User blog comment:QuantumFeint/Support Song/@comment-5077844-20140817165922/@comment-24073465-20140818093744

Depends on the people, the team and the condition of the game, i.e. whether you're winning or losing....

I've seen/been in/been a support in games where the bot does well in lane despite how well the support works or not, so no flaming occurs....however, post lane-phase if the support can't do the same in TF for whatever reason...in spite of that, other members can be blamed for that instead of the support....

On the flip-side, I've seen supports which lose lane, but do their job as best they can; in spite of that, they can be flamed at for mistakes of adc (personal experience; I see a Yi leaving mid heading towards bot, we've pushed lane, which is perfect for ganking....I ping and say back, and head that way...the adc stays for almost a full 10 seconds by which time I've retreated near turret...I go "huh...guess I have to save adc now...", and go back....Yi comes so it's 3v2....I do whatever I can as Taric to protect the adc; Stuns, heals, exhaust, flash,etc"....seeing them randomly focusing us, I deliberately break away from the adc, drawing their focus and dying to save her...in return? "Report Taric for feeding lane")...