User blog comment:QuantumFeint/Botlane meta - where did all the supports go?/@comment-25055281-20140907134828

After reading twice, I think I understand your post:

Many of the champions designed for a primary support role (Soraka, Sona, Jana, Taric, may as well count Lulu here) are not currently poppular as supports, while some champions intended for other roles are taking their place (currently, the hate quin Morgana, but also kind of Blitz, Annie, Thress or Leona)

Well, desing concept and tags meant very little compared to actuall gameplay. What you need from a support is help for the carry.

And your idea of what is and is not of supportive character is a bit restrictive, engage/disengage with hard cc for example helps your teamates as much as it helps you.

As a finall note, there are at least Nami and Braum, with mainly support kits. It's not that pure supports are out of meta, but that there are relatively few that provide enought actual help in the bot lane.