League Of Legends: Complete Support Guide

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Despite often being viewed as the simplest role in League of Legends, Supports are instrumental in enabling their team to achieve victory. Whether you enjoy keeping your friends alive in a teamfight, or finding the winning engage onto the enemy carry, Supports bring a myriad of options and playstyles to the table.

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This guide will cover all the key features of the Support role, including the types of Champions available, how to play the laning phase, how to ward effectively, and how to best facilitate your teammates to shine at their brightest.

While not an exact science, Supports can generally be filtered into the following six categories. There is extensive overlap however, as a Champion like Swain would be classified under multiple terms, due to his high damage, high durability, poke, and pick potential.

Regardless of your preferred playstyle, there will be a Support that suits you. Less mechanical Champions such as Yuumi or Sona are great starting choices, as they do not require the same level of accuracy such as Supports like Thresh or Xerath, and you will often find that playing a 'weaker' Champion well, will be of much greater use to the team than a meta pick played badly.

When you have settled on which Supports suit the way you like to play, practicing one or two champions over and over instead of flitting around between picks is the best way of achieving mastery. Supports will not typically receive as many bans as other roles, meaning you can more often than not secure your main in Champion Select.

With all Supports, your first thought, both in Champion Select and when the game starts, is how to play the laning phase. Two versus two matchups can