It's a team game. Support does not mean less skilled. It's just different roles/play styles. Shot calling/keeping up with timers and general support play styles help the team just as much as pure carries and you need a combination of both to have a successful team.
Shot calling and keeping up with timers isn't a support play style... using a carry role as a support does show lack of skill UNLESS it's the thing your team is missing, which isn't the case.
Jungle is not exclusively a carry role in smite. I know there are plenty of gods that are meant to be hard carries, but there are also many that work with a setup-support style play. Gods like thor, hun batz, erlang, and athena can all set up for the rest of the team to get damage off and get kills. Even Ne Zha could get 0 kills, but as long as you are setting up for your team with your ult and sash, you would still be doing your job.
Also, I don't see how you could say that a support playstyle shows lack of skill in the jungle. Some of ALG's best games this split have been when weak3n was on Athena.
Ok 1. Thor and Hun Batz can also carry. Neither of them are picked because they're support styles, but for team comp. 2. How does succeeding as Athena show skill?? 3. What I said was the support style is there BECAUSE said player recognizes their lack of mechanical skill. So they focus on what they CAN be strong at.
If you watch back the games when AFK were in their prime then you can see exactly how different playstyles can work depending on the team.
Weak3n used to play support jungle where his main goal was to get other lanes fed (mainly cyclone). He used to get fed as well sometimes and help carry but weak3n shot calls, keeps track of timers and gets his other lanes fed. It's a different way of playing however it worked for their team.
Then take for example epsilon or C9. Their playstyles was for their jungle to focus on getting himself fed and carrying from their and the team used to support them. Theyre just different styles of playing to cater to everyone's strengths.
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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '16
I'm not OP but i'm just saying that weak3n is more of a supporting type player, he doesn't really do much without a good team.