I played DotA way back when it was on WC3 TFT and I liked support roles like Chen. I think support characters are underplayed so I like the challenge. Any suggestions on which hero I should pick, advice on how to use it/play it, etc. are appreciated. Thanks!
Trying LoL for first time, support heroes?
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Vul
United States685 Posts
I played DotA way back when it was on WC3 TFT and I liked support roles like Chen. I think support characters are underplayed so I like the challenge. Any suggestions on which hero I should pick, advice on how to use it/play it, etc. are appreciated. Thanks! | ||
NeoIllusions
United States37500 Posts
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=366355 There's an entire subforum at your disposal. Read those two threads first. If you have any questions, ask them in General Discussion in the LoL subforum. glhf~ | ||
Praetorial
United States4241 Posts
Janna is a more expensive champion with a range of crowd control, like knockups and slows. Alistar is a very powerful but cheap tank that can knockup and displace enemies. Fiddlesticks can fear an oppenent for absurd periods of time and is nigh unkillable in lane, but has no heal. Start with Raka, go from there. Prices: Soraka - 450 IP Janna - 1350 IP Alistar -1350 IP Fiddlestick - 1350 IP http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Soraka http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Janna http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Alistar http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Fiddlesticks Edit: Dangit Neo is ninja | ||
Fumanchu
Canada669 Posts
A couple of things to keep in mind though: First of all, I have found there are little items that can be built in the way of support. Mostly there are items that simply give aura bonuses. There is no item that reduces an enemy to a critter, or puts them up in a whirlwind. Secondly, there's this thing in the game called Tenacity. Some items have a Tenacity bonus which reduces the effects of disables. Tenacity doesn't stack, but if you find your disables not working as long as they're supposed to, make sure to check the enemies items. Thirdly, since you're starting out, prepare yourself to be unrecognised as a decent support. I know when I started I too wanted to play support, having played heroes like Lion and Rhasta in Dota, and people mocked me pretty harshly due to my low kill score. Ideally, a decent support hero should not only let the carry get the hero kills, but the last hit on creep kills as well. Later on your team will give you props for great support, but early on most new players will miss what you're doing. | ||
AnythingThenDelete
381 Posts
Sona : can really hurts early on and her ult is just massiv ( aoe stun) Janna : no heal BUT amazing shiled ( give extra damage ) and has a tone of escape/chase tools Blitzcrank : grab , annoying , lame I think these 4 are the easiest support in order to begin when you get used to them try maybe Alistar ( his combo migh be tricky ) or Leona ( I find it hard to survive with her ) " Unorthodox " support ( but good , especially in " low " level game ( like mine ) : Shen , Lux , Morgana , Fiddle , GP , chogath ( heard about it in pubs ) , galio , orianna ( tried it once , if you are fed a little early it's okay ), volibear , teemo , zyra ) Others support : Kayle , Lulu ( can be hard ) , Zilean ( really squishy ) Or if you are a in the mood play any champ as sup " carry ad " : they harass and lategame became second carry " carry ap " : in general has cc (lux , morgana , fiddle ) any others champs | ||
Praetorial
United States4241 Posts
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NeoIllusions
United States37500 Posts
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Ettick
United States2434 Posts
I personally find Soraka boring to the point where I'd rather use another champion and lose than use her, I'd avoid her if you want to have fun. On the other hand, Leona and Ali are really fun supports that I actually enjoy playing. Too bad I don't actually have Leona and Ali is banned every single game lol (I have no experience with Blitz or Janna and I also mainly play top lane)... Also, in case you want to play something non-standard, try out support Ashe. She may not be really as good as other supports, but she can pretty much perma-slow enemies, has a free temp-ward, and the stun from her ult is also really useful. I've also heard about Heimerdinger being a viable support because of his blind and the slow from his turrets, but I've never tried it before. | ||
hkf
Australia354 Posts
Taric is the melee raka with less healing but more burst, hard point is you have to be in melee to fully burst Sona = best poke/sustain balance Alistar = permabanned mostly but its because hes op. also he's free if you subscribe to riot's youtube. | ||
Lysteria
France2279 Posts
Blitzcrank is fun, grab shit, punch shit, doesn't give a shit. | ||
sylverfyre
United States8298 Posts
More importantly, you can get him for free by subscribing to Riot's Youtube channel. http://www.youtube.com/user/RiotGamesInc http://na.leagueoflegends.com/YouTube | ||
MayorITC
Korea (South)798 Posts
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Tal
United Kingdom993 Posts
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
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Lysteria
France2279 Posts
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Zergneedsfood
United States10671 Posts
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Papvin
Denmark610 Posts
Rant aside, Alistar fits with basically anyone, and is super fun with tons of cc. Leona is nice aswell. I'd say as long as you're not playing Soraka, you're gtg. | ||
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