Supports are one of the five primary roles in League of Legends. Just as their role indicates, their main goal is to help their AD Carry in laning phase. According to Xpecial (2012), there are two different types of Supports, passive and aggressive (p.1). A passive support is generally identified by their ability to sustain their laning partner, thus keeping him in lane. In contrast, an aggressive support has some form of crowd control to aid in killing the enemy laners. However, some supports have both sustainability and crowd control. An example of this would be Taric, the Gem Knight. Although Taric’s Q provides his AD Carry with sustain, he can also initiate with his E which stuns an enemy. Nonetheless, the support role isn’t simply defined by sustain or crowd control abilities. The support is the primary warder of the team; a warder places vision-giving wards. But, Kinesis (2013) states that warding may be done by everyone on the team (p.1). Therefore, it is concluded that supports may be distinguished as either passive or aggressive or even both and warding is another one of their primary jobs.
References:
1. Xpecial (2012, May 15). Support Role Overview. Message posted to http://www.solomid.net/guides.php?g=6097
2. Kinesis (2013, May 10). Why Gems Are Truly Outrageous. Message posted to http://www.mobafire.com/league-of-legends/build/taric-support-why-gems-are-truly-outrageous-march-update-243829#chapter8
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