User blog comment:Tayzer/My own league story: supports/@comment-4484912-20131230020657

I used to be a support main, but the lack of good ADCs within my friend group forced me to learn that role, so I could provide a couple tips on the bot lane.

Voli support requires a straight charge to the ADC for the strongest initiate. Supports with strong lockdown and/or kiting like Lulu, Thresh and Leona can lock his charge down well. The Kayle Q+W can help, but hard CC would work better.

Maokai support hurts, with strong damage and great CC, but mana will forever be a problem and without the Relic Shield, the ADC will suffer from poor(er) sustain. Kayle's a strong pick; consider supports who can out sustain or harass better to swing the lane in your favour. When he initiates, if he goes onto your carry avoid as much damage as you can while still being relevant in the battle. Kayle can keep the opposing ADC occupied, for example.

Leona suffers from having minimal lane sustain. Poke her out as early as you can, but don't pick squishy supports that even she can burst down, like Sona. Also, a problem in solo queue is low synergy in lane. A Leona dive on your ADC forces the opposing ADC to follow up. Locking down their ADC during the initiate can equalize the damage for your side, or even surpass theirs.

All the champions for CC suffer from AoE damage, and they usually push a bit harder than most supports. Ask for a strong, fast jungler to watch bot carefully, as the lane is usually pushed in your favour. Each champion needs a paragraph to talk about, but

• Annie's strong burst and range is probably best countered by an all-in duo, so consider again Thresh or Leona. Don't try to outsustain or outburst her.

• Fiddlesticks pokes a lot and deals a fair amount of damage with equally annoying CC, but is quite squishy on his own. Go in on him hard, or bully his ADC out of lane due to the lack of heals.

• Nunu's got a really strong slow and huge steroids, as well as a crazy nuke if you let his ult charge. Keep the brushes warded, and choose a support that can burst harder than he can, like Annie or Lulu. Burst him down when he goes to snowball you and bully the ADC.

• Malphite suffers from a dash-esque gapcloser Pre-6 and has no way to buff his ADC. Constantly poke him to ruin his shield, and at level 6 lock down their carry when he initiates and try not to get two-man ulted by him. His attackspeed slow will cripple your ADC in a two vs two situation, but in a support vs ADC matchup, his lower damage will be his downfall.

Finally, never forget that the botlane is a two-man lane. It isn't completely up to you to shoulder all the burdens your ADC faces. Grab an ADC with strong utility like Varus or Ashe against non-gapclose initiators. Grab an ADC with disengages like Ezreal, Lucian or even Jayce against hard initate comps. Grab lane bullies with strong, quick damage like Draven or Graves against poke or burst comps. Never forget that this is a team game. GLHF Summoner :D