Talk:Fiora/@comment-4794791-20120224182228/@comment-68.98.9.242-20120224213706

It's not just that people don't play characters like nidalee or zilean as supports because of damage reasons, it's more because they don't function very well without 0 cs.

Lategame a nidalee with 0 cs is not doing damage, her heals are all she really has, and it's healing for it's base.

As an above anon said, Zilean's bombs won't be doing much either, they might poke someone slightly but then he's done. He has no sustain for his carry either, or any way of mitigating damage, and his bombs push the wave. His ult, and his movespeed changes are all he really is.

If you look at characters like janna/sona/taric, they all have hard cc, even soraka can cancel ults with her silence lategame, and her heal gives a massive armor buff to help protect whoever is being focused, they can all function without any cs, and can build items like aegis, locket, shurelias for the team without throwing their champion into a trash can. This is one of the reasons why so few people like Karma, even though she was meant to be a support, she does so little without cs lategame that people just don't play her. She should be a great example as to why certain characters can and can't be an effective support throughout the entire game.

You "can" play a vast number of LoL characters as supports, however if you compare them to the above named supports janna/sona/soraka/taric, in lane and endgame, they are generally inferior to the point where it's better to just play the main supports whose kits all fit the role.