User blog comment:Canvasofgrey/A new way to look at Supports/@comment-72.181.130.147-20120401044902/@comment-3970297-20120405003404

I believe you mistake my concept of 'true support'. While Sona and Soraka have indeed fallen out of good place in the 'god-tier' support, they still remain as 'true support' in my eyes because their kit is pretty much made to be that way. Alistar, while being a very beast support, is not a true support in my eyes because he can also play the role of a tank very well. A very fine line divides the roles of tank and support, since both of them have qualities which overlap each other, and commonly can be confused for the same thing. Characters like Leona, Taric, and Alistar fall under the tank role moreso than support, or at least this is how I see it.

This blog isn't about who is necessarily the "Best" support, it's just about who can, outside of true support, do it well.