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♡ About Me

♡ Hello! I'm Liluu (L-ILL-oo. Not Leeloo or lilo). I'm a NA support player. I began playing in 2016 but I didn't start picking league up until 2018. Starting in silver during season 8, I've progressed up to emerald, achieving it first in season 13. Enchanters are my forte, particularly , , and . I do occasionally dabble with other champs, but I tend to stick to enchanters. Thank you for reading my first guide! Even though I've spent about a week carefully constructing this guide, there still may be mistakes in some places or spelling errors. If you catch any, you can let me know in the comments or privately! Any and all feedback is welcomed but please keep it respectful! ♡

♡ Runes

♡ Quick Jump: Aery |Guardian

♡ Summon Aery Runes

♡ is the standard rune on any enchanter. It provides poke during lane trades and shields for mid/late game teamfights.

♡ is vital for since you'll be an ability bot after lane, spamming your Q and W during fights which uses a lot of mana. Abilities grant you an extra 25 mana, capping at 250. Once capped, it restores 1% of missing mana every 5 seconds.

♡ is a solid choice. It allows you to safely spam abilities during the laning phase and in later team fights.

♡ is incredibly strong right now especially when paired with . The current season 14 meta is shifted around supports roaming top for both voidgrub spawns. helps to enable this by having faster roam times with the boosted movement speed. Additionally, the movement speed boosts stacks with her passive .

♡ OPTIONAL: scales 's healing exceptionally well during fights. The burst healing it provides makes a better rune choice than for . However, I recommend primarily for more skilled players, as it requires playing around the >70% health threshold, which can be challenging especially during the earlier stages of the game.

♡ is your best option on . The scaling it provides is very powerful and with games lasting longer and longer, you'll be consistently hitting the higher end of the bonuses more often and allowing you to heal even more into late game. Given is the strongest healing output champion in the game right now, and an already powerful scaler, it should be no contest between and . Even games that only last 20m, you will benefit infinately more with over .

♡ OPTIONAL: Despite being the best option for Soraka, is still a viable pick. It provides more poke during lane and fights during the early game, however it falls off almost immediately after lane phase has concluded. Only consider this rune if you are playing in a server that runs super short games or if you want to have a higher chance of winning lane.

♡ OPTIONAL: has its uses, such as providing free boots with some additional movement speed. However, it shouldn't be considered for every game. Consider picking it up if you need early boots or if you require extra movement speed to deal with slows, or simply if you want to get free boots.

♡ OPTIONAL: holds value when you want to reach your first item powerspike ASAP or before the enemy support. It has been nerfed recently, but it can still be a valuable pick, especially in the later stages when you aim to afford your final items but are just barely unable to do so.

♡ compensates for the absence of and assists with sustaining in lane.

♡ accelerates the cooldown recovery of your items and summoner spells. This rune benefits your active items (e.g., , ) and other items with passive cooldowns (items with a square in the description).

♡ heals allies when you land or to root enemies. Allies need to auto-attack the marked enemy to trigger the heal. This heal can also activate 's chain heal, enhancing healing for allies.

♡ helps you survive in the lane by reducing damage from auto-attacks and abilities when it activates during fights.

♡ offers slight healing after receiving poke, although the healing is minimal. Nevertheless, it's a reasonable choice for survivability after taking poke damage.

♡ provides armor and magic resistance at the 12-minute mark. Opting for a tanky mythic item like allows you to accumulate free armor and magic resistance stacks through .

♡ enhances all your heals, particularly on allies who are below 40% health. , , and all benefit from it. You also receive a passive 5% bonus to heal and shield strength.

♡ should be the standard option when taking secondary. It will provide your team with very helpful intel, especially when clearing enemy wards that are in the enemy jungle. Plus, it will highly increase your overall vision score at the end of games.

♡ offers a safer alternative to . Similarly to , it will provide your team with very useful intel on the enemy jungle. However, You MUST let your wards expire naturally for to spawn. This means you can't place new wards when you already have 3 down as it will just destroy the ward instead of spawning a , and the enemy can't clear it. be mindful and place your wards in locations the enemies won't naturally sweep or find.

♡ is recommended to take when you want to hit your power spike as soon as possible. Typically strong against very easy matchups. It helps you get your items sooner! It's really not the best rune for but it does work.

♡ is stupid strong right now, especially for enchanters. The ability to spam when your ult is on cooldown is insanely strong. You can turn fights globally with AND as early as 8-10 minutes in the game. reduces the cooldowns of all items, active and passive. Abuse it!!

♡ can be considered if you want to force voidgrubs fights. I highly recommend letting your jungler know your intentions before blindly running this rune and plan. The only times I've been able to succeed with this is when my Jungle understands my plan and actually follows through with it. Otherwise, you're throwing free games at 5 minutes. Compared to and , it's pretty much useless without winning voidgrubs fight.

♡ should be the rune you take if you don't plan to build active items with . Your ult will come off cooldown way faster and turn fights more frequently.

♡ Standard

♡ Guardian Runes

♡ offers substantial shields during the laning phase and can even save you or your allies from near-death situations. It's a strong choice for challenging lanes. Additionally, enhances your tankiness when opting for tanky builds.

♡ OPTIONAL: is somewhat functional but not the most effective choice. It becomes an option if you desire additional health. In fights, you accumulate stacks that, when you auto-attack an enemy, trigger healing and provide permanent health gain.

♡ heals allies when you land or to root enemies. Allies need to auto-attack the marked enemy to trigger the heal. This heal can also activate 's chain heal, enhancing healing for allies.

♡ OPTIONAL: provides armor and magic resistance at the 12-minute mark. Opting for a tanky mythic item like allows you to accumulate free armor and magic resistance stacks through .

♡ OPTIONAL: eases tougher lanes by gradually healing you after taking poke or trading, making it a suitable choice for .

♡ eases lane survival by reducing damage from auto-attacks and abilities when it activates during fights. This should be your go-to when using .

♡ OPTIONAL: is an unusual option. While it offers more health, I don't recommend this rune for when is available. You can consider taking this if you want to max out your health for fun.

♡ enhances all your heals, especially on allies who are below 40% health. , , and all benefit from it. You also receive a passive 5% bonus to heal and shield strength. This is 's core rune.

♡ OPTIONAL: benefits from heavy cc compositions, but I don't recommend it for . is a better option, and if dealing with cc, consider building instead. You should only consider this rune if facing 3+ hard dive champions with hard cc.

♡ OPTIONAL: has its uses, such as providing free boots with some additional movement speed. However, it shouldn't be considered for every game. Consider picking it up if you need early boots or if you require extra movement speed to deal with slows, or simply if you want to get free boots.

♡ OPTIONAL: holds value when you want to reach your first item powerspike ASAP or before the enemy support. It has been nerfed recently, but it can still be a valuable pick, especially in the later stages when you aim to afford your final items but are just barely unable to do so.

♡ compensates for the absence of and assists with sustaining in lane.

♡ accelerates the cooldown recovery of your items and summoner spells. This rune benefits your active items (e.g., , ) and other items with passive cooldowns (items with a square in the description).

♡ addresses late-game mana issues. Abilities grant 25 mana stacks, capping at an extra250 mana. Once capped, it restores 1% of missing mana every 5 seconds.

♡ makes team fights significantly easier when paired with . You're able to spam abilities and keep your team alive, unlike when using the tree. It lacks the AH and cooldowns on takedowns that can truly make or break team fights.

♡ OPTIONAL: can assist with escapes, but ultimately, you should consider with . Think about if you need more movement speed or if you're building .

♡ is highly beneficial during mid-late game phases, but if the game ends before 30 minutes, you'll find little value in it. Compared to using , this rune unfortunately lacks value. Your general rule of thumb is to take if the game is expected to last over 30 minutes, and if it's shorter, consider .

♡ OPTIONAL: is subpar and better suited for poke or burn mages. It's rarely used on enchanters due to its lack of usefulness in late-game scenarios. Nevertheless, it's effective for laning, especially if you prioritize early game success over late-game scaling.

♡ should be the standard option when taking secondary. It will provide your team with very helpful intel, especially when clearing enemy wards that are in the enemy jungle. Plus, it will highly increase your overall vision score at the end of games.

♡ offers a safer alternative to . Similarly to , it will provide your team with very useful intel on the enemy jungle. However, You MUST let your wards expire naturally for to spawn. This means you can't place new wards when you already have 3 down as it will just destroy the ward instead of spawning a , and the enemy can't clear it. be mindful and place your wards in locations the enemies won't naturally sweep or find.

♡ is recommended to take when you want to hit your power spike as soon as possible. Typically strong against very easy matchups. It helps you get your items sooner! It's really not the best rune for but it does work.

♡ is stupid strong right now, especially for enchanters. The ability to spam when your ult is on cooldown is insanely strong. You can turn fights globally with AND as early as 8-10 minutes in the game. reduces the cooldowns of all items, active and passive. Abuse it!!

♡ can be considered if you want to force voidgrubs fights. I highly recommend letting your jungler know your intentions before blindly running this rune and plan. The only times I've been able to succeed with this is when my Jungle understands my plan and actually follows through with it. Otherwise, you're throwing free games at 5 minutes. Compared to and , it's pretty much useless without winning voidgrubs fight.

♡ should be the rune you take if you don't plan to build active items with . Your ult will come off cooldown way faster and turn fights more frequently.

♡ Standard

♡ Abilities

♡ Salvation

♡ provides a significant movement speed boost towards allies below 40% health.

♡ Starcall

♡ is an AoE ability that slows hit enemies by 30% for 1 second. If it hits, gains Rejuvenation for 2.5 seconds, healing for 0.5 seconds with decaying movement speed.

♡ Astral Infusion

♡ heals an ally champion but consumes 10% of 's health. When healing with Rejuvenation, the ally gains the buff and the health cost is reduced. won't activate when 's health is under 5%.

♡ Equinox

♡ is an AoE silence that roots any enemies within it's raidus after 1.5 seconds.

♡ Wish

♡ is 's ultimate ability. It heals all allies, becoming 50% more effective on allies below 40% health.

♡ Tips

♥ Salvation

♡ Use for quick escapes or joining fights later.

♡ Maintain the bonus by healing allies to survive, staying below your passive threshold. Avoid baiting allies to death.

♡ When fully healed and ADC is low/backing, take the chance to approach enemy laner, poke, and return swiftly.

♥ Starcall

♡ Hitting becomes tougher against experienced players who anticipate it. Be unpredictable by moving in unusual patterns. Aim to land at the enemies' feet.

♡ When enemy ADC is last-hitting, use for harassment. If their support counters, assess the matchup before engaging.

♡ After hitting , you gain Rejuvenation. However, note that the healing must reach you to grant the buff to allies. You still benefit from reduced health cost, but the healing must reach you before Rejuvenation is applied to your target.

♥ Astral Infusion

♡ I avoid using unless I hit first. The heals are weak and the health cost isn't worthwhile in my opinion.

♡ After landing , I often turn to heal my ADC, even if they're at full health. The slight movement speed boost can be pivotal in trades or fights. While this buff can be valuable, decide based on your situation if it's appropriate or not.

♡ Consider playing with maxed first. The health cost reduction from Rejuvenation stays at 80% until maxed, then drops to 100%. This is why I usually prioritize maxing first.

♥ Equinox

♡ In challenging lanes, when needing stacks, occasionally drop at the enemies' feet. Don't overuse this, as should be reserved for all-ins or ganks.

♡ can be decisive in winning fights when used effectively. It can obstruct escape routes, interrupt enemy abilities, and even be buffered during all-ins to counter subsequent enemy CC.

♡ can zone enemies, followed by to catch them off-guard. This combo is versatile and can be used interchangeably

♡ You can just drop on top of already cc'd enemies to keep them cc'd longer. Simple tip, every should know this.

♥ Wish

♡ can alter fights you're not directly involved in. Watch your top and mid to assist as necessary. If a distant team fight breaks out and you're too far to place , use . Avoid being overly greedy, like using it just for assists.

♡ gains potency with lower ally health, allowing you to bait enemies into overcommitting. Use your ult strategically to catch enemies off guard and turn the tables.

♡ can remotely apply your item buffs. For example, if your ADC needs 's on-hit or your APC requires more AP and AH from , you can use .

♡ When is on cooldown, it's crucial to remain close to your team. This ensures you're available to heal them during potential catches or fights.

♡ Items

Standard Starting

♡ World Atlas

♡ New support item! Both supports will start with . It works like the old items combined, you can auto and use abilities on enemies or last hit minions to proc your gold passive.

♡ Grants 3 gold per 10 seconds, 30 health, 25% base health regen, and 25% base mana regen.

♡ Runic Compass

♡ First support item upgrade. You can carry wards now! It pretty much the same as last time, just new stats :P

♡ Grants 5 gold per 10 seconds, 100 health, 50% base health regen, and 50% base mana regen.

♡ Bounty of Worlds

♡ When you finish your item, it will turn into this temporarily until you select your final upgrade.

♡ Grants 5 gold per 10 seconds, 200 health, 75% base health regen, and 75% base mana regen.

♡ Dream Maker

♡ The favored enchanter upgrade. Every 8 seconds you gain a blue and a purple bubble. When you heal or shield an ally, the bubbles are consumed by your ally and empower them to reduce next damage taken by 140 and grants them 90 on-hit damage on their next auto attack. It’s really weirdly worded in game, but fairly straightforward once you understand what they’re saying.

♡ will help you carry games by buffing your carries. I originally wasn't a fan of this item on Soraka for the sole reason that had more value on her, but now that item has been nerfed, is the new favored item. The damage blocked and on-hit it provides can turn fights when behind and snowball your team even harder when ahead. Just remember it can be hard to control where the buff goes with and , so just try your best to give any of your carries the buff when it's off cooldown.

♡ Grants 5 gold per 10 seconds, 200 health, 75% base health regen, and 75% base mana regen.

♡ Celestial Opposition

♡ It’s like old Crown, it reduces incoming damage by 25% (since Soraka is ranged) and lingers for 2 seconds after taking damage. After you lose this buff, you deal a 50% slow around yourself to enemies for 1.5 seconds with a 20 second cooldown.

♡ I love this upgrade for into losing matchups or hard games. When paired with tanky items it makes you nearly impossible to kill and tilts the enemies into repeatedly trying to dive you and throwing fights from tunnel visioning onto you.

♡ Grants 5 gold per 10 seconds, 200 health, 75% base health regen, and 75% base mana regen.

♡ Solstice Sleigh

♡ Slowing or Immobilizing an enemy will grant you and the nearest ally (prioritizing lowest health ally) a 120 heal and 90 bonus movement speed for 4 seconds on a 20 second cooldown.

♡ After the nerfs, I can't really suggest anymore. The nerfs hit the heals and movement speed enough that will be a better upgrade now. There are still situations where you can build , but it isn't as strong as it used to be.

♡ Grants 5 gold per 10 seconds, 200 health, 75% base health regen, and 75% base mana regen.

Standard Boots

♡ Boots of Swiftness

♡ have overtaken as the best boots upgrade this season. The movement speed you get from these boots is really strong for roams and rotating for objectives. I recommend building every game.

♡ Grants 60 movement speed and reduced slows by 25%.

♡ Ionian Boots of Lucidity

♡ grants ability haste, which while good and viable, just don’t have the same impact as . You can still consider these boots in losing matchups or if you're in the late game you can sell and buy .

♡ Grants 20 AH, 12% summoner spell haste and 45 movement speed.

♡ Mercury's Treads

♡ should be bought when versing high ap teams. The anti-cc is useful, however you can just buy if the enemy team doesn't have any single target cc like 's or . Skillshot based cc is super easy to dodge with .

♡ Grants 25 magic resist, 45 movement speed, and 30 tenacity.

♡ Plated Steelcaps

♡ can be bought versus high ad enemy teams or if the enemy team has 2 or more dive assassins. pairs really well with and/or making you really hard to burst and insta-kill.

♡ Grants 20 armor, 45 movement speed, and reduces basic attacks by 12%.

Standard Legendaries

♡ Moonstone Renewer

♡ is still 's best first purchase item. The chain healing still remains incredibly powerful and only gets stronger as you gain more ap and healing power. The chain healing to the nearest ally is 40% of the heal or 45% of the initial shield. If no allies are nearby, when you heal or shield your target they are granted an addition 30% of the heal or 35% of the initial shield.

♡ If you have on your team, ask for this upgrade if you can't complete fast enough before the game ends or if you're going to lose before you can finish .

♡ Grants 20 AH, 30 ability power, 250 health, 125% base mana regen.

♡ Ornn upgrade: 25 AH, 50 ability power, 300 health, and 200% base mana regen.

♡ Redemption

♡ is my favorite item in the game. It's active is game changing and is finally viable as a first buy again since mythics have been removed. On however, it is still an ideal second buy. This is the first power spike you hit with and 's healing output being really strong early on and only scaling as the game goes on. On active, you drop an AoE 200-400 heal (scaling with the target's level) for your allies and enemies within the circle take 10% of their max health as true damage after a 2.5 second delay. The active can be used while dead or when you're too far from a fight to actively participate, especially when is on cooldown.

♡ Grants 15 AH, 200 health, 15% heal + shield power, 100% mana regen.

♡ Mikael's Blessing

♡ is one of the best enchanter items in the game. It gives high heal/shield power and on active cleanses your targetted ally and heals 150-250 (scaling with target's level). With the amount of soft AND hard cc in the game, is almost always required to be purchased at some point. While ideally you want to cleanse your carries, you do have the option of self-cleansing with this item.

♡ Grants 15 AH, 250 health, 12% heal + shield power, and 100% base mana regen.

♡ Dawncore

♡ is currently the best scaling item for enchanters. It passively grants you 3% heal/shield power and 5 ap per 100% base mana regen which means when buying last, you're getting huge value. When this item is bought first, you're basically trolling since the value it provides is extremely minimal. It also grants 18 summoner spell haste which pairs really well with .

♡ If you have an on your team, request get upgraded into . As I said, this is the best scaling item thus when upgrades it into , the upgraded stats is unmatched by any other upgrade.

♡ Grants 20 AH, 40 ability power, and 150% base mana regen.

♡ Ornn upgrade: 30 AH, 60 ability power,and 225% base mana regen.

♡ Ardent Censer

♡ isn't a necessary buy on this season. While it has it's uses, there are far more valuable items to buy. Consider purchasing if you have a hyper carry ADCs or if you have a strong ad laner on your team that will 1v9. When you heal or shield your target, you are both granted 25% bonus attack speed and 20 bonus magic on-hit for 4 seconds.

♡ Grants 15 AH, 50 ability power, 8% heal and shield power, 125% mana regen, and 8% bonus movement speed. Passively grants 25% bonus attack speed and 20 bonus magic on-hit damage when you heal your ally. This effect lasts for 4 seconds.

♡ Staff of Flowing Water

♡ is a strong item since it recieved movement speed on heal/shield again, however just doesn't benefit much from it. The ap and ms it offers is nice to have, but you get more value from other items. Consider building if you have an APC that is 1v9. When you heal/shield an ally, you're both granted 30 ap and 10% bonus movement speed for 3 seconds.

♡ Grants 15 AH, 40 ability power, 8% heal and shield power, and 125% mana regen. When you heal an ally, you are both granted 30 ability power and 10% bonus movement speed for 3 seconds.

Optional Legendaries

♡ Vigilant Wardstone

♡ is a safe last item purchase. If jg objectives are heavily contested or you need extra vision across the map, consider picking up this item. Sometimes I will skip or for this item since control wards are highly valuable.

♡ Grants 10 AH, 250 health, and 50% mana regen. Allows you to buy 3 control wards and increases ward caps by 1. Passively grants bonus ad, ap, health, andAH by 20%.

♡ Shurelya's Battlesong

♡ will help with gap closing or if your team needs stronger engage. Since its old passive has been moved to , this item is very weak for but is strong on movement speed oriented builds.

♡ Grants 15 AH, 55 ap, 125% base mana regen, and 8% bonus movement speed. On active, you and all nearby allies are granted a 30% bonus movement speed for 4 seconds.

♡ Locket of the Iron Solari

♡ will protect you or your team from high burst engages and dives. I love this item as well for spread damage, like with ’s or ’s or .

♡ Grants 10 ah, 30 armor, 200 health, 30 magic resist. On active, grants you and all nearby allies a 200-360 shield (scaling with target’s level) that decays over 2.5 seconds.

♡ Frozen Heart

♡ is a fantastic buy right now against high ad teams or if an assassin is prioritizing you during fights

♡ Grants 20 ah, 70 armor, 400 mana. Passively lowers attack speed of nearby enemies by 20% and every incoming basic damage is reduced by 5 + 3.5 per 1000 maximum health.

♡ Kaenic Rookern

♡ is a fantastic buy right now for high ap burst comps, but is very expensive so you might not have the full item by the end of your game.

♡ Grants 400 health, 150% base health regen, and 80 magic resist. Passively grants a magic shield of 18% your maximum health after not taking damage from any champion for 15 seconds.

♡ Matchups

♡ ctrl + f to find a specific matchup!

♡ This chapter is designed for you to hover over your enemy's abilities to read them if you don't know them with explanations on how to play the game out with rune suggestions and item suggestions during champ select and load in!

♡ Recommended Runes and Items have been moved to the top of the guide. Search for a matchup under threats and hover the champion for runes and items! Thank you

♡ Not every matchup shown above will have a section in this chapter! Maybe sometime I'll get around to adding more to this chapter but as of now, now primary matchups have a section here.

♡ 3MinuteLeagueofLegends was a huge help when learning some of the combos of champs I wasn't familiar with. Link to their Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@3MinuteLeagueofLegends

♡ Alistar
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > > aa

♡ He can use or before to close gaps

♡ Counter his combo by using on during to stop

♡ Self heal with while he backs off or ally heal with >

♡ Early game: Watch for level 1 invade. Poke ADC when is mispositioned

♡ Mid game: Call out his roams and try to avoid fighting when his abilities are up. Use and if he tries to engage on you

♡ Late game: Stay with team to avoid his engages. If he repositions with or , use your own if you need to

♡ Amumu
♡ Medium

♡ Amumu’s main combo: > buffer during travel > > >

♡ Counter this combo using to stop ’s engage and creating distance

♡ If your ADC gets all in’d, use to silence and use > to keep your ADC alive

♡ Early game: Watch out for level 1 invade. Amumu’s has 2 stacks making him a strong invader. During lane, poke enemy ADC when mispositions

♡ Mid game: Avoid trading if you're behind. Use to heal his damage if he s your team

♡ Late game: Stay with team, but distance yourself if walks up or uses

♡ Annie
♡ Easy

♡ 's main combo: > > > > aa >

♡ can use before to close gaps

♡ Counter her combo by maintaining spacing and using when she walks up

♡ Early game: has a longer auto attack range (625) compared to 's (550). She outranges you in lane, focus on last hitting minions instead of trading

♡ Mid game: Be cautious of fighting in river or tight spaces when has her stun up. Her poke becomes significant at this point, especially if she has

♡ Late game: Stick with your team and keep your distance if positions herself to use her

♡ Bard
♡ Hard

♡ 's main combo: > (if gap close is needed) > > aa > > aa

♡ Counter him combo by using to dodge stun and use to zone

♡ Early Game: Unlikely level 1 invade, but be cautious. roams often, poke ADC during his roams or follow his roams as best you can

♡ Mid Game: Continue to call out his roams and poke his ADC. Beware of tower dives with

♡ Late game: Avoid jungle walls for stuns. Keep distance if initiates fights

♡ Blitzcrank
♡ Very Hard

♡ 's main combo: > > > >

♡ Counter his combo with > > run behind minions

♡ Abuse his long cooldowns

♡ Early game: Watch for level 1 invade. Stay behind minions and harass enemy ADC after misses

♡ Mid game: If you're even or behind, play defensively. If ahead, look for opportunities away from

♡ Late game: Avoid getting hooked by maintaining distance. Provide healing during fights while avoiding 's and

♡ Brand
♡ Hard

♡ Brand's main combo: > > >

♡ Counter by playing out of spread range and to disrupt combos

♡ Early game: Prioritize bush control. Use for healing by baiting his abilities and dodging them

♡ Mid game: Beware if he has . Avoid stacking with your team during fights. Keep your team healed while positioned away from 's abilities

♡ Late game: Stay close to your team but be wary of the burn spread. Remember, excels at spreading heal reduction and it only gets more annoying as the game progresses

♡ Braum
♡ Hard

♡ Braum's main combo: > > > > aa x3 to proc passive

♡ Counter him by abusing his longer cooldowns and using to stop his engage

♡ Early game: Although rare, be cautious of invades. Harass the enemy ADC when is out of position and zone him off from cs

♡ Mid game: Prioritize targeting squishy opponents during fights. Use on if he's tanking for his team

♡ Late game: Maintain distance from so he can't engage on you

♡ Heimerdinger
♡ Hard

♡ 's main combo: > > >

♡ Counter him by playing away from his turrets which have a long cooldown early and sidestepping his stun or silencing him if he walks up to stun

♡ Early game: Heimerdinger has a really weak early game and will perma shove waves with his turrets so you can look for roams or play safely with adc. Keep bushes warded to catch him out before he all-ins.

♡ Mid game: Don’t walk up to him during fights. Wait for him to come to your team. He will try his hardest to play with his turrets and walking up will enable him to win fights easier

♡ Late game: Do not fight him alone. He will have items that will melt you (, , , etc.). Let your team burst him down and focus on keeping them alive. If he has healcut, let your team know to avoid playing into his turrets.

♡ Janna
♡ Hard

♡ 's main combo: > > self cast or ally > aa > for knock back or knock in target to her allies

♡ It is hard to counter her since she is a point-and-click mage right now, but just try to survive her burst. If she is building enchanter, same rule as before applies. Dodge her and trade with .

♡ Early game: 's actions are often predictable; exploit her shielding choices for better trades and free damage. Keep in mind that a skilled might use fog of war to launch unexpected s

♡ Mid game: Beware of her roams. She is currently the strongest roaming support besides and . Ping frequently when she is missing and save for when fights on the map

♡ Late game: Avoid getting caught by or > . If she built full damage, do not walk up to trade with her. Let your team deal with her. If she built support, you’re free to trade with her

♡ Karma
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > aa > > aa >

♡ Counter her by playing in minions. When or if she misses her , use and to stop poke or to zone

♡ Early game: Play into your wave. Karma can't hit past minions, but will do AoE damage after first target hit. Target who she doesn't shield to get more damage off when possible.

♡ Mid game: Ping when she is missing and fight ADC until she gets back to lane. Buy if struggling with the poke damage

♡ Late game: Play with team but don't stack for . Use to stop her engages or poke.

♡ Leona
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > buffer during travel > aa > > aa

♡ Counter her by using on yourself or ADC when she uses

♡ Early game: Care for level 1 invade. Abuse her weak level 1 by poking her ADC off minions. Don't get caught by when she hits level 2

♡ Mid game: Be wary of potential roams or ganks. She might exploit fog of war to use a surprise for a kill

♡ Late game: Avoid grouping closely during fights and prioritize peeling for your ADC if targets them. Use on when she engages or if she's tanking for her team

♡ Lulu
♡ Hard

♡ 's main combo: aa > >

♡ Another combo: > > ally cast or enemy > aa

♡ Counter her by spacing her abilities, trading behind your wave to dodge her 's autos. If she has , use on to stop her engage

♡ Early game: Exploit her missed or misused abilities to poke her or her ADC. As she can be a lane bully, ensure you stay topped off with heals

♡ Mid game: Care for polymorph effect. If ADC gets polymorphed, peel for them and keep them alive

♡ Late game: If she has a hyper carry ADC, try to out-heal the ADC's damage. Focus if she's mispositioned or wasted her abilities

♡ Lux
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > . Skilled players will auto to detonate between abilities

♡ Counter her by using to disrupt her recasting of or by using if you're rooted to heal and potentially survive her combo

♡ Early game: If she misses her abilities, trade aggressively with and . Many support 's use carelessly, so poke her and her ADC when her shield is on cd

♡ Mid game: Be cautious, as you can die to her combo at this stage. Avoid getting caught and heal teammates who are snared. Use when she casts to recover a significant portion of the damage

♡ Late game: You are even more susceptible to her combo now. Consider having if you're frequently caught out. Play with team, sidestep her abilities, and avoid face-checking bushes in your or the enemy's jungle, as she might be bush camping there

♡ Maokai
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > > > aa

♡ Counter him by avoiding bushes and using to slow his engages

♡ Early game: Stay away from bushes due to his empowered . Harass the ADC as much as possible

♡ Mid game: Let your team eat his and heal them when engages. Heal with when he is tanking for his team. Buy if your ADC/team struggles against his engages

♡ Late game: Similar to before, allow your team to eat his and heal them up. If you have , it can serve as a valuable tool to turn the tide of a fight if your team is caught by his . Don't face check jungle due to his

♡ Milio
♡ Hard

♡ 's main combo: > > aa > > aa

♡ Counter him by abusing his longer cooldowns, position yourself out of his aa range or his ADC's aa range to prevent damage

♡ Early game: Apply consistent poke to him or his ADC. Whenever he misses his , use and aa him or his ADC

♡ Mid game: You can out-sustain his healing, so stay behind your team and keep them healed. Walk up and poke with when it's safe

♡ Late game: Use to suppress his shields and heals. Stay behind your team and ensure they remain healthy

♡ Morgana
♡ Hard

♡ 's main combo: self cast > for gap close if needed > > > >

♡ Counter her by moving away from her and side stepping if possible. Continue to use even if she's ed, as it will still provide Rejuvenation

♡ Early game: Focus on staying alive. Avoid getting poked out or caught by . Use even on ed targets, to grant Rejuvenation

♡ Mid game: You might lose fights at this stage if you're even or losing. Try to avoid getting caught and focus on farming and scaling. During fights, use to interrupt her engages

♡ Late game: will initiate fights and use to prevent damage. Before she comes out of stasis, time your at her feet to silence and root her. You can also use to heal. Stay behind your team and ensure they stay healthy during battles

♡ Nami
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: self cast or ally > > >

♡ Counter her by using before she uses . You can also easily sidestep

♡ Early game: deals significant damage throughout the game. Be cautious of her slow. Trade with when she walks up to poke and move out of her range

♡ Mid game: Prioritize staying alive for your team. Maintain their health with 's passive and .

♡ Late game: Continue to focus on keeping your team alive and avoid getting caught. ’s carries will be incredibly strong, but your heals are also strong at this point

♡ Nautilus
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > aa > > >

♡ Counter him with when he walks up to engage. Use when he's tanking or abilities are on cooldown

♡ Early game: Position behind minions and trade when his abilities are on cooldown. Prioritize trading with the ADC, as is tanky, and we likely can't secure a kill on him

♡ Mid game: Stay behind your team and avoid face-checking jungle or objectives. Use when he engages on an ally

♡ Late game: Stay behind your team during team fights and focus on keeping them alive. Counter with > when he walks up to engage. Try to save for specifically

♡ Neeko
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > > > > aa

♡ Countering her will be hard since her and will lock you in place, but you can try to out of her engage before it stuns you. As soon as stun ends, use your full kit to stay alive as long as possible and help your team if you can

♡ Early game: Position behind minions and trade when her abilities are on cooldown. COUNT THE WAVE and ping when she is missing. Don’t face check jungle without your jungler

♡ Mid game: Play behind your team and continue counting your waves. When wandering around jungle, be careful as she may disguise herself as wards, blast cones, or random jungle camps looking for a pick.

♡ Late game: Same as mid game, avoid her engages and keep your team healthy. Avoid going through jungle alone. Count waves and look for weirdly placed wards or blast cones in the wrong spots

♡ Pantheon
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > empowered aa x3 > >

♡ Counter him using and retreating. If safe, follow up with

♡ Early game: Avoid walking up and wait for his engage. Counter with >

♡ Mid game: Position behind your team until he uses , then walk up and use to heal. Avoid letting him poke you out during fights by positioning outside his engage range

♡ Late game: Continue playing cautiously behind your team until he commits with then walk up. Use > when he cc's an ally, and heal that ally with an empowered

♡ Pyke
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > aa >

♡ Counter him by using to interrupt his charge and using to slow him down

♡ Early game: Sidestep his or position within the safety of your minions. Contest bush control but avoid risking your life for it

♡ Mid game: Be cautious not to get poked down too low during engages. Aim to keep your health above 's execute threshold using and

♡ Late game: As 's primary target, position yourself behind your team and prioritize keeping everyone, including yourself, healthy

♡ Rakan
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: to ally > > > > to safety

♡ Counter him by dropping where he s to stop his engage

♡ Early game: Watch out for potential bush cheese as you approach your lane. Use on river bushes and the first lane bush for safety and vision. Trade when it's safe to do so and abuse his cooldowns

♡ Mid game: If he uses , drop on the enemies to disrupt their follow-up and focus on preventing his team from capitalizing on his engage

♡ Late game: Your role remains the same as in the mid game - stay alive and keep your team healthy. When engages use your abilities to zone enemies and deter them from following up

♡ Rell
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > aa > >

♡ Countering her can be challenging. Use if she jumps on you and maintain distance with

♡ Early game: Avoid getting dived on by playing cautiously. from safe distances and if jumps on you, place where she will land and try to run

♡ Mid game: Focus on keeping your team alive and high health. Be mindful of not getting caught in the pull of

♡ Late game: Similarly to mid game, prioritize keeping your team alive and healthy. Avoid getting caught by 's engage or the pull of

♡ Renata Glasc
♡ Hard

♡ 's main combo: > >

♡ Counter her by dodging (travel time is slow), use if your allies get you low, then > enemies who walk up to fight

♡ Early game: Her poke is strong in the early game and with , it is hard to out-trade her. Use when her abilities are on cooldown and play out of her range

♡ Mid game: Avoid . Your team needs you alive to heal them. if you get low or your teammates are about to kill each other

♡ Late game: Stay out of and keep team alive, use if necessary. Care for when an enemy scores a kill; save allies if possible without sacrificing yourself

♡ Senna
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > aa > > aa until is off cooldown

♡ Counter her by using to heal and attempt to run away

♡ Early game: Trade when her abilities are on cooldown, but be cautious as aa refresh her cooldown

♡ Mid game: If she uses on the map to kill an ally, counter with . Otherwise, continue using to heal up and to zone enemies

♡ Late game: You lose the longer the game goes on. enemies during fights and to zone off. Use to counter her

♡ Seraphine
♡ Hard

♡ 's main combo: > > > aa

♡ Counter her by staying out of her range when she's looking for an engage. Avoid positioning behind allies because her extends when it hits her enemies. It can be challenging to use after her cc combo, so try to sidestep her cc and disrupt her engages with

♡ Early game: Trade when her abilities are on cooldown, but be cautious of her passive autos

♡ Mid game: She will seek fights with her . Stay out of her range and focus on keeping your team alive. You will out-heal her if she's building as a support. However, if she has built AP, you might not be able to out-heal the damage yet.

♡ Late game: Avoid getting caught. Your role is to keep your team alive while staying out of her ability ranges. Regardless of her build at this stage, you will out-heal her. If she has healing reduction items, you might struggle during longer fights.

♡ Shaco
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > > aa > > aa

♡ Counter him by staying out of range and poke him with . Prioritize getting

♡ Early game: Get early. Avoid and keep yourself healed with . Don't let him you by facing him during trades. Weave walking back and forth in between his autos to prevent it

♡ Mid game: Continue avoiding . You can use on his , but don't kill while it's near allies to avoid accidentally damaging and fearing them

♡ Late game: If you get focused during fights by , use to self peel him off you and heal up with . If his combo one-shots you, buffer to keep yourself alive

♡ Sona
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > > > empowered aa

♡ Counter her by learning 's range and playing out of it. Use if she walks up or positions for a

♡ Early game: Force her to use to drain her mana (80) per cast, scaling to 100 mana). Look for constant trades; you out heal her during laning phase

♡ Mid game: Don't get caught. Stay alive to peel and heal teammates in fights. If caught by , you can use while stunned to heal back damage until you can use or .

♡ Late game: is a scaler but it's still possible to win. Keep your team healed during fights and use when necessary. Use to stop 's engage.

♡ Swain
♡ Easy

♡ 's main combo: > > > >

♡ Counter by ing out of his ult range if you can't run out. buffer before he ults if you get caught

♡ Early game: Avoid getting hit by ; it can phase through minions. You may not win trades, but you can step up and use when his abilities are on cooldown

♡ Mid game: Continue to avoid . Try to stay alive as long as possible to keep your team healed. You might die frequently in mid-game so focus on staying safe

♡ Late game: The same strategy applies. If you're caught in his try to escape or use to zone him

♡ Sylas
♡ Very Hard

♡ 's main combo: > > aa > > aa > > aa

♡ Counter him by sidestepping his if possible. If you can't, drop at his feet to disrupt his abilities and escape using

♡ Early game: Don’t challenge him at level 3. You can try to poke him at level 1 but you will love trades if he all-ins.

♡ Mid game: Be prepared for a possible dive since is both high burst damage and tanky. Call out his roams if he is out of lane.

♡ Late game: Position behind your team and keep them healed. If engages or tanks, poke him with . Zone him off with . It is very likely if he is fed, you will lose the game. can be a 1v9 champion but in support role, he gets his items late.

♡ Tahm Kench
♡ Easy

♡ 's main combo: aa > aa > >

♡ Alternate combo: > > aa

♡ Counter him by sidestepping his if that’s how he chooses to engage. If you can't, drop at his feet to disrupt his abilities and escape using . If he chooses to engage with , try to run out of his aa range and trade with

♡ Early game: Poke him or his ADC when he walks up to cs or engage. Abuse his long cooldown

♡ Mid game: There’s a 50/50 chance you’re either verusing a roaming or a that has 0 map presence. If he is roaming a lot, follow him.

♡ Late game: Position behind your team and keep them healed. If engages or tanks, poke him with . Zone him off with .

♡ Taric
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > aa > > aa > aa

♡ Counter him by sidestepping his if possible. If you can't, drop at his feet to disrupt his abilities and escape using

♡ Early game: Poke him or his ADC when he walks up to cs or engage. Abuse his long cooldowns

♡ Mid game: Be prepared for a possible dive with . Root him in place if you can, so he tanks tower shots after the invulnerability ends

♡ Late game: Position behind your team and keep them healed. If engages or tanks, poke him with . Zone him off with

♡ Teemo
♡ Easy

♡ 's main combo: > aa > > aa > aa >

♡ Counter him by using control wards to clear his frequently. If you get caught, use to zone him off or try to heal up with

♡ Early game: Don’t trade much, he will win trades. He will poke your ADC as much as possible so keep them healed

♡ Mid game: If he targets you in fights, try to stay out of his range. Keep your team healed and use to stop his engages. Bring control wards and sweep out his

♡ Late game: Heal your team with when needed, but if your team gets hit by a you can use to mitigate some of the damage. If it’s just your ADC who gets hit by , you can consider using for the heal and to cleanse the slow. This is especially helpful if you and your ADC are trying to rotate into a fight or out of a fight

♡ Thresh
♡ Medium

♡ 's main combo: to reposition ally > > recast > > > aa

♡ Counter him by dropping at your feet or on the ally he hit to disrupt his full engage after he dashes in

♡ Early game: Avoid getting cc'd. Stay behind minions and step up to poke when his abilities are on cooldown

♡ Mid game: If he targets you in fights, try to stay out of his range. Keep your team healed and use to stop his engages

♡ Late game: Heal your team with when engages. If you get cc'd by , out and reposition safely. Use if necessary to keep yourself and your team alive

♡ Twitch
♡ Very Easy

♡ 's main combo: > > aa > > aa > aa > aa >

♡ Counter him by dropping in between yourself and to slow his all-ins. If he uses you will get outranged completely so wait it out somewhere safe before trying to heal with

♡ Early game: He is extremely likely to sit mid level 1 to get either a cheese kill or get summs. There is no point in sitting mid for him to show so just to go your lane and give your mid lane and heads-up. If he gets summs or even a kill, it’s still more valuable for you to be bot to soak exp and get gold from your item. Buy a control ward super early and leave it in either your lane or any jungle entrance

♡ Mid game: He will roam a lot. Like, a lot. Deep ward with your jungle or after the enemy bot has backed to hopefully catch him when he uses . Place a control ward in jungle entrances to catch him as well after he is invis.

♡ Late game: Heal your team with from a safe position. If you get focused by , let your team know so they can try to help you. When fights start, use your sweeper to see if he is close by and invis

♡ Vel'koz
♡ ~~Mid laner~~ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > > >

♡ Counter by using to disrupt his ability stacking. It's challenging to sidestep him, so focus on surviving his full combo

♡ Early game: Staying behind minions only protects you from , not his other abilities. Try to heal up with when possible, and avoid trading when low

♡ Mid game: Keep your distance from his abilities and ensure your team stays healthy. Avoid getting caught in his cc to prevent death

♡ Late game: Stick with your team and prioritize keeping them alive. Avoid getting caught out and do everything possible to protect your ADC. You will outscale him but you can’t die during fights, your team needs you to help them stay alive through Vel’koz's burst

♡ Xerath
♡ ~~Mid laner~~ Medium

♡ 's main combo: > > >

♡ Counter him by sidestepping his abilities when possible. Bait his ult by changing direction unpredictably after moving one step

♡ Early game: He has superior poke. Stay healed with when possible and avoid forcing trades

♡ Mid game: Avoid getting caught. If he uses , and you're close enough and it's safe, cancel his ult with

♡ Late game: Stay safe and keep your team healthy. If you can't cancel his , use to heal back the damage

♡ Yuumi
♡ Hard

♡ 's main combo: aa > to ally > > > >

♡ Counter her by zoning her ADC off with and

♡ Early game: Poke her ADC and use when jumps off to cancel her . If you root her, consider killing her, but ideally, focus on her ADC

♡ Mid game: Use to stop her when she jumps off. Side step her

♡ Late game: If she's paired with a hypercarry ADC, it's challenging. Otherwise, zone her ADC or carry with . If jumps off, coordinate with your team to focus her with CC and kill her. However, it's unlikely she jumps off at this stage. Focus on poking her carry down. If your team struggles with her shields, suggest they buy

♡ Zilean
♡ Very Hard

♡ 's main combo: > > > >

♡ Counter him by side stepping his first . Use if he commits to fighting

♡ Early game: He doesn't deal much damage, but his poke can be annoying. Try to dodge his and poke with . If he has , his poke will be annoying to deal with

♡ Mid game: Be cautious of . If you kill an enemy with it active and they're reviving, use on them to root them upon revival

♡ Late game: Stick with your team, keep them alive and healthy. Avoid s, don't get slowed or cc'd. Use and on the enemy being revived by for free heal and root

♡ Zyra
♡ Very Hard

♡ 's main combo: x2 > > > > aa >

♡ Counter her by walking over her plants to break them. Use to heal the damage she deals, and activate if two or more get caught in

♡ Early game: Break her plants and poke her when she approaches to use abilities. Her abilities are easier to dodge, but her plants are threatening. Safely aa the plants out of their range

♡ Mid game: Avoid getting caught by or her . Use to zone her off during fights

♡ Late game: Maintain the same strategy as in the mid-game. Avoid getting caught, keep your team alive during fights. Expect her to have or . Stay far from her abilities to prevent reduced self-healing from . Use when two or more allies get caught by

♡ Synergy

♡ ctrl + f to find a specific syngery!

♡ Not every synergy shown above will have a section in this chapter! Maybe sometime I'll get around to adding more to this chapter but as of now, now primary synergies have a section here.

♡ Aphelios
♡ Low

♡ is a powerful ADC, but his effectiveness can be inconsistent because he is frequently chosen by players who may not fully understand his complex kit, especially in lower elos

♡ Playing alongside a proficient player can significantly tilt the odds in your favor. Play around when he wants to fight and enable his carry potential by healing and peeling for him.

♡ Ashe
♡ Ideal

♡ is a great lane partner for due to the synergy between her aa slows and 's 's slow. This combination allows for effective setup with and , and 's adds to the synergy

♡ Focus on enhancing 's performance during fights and stick with her throughout the game. Your role is to keep her alive and provide as much peel as possible, as her survival significantly impacts the outcome of fights

♡ Caitlyn
♡ Low

♡ works better with engage or hook champions due to her preference for stuns or roots

♡ The best you can do is support 's strong early game by poking enemies when safe, and prioritize keeping her alive during fights with heals and protection

♡ Draven
♡ Low

♡ excels in the early game, and our objective is to support him in cashing out. Soraka is in a weak spot damage wise right now so do the best you can to keep up with your and heal him

♡ The more fed becomes, the better it is for the game overall.

♡ While he typically prefers tank supports or high damage supports, we can stay alive through heals and careful positioning until it's time to engage

♡ As the game progresses, continue to back up your in securing kills and gold. While allowing him some solo XP can be beneficial, it's generally best to stay nearby to provide assistance in case of a dive or skirmish

♡ Please avoid intentionally taking kills from . It's frustrating for him as his champion relies on kills from his passive , and we don't benefit much from them. While there may be situations where securing kills is necessary, it's annoying to play with supports who use that as an excuse to steal kills. This can be applied to any ADC, but since thrives off of kills for his cash out, I wanted to note it here. players also tilt really hard if even a single kill is taken and might throw the game or straight up afk.

♡ Ezreal
♡ Low

♡ and have bad synergy right now. However, if you know how to play your champ effectively, you can help him scale into the late game.

♡ is a strong pick against hook/engage supports due to his , but if he uses it to escape, avoid walking up since you may be left vulnerable to poke or death. No need to take unnecessary risks.

♡ Jhin
♡ Low

♡ is a fantastic ADC but doesn't provide much synergy. Jhin benefits from supports with lockdown or movement speed buffs. While we can help with movement speed, there isn't much more we can do. Focus on winning the lane and scaling to late game

♡ When with , play aggressively in lane to enable his free farming and capitalize on his early-game damage

♡ Jinx
♡ Strong

♡ is a hypercarry ADC, but we aren't a good fit for her kit. She wants , , or , and we aren't any of them

♡ Scaling in league right now is really strong and is one the best scalers in the game. Play out the game as much as you can and once hits 4 items, you should be set to win fights with her.

♡ If you keep her alive long enough to scale to late game, you can still do a lot for her just by keeping her alive during fights

♡ Kai'sa
♡ None

♡ Kai'sa benefits from engage or hook supports due to her unique kit. Our role is primarily to keep her alive. She's played as a hybrid APC/ADC or even lethality. It’s really hard to tell what she will build until you see the components.

♡ is a strong late-game ADC, and our main contribution is keeping her alive and providing buffs to support her

♡ I usually just dodge if I get a Kai’sa. I haven’t played with a good Kai’sa player since her release and especially in lower elos, she will just randomly get picked by players who don’t understand her kit or how her damage works. They just see that she has a high winrate in higher elos and think they can win off that alone.

♡ Kalista
♡ None

♡ has a strong early game, but her late game isn't as clear to me. I believe she may benefit from , but I haven't played with a since Season 9, so I'm not certain. All I know is she loves engage/hook for her and we are neither of those.

♡ Karthus
♡ Medium

♡ isn’t as strong as he used to be as an APC. Play lane out slowly and let him farm up to get his items for teamfights later in the game.

♡ Stack your abilities with his or use them to zone enemies into his damage

♡ Kog'Maw
♡ Low

♡ can be fun to play with but similarly to , we just don't have the utility to maximize his strengths other than the ability to keep him alive

♡ Lucian
♡ Ok

♡ If you're going to play an enchanter with , it's better to choose .

♡ When you find yourself playing with , use your 's root or heal him to trigger his . His early-game damage allows for effective poking

♡ Miss Fortune
♡ Strong

♡ is a strong ADC overall with high damage output. We can boost her damage output with our in lane and during fights

♡ In late-game fights, prioritize keeping alive, as her survival will win you fights

♡ Nilah
♡ Strong

♡ She is stronger in the late game than early, but you can still get kills early with her unpredictable damage. Keep her alive until late game and she'll win you the game. That's all I know about her, not super familiar with her still

♡ Stay with her so she can get more value out of her , as it won’t proc when she’s alone. You both receive her XP buff so you should stay regardless to help you get your levels sooner

♡ If she dashes in and gets in a tough spot, linger near her so she can use her to dash to you and get to safety

♡ Samira
♡ None

♡ She thrives with engage/hook supports. Everything else is very ehh. Keep her alive during fights to win the game. That's it.

♡ Senna
♡ Strong

♡ is the best scaler () in the game and you're the best healer late game. Keep her alive until she scales and you win the game for free.

♡ Keep her alive during lane phase and prioritize letting her stack. If she autos the enemy, slow them with [[starcall] so she can get her follow-up auto off

♡ Seraphine
♡ None

♡ I have a strong bias against this champion, finding her playstyle and player base annoying

♡ If playing with , keep her alive until mid-late game. Her shines in team fights, and we can assist by sustaining the team and providing buffs

♡ Right now, she is played as an APC/support hybrid so she can help you keep team alive during the late game

♡ Sivir
♡ Ok

♡ benefits from movement speed buffs, which we can provide through empowered . Our primary role is to keep her alive during fights. Her offers a significant movement speed buff to allies, aiding us in assisting low-health teammates with

♡ She is a really strong scaler, however she wants to play lane extremely safely to enable her to scale. Push waves with her when she asks but otherwise let her manage wave control completely and keep her alive as much as possible

♡ Smolder
♡ Ok

♡ I’m gonna say it. I do not like playing with this champion. I love scaling champions but even after Smolder has scaled into his execute and high damage, his champion is just extremely inconsistent. Not sure if it’s the player base or his champion but it’s so hard to play around him.

♡ Just keep him alive during lane phase and let him farm up. Play around your team when he is farming and scaling. Once he scaled, stay with him at all times to keep him alive during fights

♡ Swain
♡ Ok

♡ Keep alive during fights, especially during his , and you should win fights pretty easily. That's about it

♡ During lane phase, you can both abuse your poke power and hopefully score some kills. is also very tanky during lane phase so it’s easy to stay alive during all-ins

♡ Tristana
♡ Low

♡ Like , she likes engage and hooks. We help her by keeping her alive. Not much else to say here

♡ When she goes in, even if you’re too far to help, start walking up to use abilities from max range. If you’re close enough, drop behind her target to root them in place and slow them with

♡ Twitch
♡ Ok

♡ is my favorite ADC of all time to play with, especially with his preferred supports. While isn't exactly preferred, we still benefit him greatly and complement his kit

♡ Stack on top of his to maximize damage output and his stacks

♡ Avoid healing him while he is in his if you have because it will reveal his position. Try to bait the enemy laners when is invis

♡ If isn’t in lane with you, you can bait enemies by walking up. Play mind games, they may assume is near when you walk up. They may call your bluff and all-in you so maintain safe distance while walking up or walk with sporadic movements to throw them off

♡ Varus
♡ Strong

♡ Varus has strong poke during lane and he has heal cut in his which also slows enemies. Stack your and to get big poke off. Not sure what else he does

♡ Veigar
♡ Ideal

♡ is an incredibly strong scaler and when he is your APC, you can enable him to scale even harder by keeping him alive during lane and helping with poke. It’s fairly straight-forward.

♡ Vayne
♡ Ideal

♡ is the best hypercarry ADC for to support. We keep her alive in fights and use to prolong stuns when she s enemies against walls

♡ excels against high maximum health enemies with her true damage built into her kit

♡ Xayah
♡ None

♡ Xayah is a strong auto attacker. Just enable her damage, keep her alive, and that's about it. I don't see Xayah's too often anymore sadly, she's a fun ADC to lane with

♡ is weak right now so it’s likely just a dodge angle unless you’re duo queuing with a player

♡ Yasuo
♡ Ideal

♡ Yasuo ADC wants engage, hook, or a knock-up. But for enchanters, we help him so much. He struggles with getting poked in lane by the enemy ADC but we can help him stay alive to farm and trade. His windwall keeps both you and himself safe. Even though we don't have knock-up, we can try to root with to help him land his

♡ As long as you keep him alive, he will scale really hard and 1v9 eventually

♡ Zeri
♡ Low

♡ Another case of good ADC, bad synergy. She wants , , or . Keep her alive in lane and poke the enemies down. Get her to late game and she should outscale the enemy ADC

♡ Ziggs
♡ Ok

♡ Not a fan of with support, but we can assist him in poking during the lane phase. If the lane is safe, aim to push waves and take the first tower with his

♡ In the late game, prioritize buffing your team and ensuring their survival. Ziggs isn't a traditional ADC, so you don't need to focus too much on buffing him with empowered , unless you bought him a

♡ Early/Mid Game

♡ WIP ♡ | ♡ Warding Quick Jump: Blue Side | Red Side

Early/Mid Tips

♡ Poke enemy ADC and support to build your support item

♡ Ping when your laners are missing or roaming

♡ Switch to after completing your world's atlas ward item

♡ Buy and replace s regularly, change their placements so they aren't predictable

♡ Keep your ADC healthy during lane phase

♡ Stay near mid lane post-lane phase for objective control

♡ Maintain high map vision and ask for jungle help for deep wards

♡ Ping frequently when enemies go missing

♡ Right now for season 14, the current meta for supports is to roam around the 4:40 mark for voidgrubs. I try to wait for enough gold to either buy full or with x2 control wards. Ping and tell your jungler and mid/top to go for grubs. Help them set up in case a fight breaks out. Once your team has either secured voidgrubs or failed, they go on a 5 minute respawn timer. Same as before, roam for grubs before they spawn and help with getting vision down and fighting for them.

Warding Early

Warding Tips

♡ When using runes like and , make sure you're fully utilizing them. Leave wards to expire for in safe spots where they won't get swept out and once you have s on the map, wards like normal. With , all you have to contribute is at least 1 auto attack or be the one sweeping the wards.

♡ When sweeping, let your ADC or nearest ally last hit any wards so you both split the money earned. Don't do this with wards or Blue Wards since the money can't be split and your primary income is wards.

♡ Ping as soon as you see a ward dropped for the money and to give your team intel on where the enemy has vision

♡ When behind, other wards can go depending on the game state. Ask yourself these questions:

1.) Is dragon coming up soon or is it already up? Ward Dragon pit.

2.) Did you just see the enemy jungler top side, mid, or is/was backing? Ward any deep bush in their jungle.

3.) Bot lane just got ganked? Back and place a ward anywhere around mid lane/jungle for your mid laner and jungler.

♡ When behind, you need to be worring about where the enemy team is at all times. Bot lane is notorious for being camped, dived under tower, etc. Sending all 5 enemy team down there to punish you and your adc for being behind. To alletivate this, ask yourself these questions:

1.) Where was the jungle,mid,top last seen? Is it safe to ward right now? If you can see top in their lane, mid in their lane, and know where the enemy jungler is, you can safely ward river

1a.) If you don't know where anyone is or you can't make an accurate assumption, just hold on to your wards until you know. You can drop wards close by in your own jungle if you want, but try to save them for when you know where the enemy team is

2.) Are there any objectives coming up that you can help with? Consider this carefully, if you can leave your ADC alone to farm safely, then go ward the objective in question. If your ADC needs you or doesn't want to be solo, just ward the regular spots

3.) Are you getting tower dived? Start warding your jungle to catch the enemy team's roams or ganks before they happen

4.) Walking back from lane, are there any spots that looks dark on the minimap? The answer should always be yes. Path towards mid-top or mid-bot and get vision down where you can

5.) Remember to always have at least 1 down and 1 in your inventory at minimum. They're 75g, you have 0 excuse not to have one down or on-hand (unless you are full build and have no more room for one)

Warding Blue Side Early Game

♡ When you're ahead in lane or going even but you think you'll win, your map should either be looking like this:

♡ If you're losing lane, even, or getting ganked a lot, your map should look like this:

Warding Blue Side Mid Game

♡ While playing in the mid-game, you can focus on objectives easily since you have access to both top and bot through mid. You'll be primarily focused on warding objectives at this stage

♡ Wards that show as 50% opacity can be considered "Temporary Wards", meaning you can get vision in those spots and have the wards replaced on your next rotate or back

♡ You can use this to help when warding Mid-Bot:

♡ You can use this to help when warding Mid-Top:

Warding Red Side Early Game

♡ When you're ahead in lane or going even but you think you'll win, your map should either be looking like this:

♡ If you're losing lane, even, or getting ganked a lot, your map should look like this:

Warding Red Side Mid Game

♡ While playing in the mid-game, you can focus on objectives easily since you have access to both top and bot through mid. You'll be primarily focused on warding objectives at this stage

♡ Wards that show as 50% opacity can be considered "Temporary Wards", meaning you can get vision in those spots and have the wards replaced on your next rotate or back

♡ You can use this to help when warding Mid-Bot:

♡ You can use this to help when warding Mid-Top:

♡ Late Game

♡ WIP ♡ | ♡ Warding Quick Jump: Blue Side | Red Side

♡ Stay with your team as much as possible, you should never be solo at this point

♡ You no longer have to use your ult sparingly since your cooldowns are shorter, but you should still be mindful about when you're using it

♡ Keep at least 1 on the map at all times, preferrably on objectives

♡ If losing, clear out enemywards in your jungle safely and place down wards where they're useful

♡ If winning, drop wards into their jungle safely and clear out enemy wards when you can

♡ Chemtech soul is really, really big for you so fight tooth and nail to get it when it's in your game. Cloud soul is fun for free sprints after ult, Mountain soul makes you slightly harder to kill with it's shield and passive armor/mr, Ocean soul keeps you alive longer with health regen and you get free mana regen which rocks if you're an ability spammer, Infernal soul is fantastic for your carries but you don't do too much with it, and Hextech soul is even better for specifically your ADC with it's slow on autos/abilities and attack speed. Every soul is valuable and each importance really depends on the team you have, but I always prioritize Chemtech soul over every other soul on .

♡ If you have a long enough game where you're full build, you can opt for selling your to buy an extra item but don't sell your support item. Wards are way too valuable to just give up for an extra legendary item.

Warding Blue Side Late Game

♡ You can use this to help when warding Dragon-Pit:

♡ You can use this to help when warding Baron-Pit:

♡ Playing from Blue Side, your jungle and the enemies jungle can be warded like these,
♡ Ally Jungle:

♡ Enemy jungle:

♡ If you're losing, you can ward your base like this (If you have an open Nexus, having a can catch invisible champions trying to backdoor):

♡ If your're winning, you can ward the enemies base like:

♡ If you ever find yourself top side because of roaming or objectives, you can ward top side like this:

♡ You can use this map for general good ward spots:

Warding Red Side Late Game

♡ You can use this to help when warding Dragon-Pit:

♡ You can use this to help when warding Baron-Pit:

♡ Playing from Red Side, your jungle and the enemies jungle can be warded like these,
♡ Ally Jungle:

♡ Enemy jungle:

♡ If you're losing, you can ward your base like this (If you have an open Nexus, having a can catch invisible champions trying to backdoor):

♡ If your're winning, you can ward the enemies base like:

♡ If you ever find yourself top side because of roaming or objectives, you can ward top side like this:

♡ You can use this map for general good ward spots:

♡ Rotating Game Mode Builds

♡ Current game mode: Arena ♡

♡ Items

♡ Note: This tier list is outdated, Mythical = Gamba Anvil.
♡ Augments are in no particular order. You may find some augments work better for you than others, so experiemnt with different augments and items!

♡ Prismatic Items

♡ Note: Crown is back in Arena and it's a very strong item on . Additionally, a new item exclusive to Arena was released called Empyrean Promise. This item is a fantastic pickup on Soraka. Crown is a great option for it's base stats and passive, which remains unchanged (blocking incoming damage) while Empyrean Promise gives an outstanding +18% Heal/Shield power and on active, teleports you to your ally and grants you both a shield on arrival. It can be activated while your ally is dead as well. Both items, in my opinion, are extremely valuable items to roll for.

♡ Again, items are not listed in any particular order!

♡ Patch Notes

♡ WIP ♡

~~♡ Last Patch: 14.8~~

♡ Current Patch: 14.9

♡ Full patch notes can be viewed here: https://www.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/news/game-updates/patch-14-9-notes/

♥ Blitzcrank

♥ Shield Duration 10 seconds -> 4 Seconds

♥ Initial movement speed 70/75/80/85/90% -> 60/65/70/75/80%

♥ Pyke

♥

♡ Mana cost: 50 -> 65

♡ Cooldown: 12/11/10/9/8 -> 14/13/12/11/10

♥ Karma

♥ slow 35% > 40%

♥

♡ AoE Shielding on Secondary Targets: 90% extra shield -> 100% extra shield

♡ AoE Movement Speed: 12% -> 15%

♥ Seraphine

♥ Damage 60/85/110/135/160 (+50% AP) -> 60/85/110/135/160 (+60% AP)

♥ Janna

♥ damage 55/90/125/160/195 (+60% AP)(+30% bonus movement speed) -> 55/85/115/145/175 (+50% AP)(+30% bonus movement speed)

♥ Shield 80/115/150/185/220 (+55% AP) -> 80/120/160/200/240 (+55% AP)

♡ Change Logs

♡ Updated for patch 14.9 + Arena updates! ty for 80k views ♡♡♡

♡ Patch 14.8 updates!!

♡ Thank you for 60k views!!! Updated for patch 14.7 ♡

♡ Forgot to note that the guide has been updated for patch 14.6! Also, 53k views! I know I say it a lot but truly, thank you all fo reading my guide!

♡ 03/11/2024 THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHOS HAS READ OR LIKED MY GUIDE!!!! I won an honorable mention in the MOBAFire Season 14 Guide Contest in the Support category. I never thought my guide would've attracted that much attention but I'm so grateful for all of you. Also, happy 40k views!

♡ 03/06/2024 Updated for patch 14.5!

♡ 02/22/2024 Updated for patch 14.4! Also updated rune pages and moved match-up recommended runes and itemization to the top of the guide page. You can find them under "threats"! Ward Maps are up now! You can find them in the Early/Mid Game and Late Game chapters. QUick Jumps are at the top of the chapters!

♡ 02/16/2024 Thank you everyone for your patience! I finally have the guide fully updated and I'll keep it updated now. It took way longer than I'd like but at least it's done. Thank you for 30k views by the way!? I didn't expect to see that many views on this guide so thank you all!!

♡ 01/10/2024 Happy new years Raka players! Whew. It's been a while. Updating my guide to be ready for the new season took some time but here it is! I plan to keep up more and update as much as I can but I can't promise I'll keep it updated 24/7. Good luck with your placements everyone and I'll see you on the rift!!

♡ 11/26/2023 ahhhh work has been keeping me busy lately ;_; patch 13.23 updates now live!

♡ 11/11/2023 Patch 13.22 updates! Sorry for being late

♡ 11/4/2023 WIP chapter out for Nexus Blitz! Still needs some work especially with the event and gameplay portions. And the runes + items could use some work. Yeeeeesh. Hopefully you still find it useful for the current event!! ^^;

♡ 10/25/2023 Going through some tough times at the moment so I will try to keep this guide updated as much as possible! Just fixed stuff in the Runes chapter and updated patch notes for 20.21 this time

♡ 10/13/2023 Updates runes, scorch is now listed as optional

♡ 10/11/2023 Patch 13.20 updates! No changes to the actual guide portion this time

♡ 9/27/2023 - Happy Spooky Season! Updated runes again and updated patch notes for patch 13.19!

♡ 9/18/2023 - Updated chapter contents with colored text! Hopefully it makes viewing a bit easier ^^; Planning to start working on in-depth guides soon! Also fixed some minor mistakes here and there. Removed tanky build and toxic build. I want to focus on support builds only in this guide I've decided

♡ 9/13/2023 - Spent a few days reworking rune pages+chapter and updating some match-ups! (Braum very easy > easy | Pyke hard > very hard | Senna hard > medium | Seraphine very easy > easy and added a matchup page for Sera)

♡ 9/11/2023 - Updated guide for patch notes 13.18

♡ 9/4/2023 - Moved Pyke from medium to hard matchup

♡ 9/1/2023 - Guide is ready for upload! Started writing the whole thing on 8/24/2023!

♡ Future Changes

♡ Planned to move recommended runes + items in matchups to threats notes. Also planned to move recommended items for synergies chapter to synergies notes

♡ Finish updating matchups + synergies chapter

♡ Finish in-depth guides for Early/Mid and Late game guides

♡ Add gifs for abilities

♡ ~~Add ward placement pictures for visual references~~

♡ ~~Color coordinate underlined items, runes, and champions. (e.g. make guardian from pink text to green!)~~

♡ ~~Add recommended items and runes for specific matchups (instead of just primary rune and starting item suggestions) and for synergies~~

[14.12] For Peace Of Mind ♡ | In-Depth Soraka Support Guide FULL UPDATE COMING SOON!

[14.12] For Peace Of Mind ♡ | In-Depth Soraka Support Guide FULL UPDATE COMING SOON!

Choose Champion Build:

Recommended Items

Runes: ♡ Aery Standard

Spells:

Flash

Heal

Exhaust

Flash

Barrier

Flash

Items

Ability Order ♡ Standard W Max

Salvation (PASSIVE)

Starcall (Q)

Astral Infusion (W)

Equinox (E)

Wish (R)

Salvation (PASSIVE)

Starcall (Q)

Astral Infusion (W)

Equinox (E)

Wish (R)

Threats & Synergies

Ezreal

Twitch

Zoe

Miss Fortune

Veigar

Swain

Teemo

Malphite

Hwei

Ashe

Anivia

Heimerdinger

Galio

Annie

Tahm Kench

Shen

Ziggs

Nautilus

Alistar

Xerath

Lux

Shaco

Thresh

Karma

Neeko

Sona

Maokai

Senna

Amumu

Leona

Pantheon

Rell

Nami

LeBlanc

Pyke

Rakan

Taric

Vel'Koz

Poppy

Brand

Zac

Braum

Yuumi

Camille

Milio

Bard

Morgana

Seraphine

Renata Glasc

Lulu

Janna

Blitzcrank

Zilean

Zyra

Sylas