User blog comment:YourPrivateNightmare/The Support, an essay/@comment-3466579-20131025091417/@comment-3466579-20131025231157

I make my move, without the need of being rude or else.

This Yi example is really ridiculous. First of all, we were talking about supports, if i recall correctly. Yi is an assassin and some time ago someone realized that he could have done his assassin job much better if built AP, not to mention he'd have gained an overpowered heal too. That's it, we're not talking about Yi being played as a tank or ADC, he has been shifted from an underpowered AD assassin to a really strong AP assassin. I'm sorry but you didn't get the point.

Do you really think those items you mentioned give "more supportiveness" to Zyra? How often have you seen professional players, for example in the last World Championship, build Liandry, Rylai or Rabadon on her, even by late game? Are professional players "noobs"? "Meta sheeps"?

You mentioned "meta boundaries". Can i ask you what exactly is there, beyond them? I do know what i can find following the metagame: a solid, well experienced state of the game. I can usually win games by playing Janna as a support. Can i win the same number of games by playing support Gangplank, without counting on luck, strong allies or weak opponents?

I can tell you i'm not a "meta sheep", i just think i'm not good nor experienced enough to bring something really new into the current metagame: i only have the bad habit to think, think and think again about what i'm doing. I carefully look at what players, way better than me, do, i try to understand the reasons behind their moves and decisions and than i try to apply what i have learned to my games. I think. I think about what makes a good support. I think about how different supports do with different lane partners and opponents. In the end, i try to understand the very essence of the role: it is then easy to understand which champions has the requirements to be effectively played as supports. Support Annie? You won't see me doing that, i don't like it, no matter how "meta" it can be. Support Zyra? I do like it, but i won't play her with random ADCs i don't know, since Zyra needs good coordination to be played correctly. Much better to stick with my old Janna if i'm unsure. Support Mordekaiser? No way. Support Heimerdinger? Well, actually feasable. Overall better than Sona? I don't really think so. I won't play Heimerdinger, or any other champion, as a support just because i like that particular champion and that particular role. I really love Anivia, Galio and Maokai, but i won't play them as supports.

This is what i think to be the main and most common issue with people wanting to "break the meta": they just want to play for their own entertainment, no matter how weak they can make their own teams. League of Legends is no place for selfishness, there are no 1vs1 game modes yet, and until one will be a member of a team, he/she should put the team's sake before everything else. I think this is even more true for a support player, but i may be wrong: the only thing i know for sure is that everyone i played with has always been satisfied by my support.