What are my responsibilities as a carry support?
I’ve been an ADC main for most of my time in League and have mid as my 2nd role where I almost always play carry mages.
Recently I’ve been having a lot of fun playing carries as support, namely Brand and Senna. I am fairly comfortable with both champions and am consistently one of the top damage dealers in games. However, in many situations, I find myself defaulting to the same behavior as if I was playing my main roles. Sometimes I even auto pilot and take some of my bot laner’s farm by instinct.
As a tank or enhancer support, I have a decent idea of how they can directly support the bot laner. But as Brand and Senna in particular, what is my job as a support? Am I just a poke bot in lane to let my adc farm safely? Beyond doing damage, what can I do to support my team in fights? Obviously, vision is something I need to learn to do differently than my previous roles. But other than that I am just not sure what to do differently.
Posted Feb 24, 2021, 8:31 PM UTC
Typically damaging the opponents without taking much harass in laning and providing your teammates an alternative carry if one of your carries isn't doing that well.
You don't really "set up" fights the same way an engage support does, however you typically look for follow up opportunities after someone initiates or picks. You should also be zoning a lot in laning.