User blog comment:Lord Bernkastel/ Returning to the Strings/@comment-3486816-20120205212056

I have to disagree with your opinion on the "better the support than anyone else" thing. I can see how that'd be different among different supports (I played Soraka more than Sona before I quit a couple weeks ago), but you have to consider a couple factors here: first of all, GENERALLY, supports are going to be a lot less useful late game. Even Sona's teamfight contribution, many will argue, often ends once she's used her ult (and Shurelya's, if she has it). Past that point you ARE still contributing to a degree (you're giving aura buffs), but a bit less so than most everyone else on your team. She also shouldn't have any kills, or very few, in which case she's worth a good deal less gold than anyone else on your team (hopefully). This is why people argue that, after a support has blown their cooldowns, the best thing they can do for their team is draw aggro from their carries (obviously in most cases you won't want to draw aggro from your tank, lol), which is augmented by the fact that in many cases the support actually does end up being marginally tankier than the carries late game anyways, just because of the items supports build (and hell, if I get bored and the game goes on long enough (read: very, very long), I'd always throw a Warmogs on Soraka just to accomplish this end better). If I draw aggro past the point where I'm actually useful, I've done the best thing I can do for my team. If I die, I tell them to enjoy their 50 gold. It's a big part of why I enjoy support, to be honest. You don't have to be selfish, and you don't have to be too stressed about dying (although in most cases it is still something you want to avoid, lol).