August - Making SUPPORT Champs MID LANERS is DANGEROUS

Artist: Sobakasu - JUDY AND MARY

Credit: AugustUwU, AstroBeanie, angwels, Schoonmaakster, alunez

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[doodles]

The Seraphine clips feel so insulting with this.. 😭

[a.v.y]

people need to realise, this isn't about supports going in other roles necessarily - it's more about enchanters going in other roles. yes, there tends to be a greater problem with supports going in other roles in general due to the fact that most supports are balanced around their low econ, which means they tend to have higher base damage, cd lowering ability level ups, and reliable utility that isn't tied to stats. this tends to mean that when they go into other roles and gain access to actual econ, they can become unbalanced.

the thing is enchanters exploit this way more heavily than other supports. top lane leona is going to hit hard and cc you a lot, but mid lane seraphine is going to chunk your healthbar while keeping her entire team at full health. rell jungle is an excellent ganker and gets really tanky, but soraka top will solo kill you and then outheal all your damage.

enchanters getting access to econ means they get to build actual damage items, capitalise on their innate strengths, exploit their scalings, and become a semi-mage while still having full access to their supportive resources. it makes it extremely hard to balance them for more than one role.

it's not exactly what august is saying - he does have a point where the noninteractiveness of the lane can be an issue - but the main problem imo, is enchanters getting access to econ allows them to do so much more than if they were in a support role, compared to most other champs. it skews their winrates hard, because if you balance for non-support, they become unplayable in support, and if you balance for support, they're going to get phased out of their other roles

[mixalis]

Another big reason which is the same reason Ivern is completely broken in proplay is that on two items that are dirt cheap compared to mages for example you basically have so much value and provide so much healing/shielding that the game is literally unplayable for the enemy midgame by tossing ruby crystals left and right, enchanters need to stay away from solo lanes and be kept at a low income.

[growtocycle]

Rurouni Kenshin ending... One of my all time favorites! 💯

[CyanideCold]

I still hate riots guts for gutting Sona so damn hard then making seraphine. Shotgun sona was peak.

[ducklast_name]

This is insanity! Milio mid isnt about his Q, its about his passive! Milios passive is his main damage!

[sako]

Still remember that one Janna top with smite meta. It was both hilarious and frustrating depending on what end your receiving it.

[pinovids]

i mean a big issue with enchanters is that their kits tend to also be for slowing down the game: sure janna shield gives like up to 40 AD but also 400-500 extra health, and sure lulu W can speed you up but more commonly its used to polymorph an enemy dead in their tracks, meaning if you get 2 supports on each team it creates really slow meta's in a pretty unfun way

[privatjetconnaisseur]

this only works tho if the champ scales better, which is true for all enchanter vs every role, but u could make enchanter that maybe cant spread staff of flowing water that well and are more early skewed.
right now the combination of moonstone + staff allows even a soraka to have staff on 5 champs active the entire fight.

the problem then is that u basically need a pokemage that builds mage items. basically only janna and renata would still be inclined not to buy mage items, or cosmic drive at most.

[Mudoraplays]

What people don't understand tmis that it is not a good state of a game if the best strategy is to not interact and/or nullify your opponent.
Supports mid tends to create a 0 interaction game state. And that not only sucks for the opposing mid laner, but for both teams.

[happysmilefriend]

is that not just malzahar's whole gameplay??

[EXTOLANT-alt]

I would love Rakaan mid to be a thing but unfortunately he can't shield himself without a partner

[ElswordKcINC]

Solution to this problem. Load up draft, select mid as ur main lane, pick milo

[carloseduardozaratelagunes]

A lot of Assasins don't fight you they clean and roam

[HaveYouSeenJeff]

OG galio was a lane bully that had good enough scaling to make impact at every stage of the game. Split pushing? Galio. High damage poke? Galio. Strong lane sustain? Galio. Absolutely broken AoE hard CC? Galio. But riot wanted him to be a support, and neutered a lot of his kit to be that. Is it good for the health of the character and the game? yes. Was it fun for me personally? No. I miss OG Galio bustedness.

[pothoc]

Theory idea using monster damage stat (not the best idea) and Elise is a bad duo example as she is reversed. Could more support champs have a better jungle off role? I am a top /mid main but play jungle when I flame my jungler in recompense, so that is my JG experience.

[dannyl]

Full ap millio is soo fun i play it every aram the Q one shots squishys

[Mediamatix]

what's "washing the lane"?

[jacobsolliday]

So it's ok for mages to go support bot, but not ok for supports to go mid apc.

[andreribeiro]

Karma -20% ap nerf..., While every mage got this buff