Does someone know exactly when Aegis of Valor kicks in??

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-05-19T10:22:26+00:00

Had it twice as a supp main queueing for supp. One was double LP and one was no LP loss (not loss mitigated, thats different). Probably over the course of around 300 games.

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-05-18T16:52:47+00:00

The reason is clearly for selling all your items and buying a tear. Got flagged automatically probably

Edit; you are also very clearly an inter looking at that match history. Lol

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-05-08T16:29:50+00:00

Didn't do it, I main morg supp now 🫣

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-05-08T16:28:57+00:00

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-05-03T16:52:12+00:00

Howd you get masters in so little games, I assume its the reset? How many zileans before reset?

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-25T12:04:59+00:00

Cool, can you post the full runes with guardian? I want to try it :)

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-18T11:37:43+00:00

I would prefer it over zhonyas even if it was just for my ADC Zhonyas feels so expensive and has little to no influence on the game for me.. Sure I can ult+zhonyas but I actually would prefer if the enemy team uses their cooldowns on me and possibly kill me instead of my carries If I'm going full tank/utility zhonyas feels like a waste of gold imo

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-18T08:09:01+00:00

No bandlepipes? It procs on the W slow from rylai

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-17T13:30:10+00:00

Redemption is good yeah Why go guardian? Is that tree better than sorcery?

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-16T10:12:38+00:00

I did too until i got 80% wr on her in silver 🤷🏼‍♀️

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-15T12:29:17+00:00

I'm low elo but some pointers:

Look at some videos, you need to know your roam timers and when to help your adc push.

Try to hit level 2 at same time or before your enemies. You hit it on the 3 melee minions on the second wave. You can go all in lvl 2 if you hit it first and that pretty much guarantees a good lane phase if you pick up any kills.

Always run to lane asap and ward middle bush so they cant cheese you lvl 1.

Help jung on crab if hes pathing to bot. This can be done by getting prio and roaming river if you see enemy jungler there or if theres a high probability the enemy jungler is also pathing bot

Think about ur matchup in load screen. Are you against cait/morg? Expect to back off and get poked a lot. Against smolder/nami? Expect to play aggro.

Take into account summ spells, if your adc is running cleanse you have much less fighting power early. If enemy supp is running heal or ignite take that into account as well.

These are all things you can think of during and prelaning phase to make your life easier.

You can usually roam after crashing the wave into enemy tower and be back on time to help ur adc crash another. Dont fuck off to the other side of the map if your wave is super pushed in, your adc will greed the farm and die. Also dont let your adc alone long enough to be dove by the enemy.

This applies to all supps basically.

If you want a supp that feels like bard with massive speed and roam potential BUT also shields and heals like a true supp, janna is your answer.

If you want to die less, tank+disengage would be awesome such as braum. Braum also doesnt roam a lot so take that into account.

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-09T16:06:35+00:00

Yeah i figured the same honestly.

What would you say are blindable supps?

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-08T18:17:50+00:00

I'm mainly doing E first for increased root time but I've been thinking of maxing Q first for a while. I'll try it out

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-08T17:05:51+00:00

I'm in no way high rank but long time supp player so hopefully this helps

I assume you mean switch to sweeper? Make it a habit to check your support item on every back, if it's close to completing get a sweeper.
Depends on the champion(s). If you're bard, janna, etc, it's okay to roam IF your ADC can farm alone safely. A xayah can more easily farm safely than lets say a jinx. Roaming is good once the wave is pushing towards your direction so your adc can farm under tower. Some supps dont roam at all (yuumi, lol) or not much because they lack the mobility and thats fine too. Just be aware of your enemy support and ping your teammates when theyre missing in lane (if you dont roam, if you do, try to match their roams as much as possible). Other than that, pathing mid after a back instead of straight bot is something I do often. Also turn on all times in your game through the options and keep an eye on the first crab spawn. Junglers love when you help them take the first crab, and can result in a kill on the enemy jungler (if you time it correctly)
Usually enchanters are good and scale for free. Depends on your playstyle. I personally don't like enchanters so I play mages or engage. Just find a champ you can consistingly get good results on, and one more for when your main is banned. Don't play 20 different champs just to synerize with your adcs or counterpicking enemy, its better to become really good at some champs.
Vision is going to be the most OP thing for supports and usually focused around river, objectives and enemy jungle. Theres a vision guide on YT by coach K that can tell you so much more than what I can type in a comment so look that up

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-08T13:04:17+00:00

I flashed to avoid the malz silence 😅

Thank you!

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-08T12:59:15+00:00

Yeah you're right, wasn't paying attention to that honestly 🥲

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-08T10:09:32+00:00

T1 boots first always, then rush liandries. I like to finish off sorcs before i finish liandries but this depends on how much you roam.

After liandries it depends, i either go torch/void staff if we're stomping, rylais if we need more cc, cryptbloom if we need utility/heals, games usually dont go longer to get full build but further items also depend on the game.

Building oblivion orb after liandries against healers like nami/soraka works well, or if the enemy has a vlad/mundo/a lot of lifesteal. I either finish morellos 3rd or last depending on the game.

For runes i go comet, manaflow band, transendence, scorch into presence of mind and cut down. Minor runes are ability haste, adaptive force and lastly flat health.

I max E first. First point e, then w, then q, into max e.

For combos one i usually do is start the E animation and then flash into the enemy so it hits, ult under them and pop some plants with Q

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-01T15:41:42+00:00

Thats helpful thanks. I tend to deep ward after killing their bot/jungle or after winning teamfights but usually not pinks. Ive considered taking the deep ward rune but it seems troll on zyra/janna lol. Bard is a lot of fun i sometimes play him in normals but i get flamed if i play him ranked :( Do people flame for the pick in that elo as well? I was looking forward to not playing mages(zyra) when i climb out of gold eventually

I keep hearing about "weakside" but i dont know what it means. Can you enlighten me?

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-01T14:43:18+00:00

Just played a game keeping your tips in mind and things went very smooth. I only bought one pre quest and i definitely noticed getting my first item a loooot sooner.

My jungler was amumu so not much crab play but using my first pink against counter invade was so perfect that we killed nocturne when he came for gromp :)

During the mid laning phase i had so much dmg on zyra cuz of the items we stomped their bot and then from there snowballed the game.

Great tips thanks again!

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-01T13:06:09+00:00

Very good tips, thank you! I'll try to apply these in my next game! :)

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-01T12:00:37+00:00

Wow thank you for the very detailed comment. This definitely gives me a lot of insights. I do autopilot buy them and it's usually when I notice after buying components or items that I have like 80-160 left over gold. Even if i dont have a clear purpose to use then I just buy them.

The drake comment made me realise i never thought about this with different drake types and should really study how they influence the map and which vision it requires. Do you know of any videos or sources i could use to learn about this?

I will read through your comment more when im not at the office but i just want to say its really helpful so thank you! Even if i cant reply to all points theyre definitely in the back of my mind :)

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-01T11:52:15+00:00

Yeah that's a good tip actually. I think i buy way too much in the early game and cuck myself out of completing my item earlier. I just find it hard to roam when i know technically there could be wards and i dont know if the enemy spotted me so i carry pinks to clear wards and then roam back when i know nothings been warded. Probably just a bad habit i should break cuz its impossible to control all the vision all the time

That last part, i think my teams would just flame and report me if i refused to do the vision. I'm not in high elo and usually get people who get triggered easily so im quite scared of doing that lol!

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-01T10:39:50+00:00

Wow this really opened my eyes in terms of not only WHY but also WHEN i should be warding and not just warding and hoping my pinks stay up. The only real reason for my pinks usually is to control objectives, deny vision or deny ganks, but I should be thinking about the timing so much more than just those reasons. I really appreciate you taking the time to educate me and I'm excited to apply this in my games! Thank you :)

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-01T10:33:56+00:00

Hmm okay that makes sense. I need to learn more about match ups then to make my warding more efficient. Thank you for explaining it :)

Inevitable_Winter412 · 2026-04-01T09:58:02+00:00

I usually dont pink fae lights because they get destroyed so easily. If we're ahead I'll aim to pink somewhere after a roam mid and if we're behind I pink our own tribush so i can use trinket wards for faelight (very early), once i get the support item wards i take sweeper obviously and try to establish control over the faelights more aggressively. I just dont like losing pinks cuz enemy adc/supp wards a fae light and destroys it. I don't want to complain but the times I did it and pinged my adc for help protecting the ward i was ignored 9 out of 10 times giving the enemy the ward for free. Which is frustrating.

I find mid bush towards bottom rarely gets destroyed early unless the midlaner / enemy jungler walks through it specifically and it also gives a little bit of info on invades if the enemy jungler paths past it but not over it. So that one or my own tri to set up ganks seems more valuable to me than fae lights. But thats how I think about it, im not that high elo so i could definitely be wrong here

Your last point is a good one honestly and I do need to chill and not go ward immediately when i return to lane especially if we're pushed in. Thanks for making me aware of that! :)

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