Old League of Legends Thread

**Aero** · 2012-10-04 12:19

Originally Posted by Mina

Hey guys. I've been playing League off and on for a month (~LV23) mostly due to pressure from my friends. I've tried to play every position so I can solo queue and fill whatever's needed but I'm really taking a liking to the support role.

I've purchased Soraka, Sona, and Janna. Most of the time I should be picking the champ that lanes well with the bottom carry right?

So far I've been picking Soraka whenever I get laned with an MP hog (like Kog Maw) and we play pretty aggressively. But I'm not sure when to pick Sona over Janna or vs versa.

My biggest problem is knowing what to purchase/when to purchase. I always make wards a purchase and I pay attention to the map as much as possible. I tend to lean towards getting gold+ items in the beginning to supplement my lack of gold gain. My friends will always instruct me what to buy towards late game but I don't like depending on their input for every purchase--I should be able to figure it out myself.

Any advice or a point in the right direction(website) would be nice. A lot of sites I've found seem to be really outdated.

Soraka, Janna, and Sona are for the most parts support champions. They can be played as APs but are not fotm anymore. So generally you will be going bot with an AD carry. There are some AD carries/supports that synergize better than other combos, but until you can start playing near their full potential it usually wont make a big difference. That being said I would recommend playing one champion and learning the role of support before really branching out into other champions.

As for purchases, there are a couple of different routes that most people dont care to know about.

Standard route: Philo > HoG > boots > Kages/Aura/Oracles
Aggro route: HoG > boots > Kindlestone(Possibly x2 if you NEED the hp) > zekes > Aura/oracles
Kill lane: Boots > HoG > Kindlestone > Riverie

Getting 3 GP10s is usually detrimental as it will set you behind 5-8 minutes on game winning items(Zekes, riverie, Aegis, Oracles).

Your 6 items will generally consist of these items: Boots, HoG, Aegis, Riverie, Zekes, wards.
Potential other items: Kages, Aegis, very early oracles

Best site for up to date content is solomid.net and lolpro.com

As a note of the 3 supports you listed Janna has the highest skillcap and is most likely to be able to carry games, mainly because she can make plays and influence team fights. Also if you find the supporty type supports boring try playing Taric, Leona, Blitzcrank, and Nunu.

**Meian** · 2012-10-04 12:34

Originally Posted by Serif

Waiting on the post where Meain creams his pants.

Too late!

I really hope they do something about his legendary skin though lol

**Cleverness** · 2012-10-04 15:13

There are also other supports like Leona/Alistar/Blitzcrank/Taric/Lulu although Lulu takes a bit to get used to because of her dual purpose abilities. I generally start Fairie Charm + wards and/or pots on most of my supports(I start boots on Leona because the costs of her abilities early on aren't that terrible, I don't run into mana issues until level 3 because of popping all 3 abilities and if you miss the initiation you don't really waste mana on the rest) and then finish Philo Stone. After that it depends, on ones like Leona that require me to be in the enemies face I'll actually start on my Tier 2 boots(normally Tabi) to be able to tank in lane more effectively, or I'll grab boots before HoG if mobility is more of a dire need to survive for the other supports. On Leona most times if we get first blood I'll finish Ninja tabi before I even finish philo stone because having that at lvl 2-3 greatly reduces any poke you'll be dealing with in lane and lets me be even more aggressive.

The routes that Aero posted are the general ones that you can certainly follow and do fine with, but if you play abit more you'll notice that some support champs can benefit from different build paths since not every bottom lane matchup is the same.

**Conrad** · 2012-10-04 15:20

I usually do boots+2 wards on leona to start, then go back and get HoG (or ruby crystal), replenish my wards and pick up a pink ward to shut down the enemy support. If I have enough gold I'll get a faerie charm too which provides enough mana until I can finish my philo. I also tend to get merc treads instead of tabi on her, but both have their merits

**Mina** · 2012-10-04 15:35

Originally Posted by Aero

Also if you find the supporty type supports boring try playing Taric, Leona, Blitzcrank, and Nunu.

I've done Leona with Sion(friend) and we did a combo he taught me but I've completely forgotten that tore through people.

<-- pretty god awful at Nunu.

Haven't tried the others you listed. I'd say about 90% of my support games have been Soraka and 10% have been either Sona or Janna.

I agree though, I have focused on several champs but my friends say I should always try different champs because the best way to learn a champs weakness/strengths is by playing the champ. I also purchased Annie, Ashe, Ahri(she's kind of tough to use...), and two other champs... can't remember which ones. Oh and I also have Trist and Alistar for the free champ signup things.

Annie is a lot of fun. I'm bad at Ashe but when one of my friends helps me with like Alistar it looks like I know what I'm doing.

**Conrad** · 2012-10-04 15:40

The Leona combo is W > E > Q. Make sure you have a slight delay between each one (and your AD carry is paying attention) due to her passive ability that lets friendly champs do bonus damage when an enemy is hit with one of Leona's abilities.

**shepardG** · 2012-10-04 16:10

Holy shit did anyone just see the stage 1 group match between CLG and SK gaming???? holy shit I was on the edge of my fucking seat, was prime fucking LoL

**Dantrag** · 2012-10-04 16:26

Originally Posted by shepardG

Holy shit did anyone just see the stage 1 group match between CLG and SK gaming???? holy shit I was on the edge of my fucking seat, was prime fucking LoL

Yeah, that was kinda nuts. So damn close... not even funny. The crowd there is pretty small though from the "cheering"

**shepardG** · 2012-10-04 16:54

Yeah, lol the follow up... (Azubu vs. CLG) was not nearly exciting... with CLG getting outpicked/played hard

**Dantrag** · 2012-10-04 16:56

They got their asses wooped.

**Kisamoo** · 2012-10-04 20:33

Short Version of the World Championships

Is a Korean/Chinese team playing?
Yes:

No:

**shepardG** · 2012-10-04 20:39

best part of this:

the hype sequences where they tell the players to "look all hard and intimdating" rofl!

their all mean mugging the camera and shit, cause me to spit my drink out on a regular

**Halion** · 2012-10-04 21:42

Originally Posted by Mina

snip.

Just for your reference as for how to pace your item purchases, if you are listening to the builds thinking you need to have 4 items finished in a 30-40m game don't worry about that; warding is by far the most important thing to do and even in the most professional games it's not uncommon for the support to have only unfinished boots, 1 GP10, and 1 item finished by upgrading a GP10 at 20m and later. The first team support item you want is Aegis or Reverie and usually the jungle and support will share this duty, if your jungler is going Aegis first you usually don't need to and will usually do Reverie first, but if your team is ahead or not having trouble engaging on the enemy you can do a Zeke's first for a strong AD team or finish your boots and wait it out a bit longer before dropping your gp10s, especially on Sona Raka and Lulu cdr boots can make a nice difference. Locket seems to be totally a personal preference item, some people will always get it and some people will never get it. I like to get Locket on non-heal champs. I think Sona can turn a game and make plays more than Janna can and I would recommend that if you like her as a champ to practice her with aggressive early lane carries like Caitlyn, Ezreal and Miss Fortune.

**D44kpunk** · 2012-10-04 22:18

god damn maknoon is pro

**Pabst** · 2012-10-04 23:27

Don't know why crumbzz didn't get jax. Dude is a beast with jax. His irelia game is ok but no where near his jax game

**Dantrag** · 2012-10-05 20:10

TSM is getting slaughtered....

**Nitsuki** · 2012-10-05 20:14

and TSM lost, tournament isn't interesting for me anymore.

**Kisamoo** · 2012-10-05 20:31

GG North America, barely won 1 game in entire tournament. CLG base race ftw.

**chazzyphizzle** · 2012-10-05 23:33

glad tsm and clg.na lost. too bad mme ferus isn't there, they'd probably put up a respectable showing.

**Deftscythe** · 2012-10-06 05:14

I really look forward to what Ferus can do in S3, love watching Aphro play. For now, gogo M5.

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