Talk:Zeke's Harbinger/@comment-6281696-20150730202206/@comment-6281696-20150813163507

As I said, it boils down to the two possibilities you have for defining a support. Either you define it as a unit that's essentially worthless on its own and solely functions through helping others, which condemns them to only fullfill their powerfantasy during teamfights. Or you define supports as units who can function on their own, but only truly start perform to the best of their abilities when they can aid others.

Both can feel very fullfilling & powerfull. However, there are several aspects about LoL that condemn the first role to feeling lackluster & often like a mule who's simply there to carry more items. The most important of which being the relative small teams on a relative large map and consequently relative small amount of time spend in teamfights, and thus relative small amount of time spend during which you're actually supporting by doing something instead of by simply supporting by existing.