User blog comment:Jens Ingels/Support Health Itematisation/@comment-4858812-20151113011124/@comment-3271569-20151113092548

Health doesn't make you tanky It's not like their suddenly would become frontlines. With squishy I'm more reffering to that a support lategame can be oneshotted by certain champions rather than someone that is actualy dealing the damage. This issue is mostly the problem with AP lanebully supports that does some damage early but fall off really hard lategame. Unlike other early AP bullies from other roles they won't become any tankier nor will they provide more utility or damage the further the game goes on.

Riot has proven time & time again they really don't want to see damage on these type of AP bullies. The Sona nerfs where probaly the best example towards that. So right late they for a champion that has:


 * Low utility compaired to enchanters
 * Low cc compaired to tanks
 * Are as squishy like enchanters
 * Often doesn't have the selfpeel tools available that enchanters have
 * They don't have sustain
 * Their early damage spikes but falls off really hard lategame

Riot did the same thing for tanks when they released that covered on of the biggest weaknesses tanks has to face. It's time that other supports should be something similar that could address their weaknesses. It feels logical a champion should be itematize against the situation but how can he do that if he doesn't have all options available to him.


 * was never designed for a support. It's a scaling item & straight out the opposite a support should be doing. It's also reworked into a more damage oriënted item what makes it absolutly not worth on supports. You can build anything when your adhead so that's not really an argrument.
 * is an great option for them. But the situation is situational if you can siege with this thing it's great. An Aegis still remains a must on your team. Also it's only one item
 * was used to be a core item on these type of supports. That was until they kept increasing the price time & time again. I believe it cost arround the 1100 gold the first time I saw it. Now it costs freaking 1600 gold!! Riot didn't like damage on supports so they increased the price by that marge to make support these champions wouldn't get their damage off. Add the point they should just remove the health from it and change it to a full mage item. The position of this item is just strange.
 * Eye of the Watchers: It's just the health from the sightstone. You can't really count this as an item. The health was always their.

Let's give a example of a build from a AP lanebully in the current meta:


 * MR //
 * AR //
 * Defensive item
 * MR //
 * AR //
 * Defensive item

Despite these champions should be building AP their build compaired to tank supports isn't really a lot different. What AP bullies are bullies doesn't make their kit stronger.