User blog comment:Lukeatlook/Never Go Full Meta/@comment-10880231-20140714174956/@comment-15244341-20140716171016

Don't take this as a personal insult, but I gather you don't play ranked, right? Sighstone is not a defensive item, even if it does work as one for tanky supports. It's a warding item which is very much still a support's main job both during and after laning phase. Sweeping Lenses have one use every minute past level 9. This is not enough to deward you completely since sighstone has four charges. Also, warding forces dewarding, which takes time from mid/supports. Vision is also what wins games, and the four wards you get every time you go back to the fountain are essential to securing objectives or making sure no one jumps your teammates while they farm.

Going one offensive item before sighstone as a support (and the only one I like is Haunting Guise for cost efficiency) if you get first blood or some kills before backing is okay. But then you get a sighstone.

Also, as I said, going for picks that win the lane and then force on your team a crap composition (hey guys, I'm Ez with IBG and Frost Queen's, fuck you if you want CC/initiation/actual utility from the support slot) is being selfish. Pick Zyra, get Haunting and enjoy doing twice Ez's damage while having non gold dependant CC which hard counters so many popular picks (Leo, Jax, Fizz, Vi, Rengar...). Or be Ez and maybe slow someone 20+minutes into the game because you just got your face melted in lane against Leona+Lucian. Also, have fun with no wards, guys. Because Sighstone gets countered by red trinkets and if I pick it I can't buy my CC.