Keeping this guide short. It won't explain how to play support but rather how to utilize Carrycrank

I feel blitz is tanky enough level 1 to sacrifice armor for damage. Also, the 1 crit mark adds a little fun rng. Armor marks are the only other viable option. Don't be that ap guy.

Scaling health runes are op on tank supports. That 216 bonus health buffs your kit tremendously (locket and FotM active scaling). Flat health seals are viable as well.

I like to run mr glyphs even if the enemy support is ad. Helps a lot out of lane. Especially since I don't get mr until locket.

Armor quints feels great lvl 1. Could see an argument for health/movement quint(s) as well.

0/12/18 is standard on tank supports. Take all the masteries I do. They are the best. Only debatable one is courage vs stoneborn. I prefer courage over stoneborn because, although they provide similar bonus tankiness (5% shield vs 5% health), courage regens every 30ish seconds while stoneborn doesn't. This alone provides much more sustain in lane.

Ignite is the way to go in 95% of games. It allows for easy level 2 kills. Try to use ignite before the enemy adc heals to reduce it's effectiveness by 50%.

I would only ever consider taking exhaust against champs like Zed and Shaco. Or if I was a passive support, which I'm not.

Try ignite. If it doesn't work for you, take exhaust.

I've found tankcrank to work really well:

1. You don't die
2. You have wicked cc
3. You have amazing shields to peel for your adc

What more could you ask for....

Hit your pulls. And when you don't, understand that you have very little pressure when q is down. Fall back when you don't have pressure or else you'll take unnecessary damage.

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