League of Legends (LoL) Question: I would like to main Support. What champions should I focus on?
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I would like to main Support. What champions should I focus on?
Hey there! I would like to main Support and I have done okay so far, but I lack any caster type, pokey Supports. My favourite champion is Braum and I play a lot of Thresh and Alistair as well. Have recently started doing Blitzcrank and Nautilus too. What other champions are must haves to round out my Support roster? I don't do ranked by the way, just normals. Maybe I'll do ranked someday if I can get better.
Squisher but still aggressive choices are Annie, Vel'Koz and Morgana. These are AP supports that focus on burst and poke. They all have good CC and deal a lot of damage but lack in defence, something you'll have to get adjusted to considering you seem to only play tanks atm.
Still squishy but not as aggressive as your current picks are Janna and Nami. Janna and Nami focus on poke and sustain as they're ranged and Janna has a shield and Nami a heal. They also both have a lot of CC, good peel and good engage/disengage. They're a lot squishier than the things you're used to playing, so it'll take some getting used to, but these two are both very good supports atm, especially Janna.
Both are quite good at peeking for your carries
For example, you probably don't want to take an agressive support when laning with a Vayne due to her being a bit weak in early laning phases and much more oriented to the late game.
Except when your know your adc and you can communicate or the adc wants to play it aggresive. In that case, I would recommend something like bliz or thresh due to the pulls close to walls for a dubble stun combo.
When laning with for example a caitlyn, it would be wise to actually go with an agressive support or a support like Janna who can boost your ad and can shield you when you're making mistakes.
I would recommend just to pick out 1 or 2 champions from each category and play them according to your adc.
As example:
Aggressive burst (strong burst adc like Graves): Annie/Morgana
Aggressive tanky (adc's with slows & more constant dmg): Leona/Thresh/Blitz
Defensive (lategame/passive adc's): Janna/Sona/Soraka
Not an entirely straightforward question to answer, but my suggestion would be to look at the winning conditions of your ADC - what will make them win the game for you.
For example, are they a late-game ADC like Vayne, Jinx or Tristana? If so, then you will need a babysitting support that is simply there to peel for them and keep them alive, like Janna, Nami and Alistar (peel/babysit supports are actually appropriate for just about all ADCs and teamcomps).
Are they a lane bully or have a strong mid-game, like Graves and Caitlyn? Then perhaps you might want to pick a kill-lane support like Vel'Koz, Blitzcrank or Leona.
The most important thing, however, is that you can actually play the support at a decent level. This means that you should restrict yourself to learning 1 versatile support and 2 backups.
I main support, but I'm Silver V so it's possible I might be incorrect. Enjoy supporting. :)
Leona, works good with champions like graves but is a bit off meta now
Nami, Always good
Janna, for early safety
Lulu, for early safety and hard matchups
thresh, you can still pick it vs a morgana botlane just be more patient with your q's
Morgana Always good but you need to be reactive
Zyra is good for teamfights and alot of dmg while still being able to peel
Leona has powerful engage and massive CC, she is quite easy to play and has high room for improvement. Her damage is high but a lot of people don't know when it's best to engage with her.
Taric has insane aura's for the team and thus benefits a lot in team fights, he goes best with high burst champions with good poke. Being slightly hard to play effectively with huge room for improvement. I would recommend this champion over the others if you have communication with your ADC (via voice software)
Morgana is a team fight / all-in support, since she has high CC early on she is quite easy to play but once you get your ultimate it can be quite hard to use her perfectly in team fights. She benefits most with a skill shot champion to make best use of her snare.