossible aswell.
Draven
Works perfect for an aggressive playstyle. Draven has a lot of damage to follow up on your engage which will lead to a lot of kills.
Draven
Works perfect for an aggressive playstyle. Draven has a lot of damage to follow up on your engage which will lead to a lot of kills.
Champion Build Guide

Greetings fellow support players, welcome to my ![]() ![]() ![]() This guide has been written and checked by me. If you have any additions feel free to contact me. I am planning to update the guide every patch to keep you guys up to date on the newest builds, strategies and matchups. For other ![]() I hope this guide will make you play ![]() |

+ Bread and butter engage tool. + Strong ult for front lining. + Passive will help sustain in lane. + Great teamfighting potential. + A lot of roaming potential. + Can change a losing game into a winning game in a single engage. ![]() |
- Unable to play lane before level 2 - High cooldowns early game. - Difficult to disengage. - Short engage range. - Difficult to lane in ranged matchups. Laning as ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |

![]() At 7 stacks, Alistar consumes them all to Heal power icon.png heal himself for 5% of his maximum health and nearby allied champions for 7% of his maximum health. Passive is very helpful in lane to sustain against the poke you receive or regenerate after an all-in. |
![]() This ability is pretty strong as you can hit multiple enemies with just one Q. Look for different ability combinations involving your Q such as W > Q, Flash>Q, animation cancel using Q>Flash, W>Flash>Q, and so on. In the spoiler I will add some videos as an example. |

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![]() ![]() At 5 stacks, ![]() ![]() Another ability to CC your enemies. Once you get on top of them activate it, or activate it prematurely to start stacking and prepare a stun. This will lead to a longer CC chain that will setup nicely for kills. |
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Since season 14 we got a huge overhaul on the support item section. Everyone will be starting with a ![]() After finishing the first quest at 500 gold the ![]() ![]() The ![]() When finishing the second quest at a 1000 gold you receive a ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Mercury's Treads If you are losing lane or the enemy team has a lot of CC, ![]() ![]() ![]() |

The following section will describe the other items you might want to include into your build. These are my commonly used items and are the best in my opinion: |
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You have to be wary of lane state no matter the matchup you are in. There are 3 important wave states that you should acknowledge: |
Freeze – Freezing is manipulating your minion wave to stay in the same place for a given amount of time. This is the hardest form of wave management, especially in the botlane as you are dependent on your ADC and your own ability of wave management. Freezing is done by only last hitting the minions and matching minions damage with your opponent. The way you setup a freeze is linked to how close you are to your tower. The closer to your tower the more ranged minions you need, this is because your minions arrive quicker to lane then the enemy minions. The picture shows in what area you need a certain amount of ranged minions to freeze. Learning to freeze effectively requires some practice so don’t give up after the first one doesn’t work out. You want to freeze your wave when you are ahead or when you are in a difficult matchup and your ADC can farm safely so you can roam. |
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Slow push – Slow pushing already says what is does, it slowly pushes the wave. This one is easier than a Freeze as you don’t have to be focussing on what the enemy does. All you want to do is killing the caster minions in the wave and there you have it, a slow push. Slow pushing is something you want to avoid during laning phase in botlane. When you leave lane and the enemies have based you almost always want to be fast pushing the wave. The only time slow pushing is applied is in the later stages of the game where you want to prepare waves by slow pushing them in the side lane. This either draws attention of at least one enemy so you can make a play across the map or it builds towards a massive minion wave which helps you siege or denies your opponents a lot of experience and gold. |
Fast push – Fast pushing is important during the laning phase. Fast pushing is done by killing all the melee minions of a wave and even clearing a complete wave in such a way that the wave crashes into the tower and starts slow pushing back to you. Fast pushing when the enemy botlane has backed denies them a lot of gold and experience while you get a good timing to base and get some items and catch the wave that bounced back from the tower. Another viable reason to do so, is to roam. While the wave is under the enemy tower try to get some deep vision in the enemy jungle or look for a roam midlane. The last thing you can do with a fast push is setting up a dive. If the enemy botlane decides to stay you can have a free kill, if they back off they lose gold and experience. I only recommend diving when you know you can get a free kill and don’t risk the fact that you can fall behind because of a misplayed dive. Another important part of the laning phase is to help out your jungler when he is invading or fighting for scuttle crab. Try to fast push the wave and follow him into the jungle to help him fight. By fast pushing you will force the enemy botlane to either miss the wave or leave their jungler for dead. |

![]() ![]() ![]() Don't always go for a level 2 push blindly as you need to be healthy aswell to make something happen. Try to help you adc push in melee support matchups such as ![]() Ranged matchups such as ![]() |
In the example below you will see me laning versus a ![]() ![]() ![]() Keep in mind, not every ranged matchup works the same as every support player plays their own style, either agressive or more defensive. So as ![]() |

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Recalling is an important aspect of laning in general, but especially in botlane you have to time it correctly. As a support you always want to try and synchronize your recall with your ADC. When you want to Recall you are looking to push the minion wave under the enemy tower, as this gives you enough time to recall and come back to lane to catch the enemy wave pushing in. In the example on the right you see ![]() ![]() |

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In teamfights, ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() However, initiating isn’t always the best option. In many teamfights, your role will be to peel for your carries. Stay close to your backline and be ready to react when enemy divers or assassins try to jump on them. Your ![]() ![]() During all of this, don’t forget your ultimate, ![]() ![]() Ultimately, ![]() |

As Rakan you can do a lot of roaming and get a lot of value out of this by putting teammates other than your ADC ahead. With runes such as Water Walking and Celerity or items such as Mobility Boots your roaming becomes a threat as you will quickly move around the map. There are some rules linked to roaming: |
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1. Only roam when your minion wave is under the enemy tower or your ADC can farm safely in botlane.
2. Only roam when the enemy midlaner isn’t pushed under his tower so you can make something happen.
If one of these requirements is not met do NOT roam as this will put you or your ADC in a bad spot. You can roam from two different situations; you either roam from botlane after pushing in the wave or when you pushed the wave and come back from base instantly look to make something happen in the river area. The following pictures are coming from the site of mobalytics. For any further information on roaming have a look here. |
Roaming from base The first situation we are looking at is roaming from base. On the right is shown with roam pathings when coming from base. ![]() ![]() |
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Roaming from botlane (Blue side) The second situation is when you are roaming from botlane. In this example we look at ![]() |
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Roaming from botlane (red side) The same goes for mr. ![]() ![]() |
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In these examples I only talk about setting up a gank on midlane. When following these green and purple paths it can also just be as valuable to place down wards so you can see the opposing team path along these routes! See the warding chapters for more info on that. |

Vision is one of the key things a support player has to do within his team. You are responsible for vison setup around objectives; this means clearing enemy vision and establishing your own. Not only around objectives but also inside the enemy jungle to spot enemies walking around or around your lane to spot out ganks or roams from enemies. In the examples below the red circles indicate ![]() ![]() ![]() Early Game |
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1. This ward is a standard ward when you are on your side of the lane. It spots out jungle ganks and it gives your jungler safety to roam into the river to gank or go for an invade. 2. This ward is a standard ward when you are on the enemy side of the lane. This gives you as Support windows to roam or create deep vision because the enemy won’t know where you go. 3. This ward is good when someone else used his ![]() |
4. This ward is a strong ward around minute 3. If the enemy jungler is clearing towards botside he will be there between minute 3 and 3:30. So seeing him pass on the ward helps a lot to avoid getting ganked. 5. This ward is good to cover a dive. If you are feeling you will get dove or you have no info on the enemy midlaner and jungler this ward is really good. It shows people in your side of the jungle which also helps your jungler. 6. You can ward the lane bushes when you think you need a ward in here. These wards are highly advisable when the enemy support is playing a lot around the bushes or you suspect a lane gank. 7. A ward in the middle of the river to check activity around ![]() 8. This ward can spot out the enemy jungler entering or leaving the river and if he ganks midlane, this ward is helpful for you midlaner. 9. This ward is useful to spot out lane ganks or for an ally to ![]() 10. This ward is deeper into the enemy jungle and helps getting info on the enemy jungler. Dragon Setup |
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1. This ward is a good ward to deny enemy vision inside the ![]() 2. If there is already a ward in the pit, this ward is very helpful because it shows the enemy pathing from midlane towards you if that is the case and it gives your carries time to position correctly in fights. 3. If there is already a ward in the pit, this ward is very helpful because it spots out enemy flanks from your jungle. This is the least useful of the 3 control wards so you could consider a stealth ward or no ward at all here. |
4. This ward is good when your opponent just resets from a cross map play and you try to rush/sneak a dragon. Placing this ward will give you enough space to adapt according to the situation. 5. This ward is good when your opponent just resets from a cross map play and you try to rush/sneak a dragon. Placing this ward will give you enough space to adapt according to the situation. Try to have either this ward or ward 2 in position (can be a ![]() 6. This ward comes in handy when the enemy just pushed out their wave from the first botlane tower or closer to their base. This way you can see them coming your way and if they attempt to use a Blast Cone when present. 7. This ward is good when your opponent is pushing in mid and you try to sneak a ![]() 8. This ward a deeper variant on ward 5. This gives you more time to adapt, but less information for a last moment decision. 9. This ward a deeper variant on ward 6. This gives you more time to adapt, but less information for a last moment decision. Baron setup |
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1. This ward is a good ward to deny enemy vision inside the ![]() 2. When there is a ![]() 3. This ward is good because it can show you enemies trying to get behind the pit or flank you from your own jungle. This ward will also help your carries to position accordingly. You either have to place ward 2 or 3. |
4. This ward shows enemies coming from the botside. It will help your carries position accordingly. 5. This ward is important when trying to sneak a ![]() ![]() 6. This ward will spot out enemies that just came from base and are pathing through topside (can also be a ![]() 7. This ward will spot out enemies that just came from base and are pathing through midlane. 8. This ward comes in handy when the enemy just pushed out midlane and are taking the safe route from midlane. This alerts your carries and gives them a lot of time to reposition. 9. This ward will help your carries position correctly if the enemy decides to engage from the topside if they just pushed out their toplane wave from their first tower or closer to their base. 10. This ward helps with fast decision making. You can spot out engages coming from across the wall easier and see if the enemy wants to try and fight you. |

Vision is one of the key things a support player has to do within his team. You are responsible for vison setup around objectives; this means clearing enemy vision and establishing your own. Not only around objectives but also inside the enemy jungle to spot enemies walking around or around your lane to spot out ganks or roams from enemies. In the examples below the red circles indicate ![]() ![]() ![]() Early Game |
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1. This ward is a standard ward when you are on your side of the lane. It spots out jungle ganks and it gives your jungler safety to roam into the river to gank or go for an invade. 2. This ward is a standard ward when you are on the enemy side of the lane. This gives you as support windows to roam or create deep vision because the enemy won’t know where you go. 3. This ward is good when someone else used his ![]() |
4. This ward is good to cover a dive. If you are feeling you will get dove or you have no info on the enemy midlaner and jungler this ward is really good. It shows people in your side of the jungle which also helps your jungler. 5. You can ward the lane bushes when you think you need a ward in here. Especially when you play versus a support that plays a lot around the bushes. Also when you feel like a lane gank is coming you need to make sure you have vision to spot that out. 6. Good ward in the middle of the river that spots out action around ![]() 7. This ward is good to see when the enemy jungler moves into the river and you can maybe collapse on him with your mid/jungler. Furthermore, this ward is important to get down at around 3 minutes. When the jungler is pathing towards botside he will arrive between 3 minutes and 3:30. 8. This ward can spot out the enemy jungler entering or leaving the river and if he ganks midlane, this ward is helpful for you midlaner. 9. This ward will help scouting out lane ganks early and will give information on the enemy jungler. 10. This ward can spot out the enemy jungler when he is clearing his botside. If placed correctly it spots all 4 entrances of this point. Dragon Setup |
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1. This ward is a good ward to deny enemy vision inside the ![]() 2. If there is already a ward in the pit, this ward is very helpful because it shows the enemy trying to get behind the pit from midlane. Having a ![]() 3. If there is already a ward in the pit, this ward is very helpful because it shows the enemy trying to get behind the pit from botlane. Having a ![]() |
4. This ward is good when your opponent is pushing in mid and you try to sneak a ![]() 5. This ward is good when your opponent just resets from a cross map play and you try to rush/sneak a dragon. Placing this ward will give you enough space to adept according to the situation. Try to have either this ward or ward 6 in position. 6. This ward is worth it when the enemy is hard pushing botlane and you try to sneak a ![]() 7. This ward comes in handy when the enemy just pushed out their wave in midlane. This way you can see them coming your way from a longder distance and if they try to engage on you. 8. This ward spots the enemies that are coming from base through midlane. These give early information on their position but won’t help with last minute decision making. 9. This ward spots the enemies that are coming from base through botlane. These give early information on their position but won’t help with last minute decision making. Baron setup |
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1. This ward is a good ward to deny enemy vision inside the ![]() 2. When there is a ![]() 3. This ward is good because it can show you enemies trying to flank you from your own jungle. This ward will also help your carries to position accordingly. You either have to place ward 2 or 3. |
4. This ward comes in handy when the enemy just pushed out midlane and are taking the safe route from midlane. This alerts your carries and gives them a lot of time to reposition. This will also show any enemies trying to get behind the pit. 5. This ward is important as it spots out enemies trying to steal the ![]() ![]() 6. This ward will spot out enemies that just came from base and are pathing through topside (can also be a ![]() 7. This ward will help your carries position correctly if the enemy decides to engage from the topside if they just pushed out their toplane wave from their first tower or closer to their base. 8. This ward will help your carries position correctly if the enemy decides to engage from the midlane if they just pushed out their mid wave. You should have either this ward or ward 2 in place. 9. This ward is important when trying to sneak a ![]() 10. This ward is important when trying to sneak a ![]() ![]() |

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