User blog comment:TNickxx/Y U NO AD Support/@comment-8506165-20161208101610

The main problem with trying to create an "AD support" is that encouraging them to build AD can only really be accomplished by giving them too much scaling, which just makes them carries by another name. Indeed, if you've intended their kit to work on a low budget, they could well end up being better than carries by building raw damage as a solo laner. Ironically, you therefore end up with the weird situation of "if you want to make an AD support, AD shouldn't be that attractive to them". Almost all the supports with AD scalings in their kit, including somewhat off-meta picks like Sion and Poppy consistently build full tank - some might run AD reds or quints in their runes, but they'll rarely buy AD items. The question, therefore, is... why try and explicitly make an AD support, when they don't seem likely to exist in a healthy state in a world where they actually buy AD? It seems to invite more problems than it actually solves. I don't know that there's a good reason to try and make one work, beyond "we don't really have one at the moment".