User blog comment:Veryverylongname/Who's is the bot lane leading role?/@comment-4952847-20130308052656

I usually play a support on a duo lane. I make a semi-bad carry.

I don't feel that the lead role should be taken by one person. It's normal that everyone will wind up with their own decisions from time to time.

Naturally one person is bound to take the initiative on engaging with enemies. Usually it is easier to do that with a support but because the main damage output still depends on the carry, having the initiative to start a fight with no carry to follow up will end in a disaster. On that note you can say the carry has the final say in whether or not the fight is pursued or not.

Most duo laners know to adapt to each other's paces. For instance a carry will know 'it's my chance to poke' when the support tosses a CC / shield / whatever; while a support will know to toss a CC / shield / whatever when the carry takes a chance out of the blue.

It's natural for the carry to take chances so they could shut down the enemy carry. The support should create these chances or follow up on these chances to ensure it's a winning trade.

Of course a good carry knows what's a good chance as opposed to a bad carry would pretty much blindly charge everything. That's just like how there are pros, the average and the noobs. You just gotta live with that.

I guess the point I try to deliver is that the two players have to be in agreement with each other to do well. Which is why I usually stay away from duo lanes unless I'm with my brother or friends.

You say that people should work with each other rather than having a defined role. I don't think that's the case because people can work well with each other even with defined roles. Roles are important because a carry WILL carry better than a support and so should get more money in order to fill that role. You just gotta know to click away from the target as a support.