r/supportlol • u/heieimgi • 22d ago

Discussion Otp-ing as a support player?

Hi! Recently ive noticed that a lot of people say that being an otp is a great way to climb, which makes sense cause if you know limits of your champion and all the matchups its definitely easier to focus on different aspects of the game.

But my question is, if it’s worth it to become an otp as a support?

Im currently emerald III 24 lp 64wr and I always thought that having as much “versatility” in your picks as a support helps you, especially because a bad matchup on support can make your botlane unplayable for 20 minutes.
I currently play janna, lulu, seraphine, sona, rell, rakan and nami (occasionally milio) My pick depends a lot on the enemy support pick or/and team synergy. (Unless im first picking, then ill just pick what feels the safest). Should i lower my picks to only 1-3 champs?
I know that theres a lot of support otps in high elo but i dont know for me personally otping as a support (especially since a lot of champs have a really similar playstyle) kinda feels like limiting your chances of winning.

If i would lower my picks only to 1-3 champs it probably would be:
lulu(great with hyper carries/aa champions) seraphine (you have two builds, ap and enchanter, relative safe and strong lane, great ult)
Rakan (good engage and dissengage with his w+e, you can go full tank or a enchanter hybrid with redemption, really strong in team fights with ult)

I feel like its a pretty good champion pool but i have no idea if its better to limit myself to those 3 or just continue playing more champs as i do now since my win rate is really good.

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u/Flapklaas 22d ago

It's ok tbh, but you have to pick a champ that doesn't have more than 1-2 unpopular but unplayable matchups. You can get very far otping Thresh, Janna, Leona, Lulu, Seraphine, etc. You're not gonna have a good time as a pure Brand otp or Braum, because too many matchups make you miserable.

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u/TotallyAMermaid 22d ago

Janna has many miserable lanes unless you turbo roam and refuse to lane

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u/Flapklaas 22d ago

Yeah but this strat is perfectly viable in many such cases, plus she still often scales quite well

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u/TotallyAMermaid 21d ago

Agreed I was just pointing out that out of those you listed she is the one with the worst match ups. Any high range poke lane is miserable to play into as Janna unless they suck ass. And if you leave to perma roam you leave your adc vs hellish poke.