Talk:Tristana/@comment-79.10.158.107-20120924134051/@comment-85.179.35.243-20120927121815

1)

you have to position yourself according to the enemy carry/support, for that you NEED vision on both - ask your support to ward the sidebrush if you know the enemy support is in there. keep away from the enemy and try to get your lane to push to your tower (lasthitting only, maybe even delaying your explosive shot).

2)

if you expect a harrass lane (sona/soraka support, caitlyn/nunu combo etc.) take a support with decent sustain, alistar/taric f.e. - depending on the enemy harrass ofc. and don't start with dorans but with boots/pots or even cloth/pots.

3)

probably the best supports are taric/alistar - taric for lv6 burst, alistar for lv2 burst. leona/blitz can work but the lack of any sustain makes the lane very susceptible to any even minor harrass. you should note that tristana actually plays very nicely when she and her support get lv2/6 before the enemy (zilean mid, blue start double golems, hard pushing/zoning)

soraka/sona can work just as well though, you usually just don't max their offensive abilities first but try to win the lane through atrittion/sustain/harrass. which is also definitely viable with a adc that has healing reduction built in. you can though make soraka max E first and get a point in Q/W for the magic reduction - which improves your burst and does sustained damage. the silence helps pretty nicely against spammy opponents like sona/ezreal or can break comboes like alistar's or taric's

i wouldn't go with any shielding supports (as fp at least) though since they can easily be hardcountered by instant-damage like corki Q, soraka E, brush juking, etc.

you should try and perform at least "OK" in 3 roles, if you want to perform well as support you HAVE to learn to play ADC well - simply because you have to coordinate with your ADC in lane and know the needs of it. if you don't like adc though you still have top/mid/jungle as options. so don't force yourself to play adc if you don't like it.