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Bot Lane Combinations - Support and AD synergy

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Introduction

BOT LANE SYNERGY

Hey guys and welcome to my 6th guide. This is a completely different kind of guide for me, I have only written specific champion guides before this, but this guide is about the synergy of some AD carrys with some supports.

Up the top I have only included 5 of each as this is all that is possible. Others that I wasn't able to include are

Carry: , , , , , , , and .

Support: , , , , , , , , and .

The fact that I didn't mention them in the teams doesn't mean they are bad, and I will discuss some of their synergies further down, but above I have included some of the best situational combinations inside the team section at the top.

About This Guide

This guide is different to my other guides as it isn't about a specific champion, but rather the standard duo lane within ranked games and the current meta: Bot lane.

Bot lane typically features an AD Ranged Carry of whom farms and/or kills to enable strong late game damage and a support, who aids this. These champions should synergise well together for maximum effectiveness, and as such I will write about champion synergies that I have found in my ~800 ranked games and my ~1200 normal games.

This guide features what I deem to be the best synergy between a carry and a support for one reason or another, explained more below.

Layout Example (ADC + Support)

Credits will be given here to the @author, assuming it isn't written by me.

Explanation: This is where I explain what makes the combination good.
A picture of the AD carry will be to the left
and the support will be to the right.

Here, I include my rating for the particular combo regarding the:

damage factor
the safety factor
and the difficulty factor.

Build Note: I will explain any 'unusual' choices regarding runes/masteries/summoner spells/skill sequences.

Soon to come

This guide is back amongst my priorities after exams are finished, so I will add some more content to it soon.

Soon to come includes:

mentioning of atleast every champ listed above atleast once
counter section/how to play against

Furthermore, these builds aren't fully up to date, with dominating of late thanks to a buff, and enabling another AS item.

Lane Type

Breifly, before I start, I will state the types of lanes, and address them in each combination once I get around to it.

The main types of lanes are

Kill Lanes: Lanes that aim to catch or quickly burst down an opponent and aim just as much for kills as for farm for late game; Intent on shutting down opponents whilst becoming strong via kills.

Poke Lanes: Lanes with good range/harassing abilities that are aimed at slowly wearing down the opposition to make them go back and miss exp/gold or to eventually kill them; Intent as much on keeping opponents underleveled and having you stronger via farm and xp advantages.

Farm Lanes: Lanes intent on just farming and shrugging off/sustaining through damage dealt in hopes to outscale the opponents into the late game; Intent on 'surviving' lane phase and hoping to outscale the opponent so as to be stronger via certain abilities.

In general, but not all cases,
Kill Lanes > Farm Lanes = Kill them before they can farm
Poke Lanes > Kill Lanes = Poke down before engages so when they attempt to kill can be turned
Farm Lanes > Poke Lanes = Sustain through the poke and farm to outscale late game

However, some lanes will fall into multiple categories.

Balanced (Graves + Taric)

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Explanation: This is a very balanced lane combination as they have good defense, sustain and damage. can heal both of them with and both of them are quite tank already thanks to and .

also have quite good escapes through and . Unfortunantly, has no reliable escapes while is down, with the exception of to stun one person.

Due to this, it is a quite safe lane, but that said you still do have some kill potential.

, , , and in sequence is a very deadly burst that can burst down the enemy carry quite quickly, and so I personally find that this lane is very strong despite it's safety. Cast before for the extra damage.

The difficulty isn't too high as if you make a mistake, you should be strong and tanky enough to redeem it quite frequently.

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Damage: 7/10
Safety: 6/10
Difficulty: 4/10

Combo Kill Lane (Vayne + Blizcrank)

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Explanation: This is a very aggressive lane combination as both and have short range and is not a healing or shielding support. Due to this, they can quite easily get kited or poked down and forced out of lane, leaving them underlevelled.

However, they have amazing damage right from the start. If can land a into combo, can easily land a . They already have quite high damage and are able to regularly kill anyone they catch with this combo.

also have quite good escapes through and and has a speed buff in as well as a shield thanks to .

Due to this, the lane is fairly safe. You don't have sustain or any defensive buffs but you do have nice escape mechanisms.

However, this lane may be hard as you might get poked and forced out of lane. It is also very reliant of skillshots hitting.

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Damage: 10/10
Safety: 5/10
Difficulty: 7/10

Build Note: I take due to and the that I will purchase in the place of .

Passive Farmers (Ashe + Soraka)

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Explanation: This is a very passive lane combination as gains a lot of bonus gold while farming. augments the ease of farming by being able to heal and buff with and .

They have very little damage compared to other combinations and aren't likely to even try to fight as they are stronger late game than early game.

Neither has a reliable escape except , with the possible exception of the heals and buffs from .

Starting also aids in last hitting, which is your primary goal, but may leave you susceptible to ganks. Lane isn't difficult in that you just have to farm, but if you get engaged onto it may be hard.

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Damage: 3/10
Safety: 7/10
Difficulty: 6/10

Quick Kill Lane (Corki + Leona)

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Explanation: This is a very aggressive lane combination as well, as both and have shortish range and , like , is not a healing or shielding support.

However, they synergise very well, and after around lv 3, when they both have all their abilities, they are very strong. into while activates is very strong, especially if 's successfully procs all 3 stacks sequentially. Once they hit lv 6, adds some nice damage and is a very strong CC, enabling quite a few catch out kills.

also has good escapes through but doesn't have escapes besides and the armour/MR from . This build features with and , but if you use engaging a lot, take not .

Due to this, the lane is fairly safe for , but is quite hit or miss for . You don't have sustain, but some nice defensive buffs and damage will often win you engagements as long as you are careful.

It is a fairly hard lane because you need to work together and engage at the same time for the to be fully utilised, requiring good communication and good choices, but is a very strong lane when played right.

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Damage: 9/10
Safety: 5/10
Difficulty: 7/10

Build Note: I take / to strengthen my early game and save for escapes. If you don't, or you often run out of mana, I would suggest .

Counter Carry Poke Lane (Ezreal + Nunu)

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Explanation: This is a very safe lane combination. isn't able to sustain , but he can still keep him safe. can kite quite well with and farm while staying out of range.

However, they are actually able to win straight out fights due to their utility. can , giving attack speed and reducing the opponent's attack speed. can add to this by lowering their attack speed and move speed with and increase both of their attack speed and move speed with . This reduces their damage significantly and increases your attack speed too, giving you a nice advantage.

You also have a lot of escapes, the aforementioned for both people, as well as to heal while running for and for to escape.

Due to this, the lane is very safe.

The lane isn't that hard either, as just has point and click abilities, and goes through creeps without affecting it.

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Damage: 6/10
Safety: 10/10
Difficulty: 5/10

Build Note: I take first on support to aid the jungler in quickly acquiring a buff, as is actually stronger than at lv 1.

Build Note: I take / to strengthen my early game and save for escapes. If you don't, or you often run out of mana, I would suggest .

The recent patch has made 's w less useful and as such it may be better to max for more poke.

The 5 Combinations

This is the 5 above combinations detailed, but I will go over a few more in minor detail, and then will go over a few other noteworthy combinations from the champions included in the Introduction.

and : synergises well as has a lot of burst and can pull them in resulting in a similar play to , just with less CC

and : Synergise thanks to and combining well.

and : Similar to but doesn't synergise quite as well because is repetitively proced by

and : ensures can spam to farm and to poke the enemy carry.

Shutdown Lane (Caitlyn + Sona)

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Explanation: Very strong early. Has good sustain but even better poke. and is very strong burst and also get a boost from the AD boost. Can be very good to shutdown a kill lane without sustain, but must be carefully played.

However, they also have very nice escape mechanisms thanks to and .

Due to this, the lane is fairly safe. You have as well as some nice escape mechanisms.

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Damage: 5/10
Safety: 8/10
Difficulty: 4/10

has been nerfed quite hard and makes it qutie hard to stay alive but she is still really good if played well.

Poke to Death (Varus + Nidalee)

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Explanation: This is a poke heavy lane. can use whilst can cast to make it even stronger.

If can apply a few stacks of first, it becomes even stronger, and might snag a long distance kill without the other person realising that it would.

also have quite good escapes. and can make her so fast and that she can outrun pursuer. also adds a reduction of mobility and power to the combination, as does .

Due to this, the lane is fairly safe. You have a heal, long range and also have nice escape mechanisms.

It isn't a difficult combination, but does rely on and hitting.

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Damage: 6/10
Safety: 4/10
Difficulty: 6/10

First Blood Approaches (Draven + Alistar)

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Explanation: This is a damage heavy lane. is so strong at level 1, with and

can hit and while shreds their health.

They also have good escapes thanks to and being able to to a creep as well as removing all CC effects and tanking him up. also has and to stop pursuers.

Due to this, the lane is fairly safe, and on top of this you have an AoE sustain thanks to .

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Damage: 9/10
Safety: 5/10
Difficulty: 6/10

Uber Lock-on Poke (Urgot + Janna)

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Explanation: This is a heavy poke lane. is able to poke enormously if he hits his . will lock on and scales very well with bonus damage. This is where comes in. will significantly increase the damage of , and with , and , the opponents will be very slow, allowing for potential long range kills.

A funny wombo combo is very hard to pull off, but can use hyper-kinetic position reverse and then can use to put the enemy carry under turret and knock away their support, potentially giving an easy kill.

Escapewise, they are decent. , , , , and are all abilities useful while escaping, and they just have long range in general.

Due to this, the lane is fairly safe and also offers a lot of long ranged poke, meaning it fairs great vsing a non-sustaining lane.

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Damage: 7/10
Safety: 6/10
Difficulty: 5/10

Yordle Power (Tristana + Lulu)

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Explanation: This is another heavy poke lane, but with higher burst and less range. starts with average distance, but it gets higher thanks to . active can half any healing and synergises quite strongly with and , offering a lot of free magic damage.

and can slow targets significantly, offers a lot of early damage and utility and and can be used to defend either of you.

Escapewise, , , , and are all useful and makes this lane have extremely good escape mechanisms, able to escape from a lot of situations.

As such, you aren't likely to die and with your strong poke and burst, you can often obtain kills or force the opponents out of lane, especially against a non-sustain support.

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Damage: 7/10
Safety: 6/10
Difficulty: 3/10

Unfair Fighters (Corki + Taric)

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Explanation: This lane is quite underused, atleast from my personal experience. has amazing burst as good escapes and is well known for being a strong all round support, with heals, damage and auras. A burst from , , , , and is very strong and can catch someone off guard.

But this is not their main strength, it comes from the ability to make their opponents unable to trade well at all. should max first to buff their armour, and to shred their opponents armour, meaning that any engagement quickly can turn unfavourable for opponents.

also has great escapes through and can stun one person with to aid their escape, and as such the lane is reasonably safe.

This lane also really isn't too difficult at all. You just require to utilise your buffs/debuffs during trades and it will become increasingly harder for your opponents to trade, especially if they lack the sustain of . The combo does require some co-ordination, but once has landed, it is easy enough to hit it all.

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Damage: 7/10
Safety: 7/10
Difficulty: 5/10

Ahh, Monsters (Kog'maw + Nunu)

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Explanation: This is a very vicious lane, and well played, very hard to even touch. , through has unmatchable range and significant damage. serves to improve this, giving free movespeed and attack speed, allowing easy kiting. Not only do they synergise well here, but and can make it impossible for the enemy to counterattack. makes you attack even faster, and can leave enemies trapped, dieing quickly. If they do escape, a can be used to hopefully snag the kill.

This lane isn't too safe though. Despite the range of and peeling capabilities of , does often pursue to harass and he has no reliable escapes without and .

This makes the lane difficult, but both of these champions scale extremely well to late game so it becomes even stronger. If played well, this lane is almost impossible to touch, but does require constant warding and large amounts of map awareness. If played badly however, can easily result in a fed enemy carry.

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Damage: 8/10
Safety: 3/10
Difficulty: 10/10

Bloodlust (Tristana + Taric)

This Section is written by Xenotechie- Check out his Taric guide

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Explanation: Great for getting early kills. As soon as she gets her and , the lane can pretty much go in for a kill. initiates with and while is getting off as much damage as possible via autoattacks. As soon as the stun ends, should land her and , then both of the laners should try to finish off what's left of the carry, possibly with . Level 3 gives even more power with , and at level 6, should be able to kill most carries with relative ease. Of course, can always initiate with .

The weakness of this lane is it's difficulty. A poorly-executed combo will, at the very least, cost a LOT of mana, and at worst, end up in a double kill. This requires a lot of coordination between the laners.

Safety of this lane is very strong, with having a fantastic escape and having a stun and an armor aura. This is true until a kill-combo is started, in which case only the armor aura remains.

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Damage: 8/10
Safety: 6/10
Difficulty: 7/10

Unstoppable (Graves + Soraka)

This Section is written by Xenotechie- Check out his Taric guide

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Explanation: This is widely considered by the community to be THE farming lane, and it's easy to see why. is the queen of sustain, and is known for being good in every stage of the game. The fact that this lane is so tanky due to and means that stopping him form farming is near impssible and as such he becomes very strong late game. Buckshot is also a very effective farming tool under turret and a great harassing skillshot, thanks to .

Though, this been said, he also has two great escape abilities in the form of and , as well as 's burst heals.

This lane also really isn't very difficult at all. Your laners just have to last hit, heal if needed, spam and and escape with your great abilities if neccessary.

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Damage: 6/10
Safety: 8/10
Difficulty: 2/10

Da Splitpush too stronk (Caitlyn + Zyra)

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Explanation: and both have immense attack range and early game damage. They are also great at pushing, and furthermore each have built in wards. You see where this is going? and deadly bloom effectively offers 5 free wards (albeit only if stepped on) and they have the potential to force people without much sustain out of lane reguarly.

Due to this, they can continue to push lane with thorn spitters and and can push down turrets very fast.

also has great escape abilities in the form of and , however is fairly easy to catch and can only stop them with unless she wants to use her long cooldown ult to escape.

This lane also really isn't very difficult at all. You just need to poke them and farm whilst using your warding abilities, coupled with wards, to remain safe from enemy ganks.

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Damage: 6/10
Safety: 8/10
Difficulty: 2/10

Summary

These are the main combinations I use and the ones I have found the most useful. If people post in the comments, I will add others... especially regarding the other champions that were listed in the introduction as I don't play all of them very often.

Also, offer your reasoning for a new combination that I haven't listed and I will attribute the chapter to you, stating it is your work and giving you the credits.

Also leave any feedback and I will do my best to adapt this guide and have it as a useful resource for anyone looking for an effective combination.

Cheers guys
-Jayzorz