Talk:Nami/@comment-3035733-20130726183252/@comment-4677525-20130729021759

I have 3 major reasons for why I play support:

1) I was sick of not having vision on the map. When I play other roles, I make sure to buy wards over the course of the game but I was disgusted by the generally poor map awareness and warding habits of other supports.

2) Most good ADCs know that the flow of bot-lane is generally dictated by the support rather than the ADC. Sure, ADCs are the ones that determine how to push the lane, but support is ultimately the one to provide the CC needed for engages and disengages as well as the vision and map awareness to prevent ganks. I enjoyed the power that came with that position.

3) I found last-hitting to be a boring mechanic. Even though it can open up mind-games, the actual act of last-hitting is not particularly exciting to me. With supporting (or jungle, which is my other role), I can instead focus on elements of the game that intrigue me more like preventing/enabling ganks, providing vision to the team and calling shots (notice that most in most successful competitive teams, the support players are generally the shot-callers).

Also, Cadiomals, your assessment that support players are dependent on ADCs is not entirely true. I like to think of it as an investment, the support is giving up farm and protecting the ADC from harm in exchange for the ADC doing enough damage to return the favor. The truth is, they are ultimately dependent on each other for success! :)