User blog comment:Fistful of Force/Why I believe dedicated supports are better than AP supports/@comment-5791947-20131125005047

No doubt, a strawman argument that doesn't make any sense.

Your current implication is that a true support like Soraka or Sona is better than mage supports like Annie and Morgana, which is already questionable by itself, since you seem to think that mage supports cannot buy and other AP items.

The current blog attempts to skew into Soraka's favour by twisting and bending around what Annie and Soraka can do, and this sort of misleading information is in the end, personal opinion attempting to persuade the reader that a true support is always better than a mage support, which is entirely false.

I could demonstrate you a good example of a strawman argument right now.

is nothing more than an underpowered healing support. All she does is heal champions, which doesn't matter in anyway since it won't stop the enemy from focus firing your marksmen to death in the first place, the mere 400 HP heal wouldn't do much. It is also unlikely that she'll be offensive and use in the middle of the enemy team, as that is pretty much a  to Soraka. Her silence, while does temporarily stop mages, offers not much else, as it's rather pointless trying to give mana to anyone in the middle of a teamfight, and does not deal much damage by itself. Soraka, for a support, also lacks any form of hard CC, making her effectively useless outside of healing.

on the other hand, is a very dangerous mage and is still deadly even when support. A 1.75 second stun is a big deal in a game like League of Legends, where teamfights can end in as little as 4 seconds, that's basically 40% of the duration of your typical teamfight. Stun is never NOT useful in league either, you can help remove threats charging at your marksman by simply stunning them, just that simple. Annie doesn't really have to worry about damage either, since Tibbers does substantial damage by himself and is unaffected by AP, even if Annie does require damage, gives her constant bonus damage thanks to Tibbers.