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onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
November 15 2012 17:36 GMT
#1041
So I guess they consider "supporting" champs to have abilities that directly affect your teammates. I don't agree with that definition. I strongly believe CC should be considered a support characteristic since it can set up kills for your ADC. Seems like Riot is just being stubborn about their definition of support again.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
LaNague
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Germany9118 Posts
November 15 2012 17:38 GMT
#1042
well, riot can say whatever they want about what lane a champion belongs, in the end they prooobably wont hit the mark and the champion is much better in another lane.



also, i dont know where else they would want a support to be if not for jungle or bot. Midlane farm is needed for those burst champions. Unless of course you want to call champions like Orianna "support" and make the new champ similar to those.
Dandel Ion
Profile Joined November 2010
Austria17960 Posts
November 15 2012 17:39 GMT
#1043
Alistar is a little of both because he’s a great linebacker.

NO
BAD MORELLO
STAHP

There are no linebackers in LoL. There just aren't. Stop saying that.


New champ might be the next Orianna, but more likely she'll be Karma 2.0
A backwards poet writes inverse.
VirgilSC2
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States6151 Posts
November 15 2012 17:41 GMT
#1044
On November 16 2012 02:36 Kaniol wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 16 2012 02:24 VirgilSC2 wrote:
On November 16 2012 02:17 hasuprotoss wrote:
How it reads in her sneak peek, it looks like they DON'T want her to be played as a bot lane support.




As I’ve been hinting at for a little while now, the next champion is our new support character. While we’ll get to the details on her in the next few days, I wanted to pull back the curtain on what “support champion” means when we set out to create one.

First up, let’s discuss the differences between support characters, and the lane assignment of support – they overlap a lot, but they’re not the same:

Support characters are defined by being assisters and enablers for their allies – this is the core “support psychology” we want to achieve. Good examples of these characters are Janna, Lulu or Sona.
Support as a lane role is any character that can thrive on less gold, and has a strong lane presence – either offensively or defensively. Characters from the previous definition often fit here, but other characters go here a lot. For example: Leona is a tank, but plays the support role in a team. Alistar is a little of both because he’s a great linebacker.


So, with that out of the way: when we talk about a support character (like Nami – the new one!) we mean the first definition. Zyra, while able to play the support role, is not a support champion by these definitions – she’s more like a mage with an off-spec.

What?

Your reading comprehension is totally backwards.

So, with that out of the way: when we talk about a support character (like Nami – the new one!) we mean the first definition.


1. Support characters are defined by being assisters and enablers for their allies – this is the core “support psychology” we want to achieve. Good examples of these characters are Janna, Lulu or Sona.

Are you sure it's his reading comprehension that is "totally backwards"? They are attempting to create a support that will NOT got bot lane, something like Zilean but even more focused on the supporting.

Please tell me where you get the idea they are attempting to create a support that doesn't go bot lane.

All they say is:

There are two types of champions who support:

1. Those that augment their allies strengths and keep the safe, thus supporting them
2. Other champions that are also relevant with low amounts of gold and have strong lane presence

We want Nami to be like the first


I think you're absolutely absurd to think Riot has the intention of creating a supporting champion that lanes somewhere else and scales well enough to warrant it when Janna and Lulu (two supports that the reference in regards to Nami) were nerfed into the ground because they were able to do the same thing you think they're implying.
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Inschato
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada1349 Posts
November 15 2012 17:41 GMT
#1045
I don't think you can make another Karma unless you make another champion with only 3 abilities.
3.
koreasilver
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
9109 Posts
November 15 2012 17:43 GMT
#1046
They compared the new champ to Zyra.

I don't think there's much more to say.
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-15 17:48:48
November 15 2012 17:47 GMT
#1047
On November 16 2012 02:43 koreasilver wrote:
They compared the new champ to Zyra.

I don't think there's much more to say.

More like they contrasted her to Zyra. Zyra is the support that can do a lot with little gold, but doesn't directly affect you teammates with any boosting abilities. Nami is going to have abilities that affect your teammates positively in addition to offensive abilities.

Edit:
offensive “set-up”
gg, she's just Naga Siren as a support. Kidding.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
Cuddle
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1345 Posts
November 15 2012 17:48 GMT
#1048
How do I jungle!?

I play maokai, malphite or jax in jungle and I never do well. I don't know when I should be doing what or why. Directions to a good guide (preferably not champion specific) and what character should I get for my next 6300 if I want a solid jungle?
Tribute
Profile Joined September 2010
United States146 Posts
November 15 2012 17:50 GMT
#1049
I don't see where people are getting that they want the new support to go into different lanes.

Support as a lane role is any character that can thrive on less gold, and has a strong lane presence – either offensively or defensively. Characters from the previous definition often fit here, but other characters go here a lot.


The first definition is merely a narrower definition. So when they say support, they mean true support, who (probably) will go in the bot lane, simply due to meta. Can she also be like mid lane Soraka or top lane Lulu? Quite possibly. But I don't think that's something intended.
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
November 15 2012 17:50 GMT
#1050
On November 16 2012 02:48 Cuddle wrote:
How do I jungle!?

I play maokai, malphite or jax in jungle and I never do well. I don't know when I should be doing what or why. Directions to a good guide (preferably not champion specific) and what character should I get for my next 6300 if I want a solid jungle?

Honestly Mao is probably one of the easiest junglers at the moment. His CC is point and click making ganks pretty easy to pull off. Do you just have problems when you gank? When do things not go good haha?
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
kainzero
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States5211 Posts
November 15 2012 17:50 GMT
#1051
whenever they talk about how a hero should be played a certain way, i never listen to them.

i feel like they have no idea what they're really designing for.

funny how they mention janna lulu and sona. sona is stuck bot lane, janna is now a niche mid laner because they nerfed her, and they nerfed lulu so that you can't put her everywhere.

god forbid they let you play characters in more than one role/lane.
Lounge
Profile Joined November 2011
537 Posts
November 15 2012 17:53 GMT
#1052
I think in comparing her to Janna/Lulu/Sona they were just trying to say "people that like to play these supports will like her"

As opposed to Zyra/Ali/Leona. I know some people who only play these types of supports because the other supports are "boring", and I know some people that hate the tanky/cc supports because they like being more "supporty" I guess.
Cuddle
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden1345 Posts
November 15 2012 17:56 GMT
#1053
On November 16 2012 02:50 onlywonderboy wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 16 2012 02:48 Cuddle wrote:
How do I jungle!?

I play maokai, malphite or jax in jungle and I never do well. I don't know when I should be doing what or why. Directions to a good guide (preferably not champion specific) and what character should I get for my next 6300 if I want a solid jungle?

Honestly Mao is probably one of the easiest junglers at the moment. His CC is point and click making ganks pretty easy to pull off. Do you just have problems when you gank? When do things not go good haha?


Honestly, I feel so insecure when trying to decide where to go. When is a lane good/bad for ganking? What routs should I take in what situations when going for a gank, (when ganking bot e.g. when do I go through lane, when through river, when through tri?). How do I know if I should stay and try again after failed gank? Do I go wolves, blue, wraiths, red, wolves, wraiths or should I try to gank somewhere in there? I'm usually low after clear, do I gank with 1/3 health remaining or do I b? After buying, do I go gank or get back to farm? (wraiths/wolves are usually up)

Lots of questions and no confidence in my decisions.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
November 15 2012 17:57 GMT
#1054
On November 16 2012 02:48 Cuddle wrote:
How do I jungle!?

I play maokai, malphite or jax in jungle and I never do well. I don't know when I should be doing what or why. Directions to a good guide (preferably not champion specific) and what character should I get for my next 6300 if I want a solid jungle?


Skarner, Amumu, Nocturne? Fast clears and sick ganks.

I like Lee Sin and Riven the most at the moment but I just don't like playing the tanky support jungle role, probably not the best mentality for me to have but meh.

If you're blue side, get a smiteless red -> blue -> go top at lv 3 and countergank.

Go back around 6 min and buy a ward, ward their blue bush and smite it over the wall ~7:15 when they're trying to give it to their mid.
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
Argoth.
Profile Joined December 2004
Germany1961 Posts
November 15 2012 17:57 GMT
#1055
What I like about supports such as Ali or Zyra is that you can pick them quite early and still don't give away any strategic information because you can play them in multiple roles.
ShaLLoW[baY]
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada12499 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-11-15 18:08:36
November 15 2012 18:01 GMT
#1056
On November 16 2012 02:56 Cuddle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 16 2012 02:50 onlywonderboy wrote:
On November 16 2012 02:48 Cuddle wrote:
How do I jungle!?

I play maokai, malphite or jax in jungle and I never do well. I don't know when I should be doing what or why. Directions to a good guide (preferably not champion specific) and what character should I get for my next 6300 if I want a solid jungle?

Honestly Mao is probably one of the easiest junglers at the moment. His CC is point and click making ganks pretty easy to pull off. Do you just have problems when you gank? When do things not go good haha?


Honestly, I feel so insecure when trying to decide where to go. When is a lane good/bad for ganking? What routs should I take in what situations when going for a gank, (when ganking bot e.g. when do I go through lane, when through river, when through tri?). How do I know if I should stay and try again after failed gank? Do I go wolves, blue, wraiths, red, wolves, wraiths or should I try to gank somewhere in there? I'm usually low after clear, do I gank with 1/3 health remaining or do I b? After buying, do I go gank or get back to farm? (wraiths/wolves are usually up)

Lots of questions and no confidence in my decisions.


Bot lane usually wards river pretty early, so you'll have the most success going through lane, through their jungle -> tri (if you're purple side), or through river if your support can time their river ward.

Staying depends on how the gank failed. If it's an escapeless champ who burned their Flash sometimes it's worth it to just wait for your Twisted Advance to come back up and go right back in. If Kat just shunpo'd away and there are lots of minions in lane/a wave coming in for her then it's not worth it. Situational.

Clear path depends on a few things. I like to look at the opposing jungler and where he'll start. If it's purple-side Mundo/Lee/someone who will probably start Red and go top and I feel I can do something at lv 3 I'll smiteless red, blue, countergank top. As a general rule you don't want to completely rule out the possibility of ganking by taking skills too early; ie. as Maokai, at level 2 have a look mid and see if you could pull of a gank taking W instead of Q next. That sort of thing.

I'm not sure how you're getting low after Mao/Malphite clear. Jax maybe but if you have a good leash (edit: and good timing on E) it shouldn't be a problem. Which items are you starting? Which runes are you using?
ALEXISONFIRE ARE FUCKING BACK (sAviOr for life)
onlywonderboy
Profile Joined August 2012
United States23745 Posts
November 15 2012 18:03 GMT
#1057
On November 16 2012 02:56 Cuddle wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 16 2012 02:50 onlywonderboy wrote:
On November 16 2012 02:48 Cuddle wrote:
How do I jungle!?

I play maokai, malphite or jax in jungle and I never do well. I don't know when I should be doing what or why. Directions to a good guide (preferably not champion specific) and what character should I get for my next 6300 if I want a solid jungle?

Honestly Mao is probably one of the easiest junglers at the moment. His CC is point and click making ganks pretty easy to pull off. Do you just have problems when you gank? When do things not go good haha?


Honestly, I feel so insecure when trying to decide where to go. When is a lane good/bad for ganking? What routs should I take in what situations when going for a gank, (when ganking bot e.g. when do I go through lane, when through river, when through tri?). How do I know if I should stay and try again after failed gank? Do I go wolves, blue, wraiths, red, wolves, wraiths or should I try to gank somewhere in there? I'm usually low after clear, do I gank with 1/3 health remaining or do I b? After buying, do I go gank or get back to farm? (wraiths/wolves are usually up)

Lots of questions and no confidence in my decisions.

It comes with practice. In terms of which lane to gank, just look for where the enemy is over extended. If they are past river it's probably a good idea to gank. Ask bot or top if they warded. If they don't think so, just go down river. If they run away, it's probably warded. Just farm the jungle, and possibly try another direction soon. Buying Oracles helps so you can clear out any wards and set up ganks in the future. If you are purple side tri-bush is good to walk through if you know where the enemy jungler is. A lot of non-pros never worry about warding it, but you don't want to get caught by the enemy jungler in their jungle.
RIP Ryan Davis / TL or Die / @onlywonderboy
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32277 Posts
November 15 2012 18:05 GMT
#1058
On November 16 2012 02:53 Lounge wrote:
I think in comparing her to Janna/Lulu/Sona they were just trying to say "people that like to play these supports will like her"

As opposed to Zyra/Ali/Leona. I know some people who only play these types of supports because the other supports are "boring", and I know some people that hate the tanky/cc supports because they like being more "supporty" GAY I guess.


Fix'd.
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Zdrastochye
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Ivory Coast6262 Posts
November 15 2012 18:07 GMT
#1059
On November 16 2012 03:05 IntoTheWow wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 16 2012 02:53 Lounge wrote:
I think in comparing her to Janna/Lulu/Sona they were just trying to say "people that like to play these supports will like her"

As opposed to Zyra/Ali/Leona. I know some people who only play these types of supports because the other supports are "boring", and I know some people that hate the tanky/cc supports because they like being more "supporty" GAY I guess.


Fix'd.


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thenexusp
Profile Joined May 2009
United States3721 Posts
November 15 2012 18:07 GMT
#1060
New mermaid is going to have CC that scales off AP, you heard it here first
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what's the point of making predictions unless you have a 90% of being wrong
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