User blog comment:JojobaExtract/Supporting in the current meta/@comment-3466579-20130923215907

1) If you are a support at heart, this role never gets boring. The passive playstyle of certain supports isn't as boring as it seems because negating harassment, poking at the right moment, having constant map awareness and ultimately win the lane without kills (yup, winning a bot lane without your carry taking kills) are difficult tasks which requires focus, reflexes and constant awareness. Moreover, the lack of big items makes teamfights (and fights in general) quite exciting since you have less power to count on and you have to rely on your skills and experience.

2) That's a problem regarding your team mates, not the support role. When someone brags about a minion or even a champion kill, just make them understand why you did it or, if you made a mistake, just say "sorry".

3) As a support you are the main source of wards for your team, because you don't have to buy items with high costs so you can use your money for vision, which is one of the most important things in the game. However you shouldn't be the ONLY source of wards. The jungler should buy wards too (this is really important, as it can set up lots of kill chances in the jungle) and both the mid and the top laners should have their lanes warded most of the time. If your team mates don't buy wards, tell them to do it and if they don't listen to you, sacrifice some more of your gold to buy the needed wards. Try not to rely on the Sightstone for long term wards though, keep buying sight wards even after upgrading to the Ruby Sightstone.

4) Money from a kill that goes on a support is money that doesn't go on other roles. The problem is that with the need for wards and its hefty cost a support that takes some kills still won't be able to buy more than a single, big item like Rylai's or Rabadon. This isn't really worth, you know: damage wise, with supporting masteries and runes, you won't have magic penetration and mastery bonuses to actually deal real damage. A single Rabadon, worth 3300 gold, is plain useless on a champion like Janna: it would be much better to buy a Morellonomicon which costs a lot less and has better stats overall for a support (mana regeneration and cooldown reduction), while still giving some nice ap. Now think what an ADC could do with that 3300 gold.