Fantastic guide made my support with blitz a hella fun experience on normals :D, just a lil tiny suggestion that im sure will help me and many and its just a little addition to your guide :D.

I often come back here alt + tabbing after knowing my bottom lane enemies to re-check the synergy and opposition guide but id prefer if you added their champion name above em so it would be so much easier to get ther by control + f (browser search) scrolling all the way down its a tiny bit tedious :x.

looks good to me.

Zilean was thrown in a spoiler since he's a VERY rare match-up.

I should probably throw Morgana in one too...

Everything looks pweety naisu :3

What happne to da Zilean in the Support Opposition O.o

tks for clearing it up. I wasn't too sure about it. +rep

Fixed! Starting sets changed. I'll need to change the in-guide info.


Fixed! Targon's Brace removed.


Thanks! Let me go update the in-guide info now...

Kayle using Righteous Fury counts as a ranged champion and will not be able to activate melee-specific items and bonuses. Gangplank using Parrrley counts as a melee attack and will activate melee-specific stats and bonuses.

@Mowen: I'll fix that later. About to head out to work :P I have seen a fair amount about DShield, and I can definitely see it working for Blitzcrank, since most of his weaknesses are based around harass. My build also doesn't get him that much HP, so it might be that Relic isn't a good start. Maybe start DShield and buy coin later? And the ward thing makes sense.

BTW, since you mention relic, does melee champ like GP(with his Q) or kayle(ranged attack form) takes full effect of the relic(the < certain hp kill creep)? I know both aren't that viable as support and beside the topic but I'm just curios.

Oh right comment to vote. ;D

I really don't like relic start, it doesn't give you many stats and the gold gen mechanic has a pretty long cooldown / is hard to use at times. It seems like Doran's Shield is the more preferred tanky start for supports now, and from what I've seen it's quite effective. I like coin start too, as it's always worth it and the gold gen mechanic is much better. If you start doran's you can still get a targon's after, though honestly I don't super like that item since later in the game it's really hard to get use of it (everyone else steals the creeps!).

I'm surprised you have sweeper in your starting items. I think it's a much better idea to start warding trinket since the sweeper cooldown is so high at that tier, and you will only remove a 2 min ward that will either be replaced or probably not matter anyways since there's typically very few jungler ganks that early. I realize that for blitzcrank brush control is extra important but I think since the enemy lane will have 2 ward trinkets (most likely) it won't be very effective. Normally I start warding totem then switch to sweeper at lvl 9 since the cd / better range makes it a lot more worthwhile. Upgrading to vision totem at that point in the game costs money I think you can't really afford to waste.

I find that having face of the mountain AND talisman of ascension in core items confusing. I usually take core items as "you buy these items every game no matter what" and the way it is makes it seem like you always buy both. At last add a note, and I would personally take both of them out of the core section. If you want to stick with one gold gen item I'd prefer coin since the final tier's active is much more useful.

I think the depth of info you have is quite nice though. I disagree that it's "too much" (idk if you've changed it since that comment). Most of the info I'm seeing is really helpful for a new player, and oldies can just skip over it since you have obvious headers. The only thing I might say is to take out the section on the CV trinket if you would never suggest taking it (which it seems like).

I'll still shoot you a +1 for having a good breadth of information, being new player friendly, and having a layout / coding that makes it really easy to read and find information. Also, for the most part I agree with your build, just the things I mentioned I disagree with and they're not total dealbreakers. ;P Nice work!

Please be more specific. Is it certain masteries should be/aren't there or I should be using a tankier setup?