If you could pick one support champion to master, in addition to Vel'Koz, who would you pick and why?
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Posted Feb 29, 2016, 2:36 AM UTC
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Thresh. Most fun support to play for me with a great kit all-round.
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My vote also goes to Thresh, as you may have trouble consistently getting Janna, and Thresh is still pretty good. (Especially when/if solo queue comes)
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Probably Blitzcrank for that sweet, sweet tilt. Landing your Q consistently will tilt the enemy team off of the map.
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Soraka
Late game monster, braindead and allows me to save my awful adc.
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I am starting to feel that way about Janna. I have tried her in 3 ranked games now. Won all 3. Easy to understand. Hard disengage. Easy to save people.
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and you skill as a player only makes her better
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Janna, hands down. So much utility, her shields and ults almost will always turn a fight around.
Other than that, Nautilus for the reliable and steady CC and hook.
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Tried Janna in 3 ranked games. Won all 3. I believe. Easy kit to get started with. They weren't easy lanes either (Soraka/Lucian, Kindred/Blitz, and something else). She doesn't fall off late game. I believe.
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bard cause i played fill today against a master/challenger bard one trick and i've never been stomped that hard in my life by a support
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Janna if you want a passive style support, Naut if you want a tankier support, and Zyra if you want another AP Support.
Janna: Although she's had some up's and downs for the most part she's remained a solid pick for solo queue. Her kit allows her to provide a net for her team for disengaging from a fight, or be aggressive. Rank 4 Shield is pretty much giving the target a BF sword if they don't continuously eat damage to lose it.
Naut: His kit gives a lot of CC and the base damage off E is rather surprising. Hook is both an engage and escape tool, and Ult+Hook+E in lane is pretty much a dead person or at least a Flash burnt. The major problem in his future is that he's resurfaced to the top in terms of picks so a nerf may be coming down in his future. And as you already point he does have the advantage of fulfilling multiple roles which is an added bonus.
Zyra: If you enjoyed Vel then I have a feeling you may enjoy Zyra as they're both immobile Mages. Big difference between the two being Vel is all about the damage where as Zyra has control in her kit. She may be worth looking into just as a tertiary option if you don't want another stationary AP mage support in your repertoire just yet. She'll suffer many of the same disadvantages you'll already be used to from playing Vel.
Thresh would be my suggestion if you wanted a safe all around pick because even with all the changes that occur during/between seasons he seems to maintain being a good to great pick.
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It would either be Alistar for the annoying combos and saves, or Leona for the hard CC and stuns.
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If you enjoy Vel'Koz you most likely enjoy champions that are like him that are still viable. So I would recommend in addition to Vel'Koz: Lux, Zyra, Brand and Karma. Alot of people here are recommending good supportive supports, but if you play Vel'Koz you most likely play to carry as a mage, so I would advice for these four as they can all scale into late game as mage carries or supportive champions with some damage.
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Lux and Zyra fill similar niches that velkoz fits.
If you're looking for something completely opposite of those kinds of champs, then I would agree Nautilus is pretty good.
But if you're looking for a low mechanic champ, Taric is great. He can go top and support (he can kind of jungle too). Point and click stun, great sustain, etc. Trundle also fills this niche but his pillar can be tricky.
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Always janna. Champ has been s tier in soloq for 3 seasons
Is there a video or in depth recommended guide for her? Never really tried her, but lately ever since I started normals again I've been maiming Blitz and hard engage champs like Leona minus Thresh (cannot get that windup timing in my head for some reason)
You can try studying some of IMT Adrian's solo queue replays
I gave her a try in a normal, I think I could grow to like her. She is definitely underrated by myself. Peel. Shields. Strong disengage. Moves so fast.... controlling vision is so easy with her. Between her and Naut I am torn. She seems pretty solid.