Board Thread:General discussion/@comment-5419934-20121223143249/@comment-3974211-20140504131058

Firstly, do not call me a child; and secondly, do not take what I said out of context and then try to use it against me. While technically I do set my bar low for what it means to be a support, I set my bar HIGH on what I consider "contributing utility". Crowd control is not necessarily utility, particularly if it's unreliable or part of a selfish rotation.

I main bot lane, and I have done from Silver through to Platinum. When supporting, this season I play almost exclusively Morgana (hurr durr I have a snare and a buff, I'm obviously just a kill lane), and dabble with Annie, Zyra (my support main in season 3), Thresh, Galio (my support main in season 2, along with Jarvan) and Vel'Koz (a kill lane that's surprisingly reliable). I have played Syndra support and she was surprisingly effective due to exceptionally high utility and base damage for a "Mage", and I'd say she's as good as Lulu or Janna. Lulu is actually one of the best examples of how blurry the line between mages and supports is.

Sorry, but the fact you consider what a support is doing as "wasting their time just to help their carry" is evident that you are not a support player (or, rather, that you do not play support competitively). Supporting is full of high-impact moments and good teams will recognise your contribution to a team. I often earn the second most gold on the team as support - gold isn't an issue in Season 2014.

P.S. Taric is the last support I'd ever choose. He's a tank-support hybrid, and he's not particularly good at either because of that.

P.P.S. Calling a tank a good example of a support is kinda counter-intuitive for an argument about the sanctity of class differences.