User blog comment:Fistful of Force/Why I believe dedicated supports are better than AP supports/@comment-3466579-20131125095146

I do love dedicated supports for hundreds reason i'm not going to explain. I just wanted to say that the issue doesn't rely in the "Support A is better than Mage B played as a support". It's all about the current meta game. We have a really damage and high mobility oriented meta game right now, with a lot of assassins, high burst champions, much more fighter than tank type junglers and top laners, and supports fall under this playstyle too.

I can't say why this high damage / mobility meta game established rather than a more defensive one, or one with lots of crowd controls, or one with a higher magic damage component, just to name a few alternative meta. I guess it's just a matter of effectiveness, given the current champions, masteries, runes and items.

In this current meta game, Annie is a perfect support, since she has an almost on demand, potentially aoe stun and an absurd burst. I've seen a game in which a support Annie just went 1v2 against the enemy bot lane and she ended up with a double kill, just to say.

I am an experienced support and i will be really sad if my beloved supports (like Janna, Nami, Lulu, Sona, etc.) will be put aside in favor of Mage champions played as supports. In my opinion, dedicated supports add a lot to the game overall strategies and tactics. Let's face it, what can a support Annie actually do? Damage and stun, stun and damage...