User blog comment:AlexHawks/Challenge the meta - Support in the MID lane/@comment-8197879-20130425171335

I think the general concensus with supports in midlane is that it trades power for team utility. If the ADC is snowballing well enough, supports are generally better at peeling people off the ADC than normal mage champs are, and of course, heals and shields are a thing. I've seen shield comps used, and those can be amusing. I'm sorry, you wanted to do damage to us?

I like Soraka. I haven't really learned how to use Starcall properly without getting murdered in return, but I'm trying to figure it out. Any tips?

(Belatedly: Jungle Fiddlesticks to compensate for the lack of normal mage mid lane. HAVE SOME CROWS. Isn't Fiddlesticks the only champ that can theoretically go in any of the lanes well?)