User blog comment:Nhan-Fiction/The Support Hot Potato/@comment-216.36.26.248-20121202103707

The biggest problem, and one I hope Riot solves for Season 3, is that your typical support is almost a non-factor. You are relegated to ward-bot and babysitter. Some supports are fortunate enough to have a CC to help in a team fight. In either case, if your team is lackluster (not necessarily bad, but if your ADC for example is slightly worse than theirs), you can't do anything about it.

The problem being that a support spends almost all their income on wards, so much so that many supports get 3 Gold quints, the Gold masteries, and two or three Gold items just so that they can do their job. The reusable wards and potions coming in Season 3 are going to help substantially.

By allowing supports to actually have enough gold to build something neat, I expect a lot more people will play support. You'll also probably see a lot more unconventional supports.

Also, I say this as a career support player.