User blog comment:Bashfrog/Apc Supports- Cause You Can/@comment-5955640-20130807044159

That support build seems really expensive and has low team utility. Have you been able to pull this off?

Now I do like poking as a support and doing damage is and helpful. Killing is controversial. But as a person who actually mains support and enjoys it I would like to suggest some things.

Getting CDR is really good but I would say getting Mikeals Crucible is better than Athenes. For one thing it's really easy to build for as a philosopher stone and a chalice are cheap and it's a heal that debuffs crowd control effects. It's cooldown is shorter too so it's better than taking the heal summoner spell. Imagine using that AND Soraka's heal.

The shield aura of Aegis of the legion got sort of nerfed which wasn't nice although it builds into locket which is good and if you are in the thick of it you might as well have an activate that grants a shield.

I'm a real big fan of twin shadows. You get AP. Extra movement speed. And an activate that can be used to either help catch a target or to reveal people hiding nearby or in the jungle. Banner of Command which is really fun for split pushing. Ability power and armor is really good too. Tear of the Goddess helps out alot but don't hold out for the staff. Ever since the item came out I've been slapping Seeker's Armguard on supports. It makes for nice extra armor and a little bit of AP. The Zhonya's activate isn't useful unless you happen to have some sort of bait tatic where they focus you and you become untargetable as they waste good spells hitting you. Otherwise it builds from armor which is dirt cheap.

You are remembering to buy wards right? Yes yes. I know that talk. But really. You will spend a lot of money properly warding perimiters and certain points of interest. Buy a sightstone and get the clairvoyance mastery if you really don't want to spend alot of money warding. But still buy wards for early game. And get the ward mastery. Good for preventing invasions in that time zone where you could get ambushed guarding the jungle and leashing.

You like Soraka and Janna and Lulu. Cool. If you are really interesting in poke supports I would add some other choices you could go with.

Karma. Her Q and ult Q has great poke potential. The shield and ult shield has great chase potential. And if you ult snare a target you'd be surprised who you could trade with. Zyra. She's the support I end up killing a lot of people with. Maxing the Seeds and releasing them as often as possible. Get two plants out and ult on them and that hurts just about anyone. Lastly Thresh. Who depsite the nerf can still be pretty strong in lane. Your AP always scales throughout the game and your walls have burst. You also auto attack magic damage thanks to your passive.

I've seen some people who go for APC support and really wreck things by having a low utility build and being very squishy. You can really go APC if you have the lead and to be honest. You can build anything if you really have them under your thumb.

The support role is very interesting. People who do and don't like it have specific behaviors that makes things interesting on a pyschological level. And how they deal with the role interest me moreso. I like support due to being very people orientated and empathetic in general. I like making people happy. And doing an essential service makes me feel special even if the service is taxing. If you need someone to coordinate an organize an entire room I'd do that for you and be happy to do it.

Seeing that it helped you makes me happy. You don't want to know how I react to actually being thanked sincerely for my work. And on that note I hope this will be of some service too you.