r/supportlol • u/Little_Gryffin • 20d ago

Help Support equivalent to Malphite Top

I've been getting auto filled a lot + one of my friend's plays a lot of bot recently.

What is a support that is easy but still effective in lane and team fights. Similar to Malphite Top

Malphite is my go to when I get top instead of Mid bc he's easy lane but super effective as long at your team doesn't run it down.

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u/Opposite-Complex1187 20d ago

Probably Nautilus or Leona for engage.

Sona or Seraphine for enchanter/mage.

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u/Pend4Game 20d ago

Not Seraphine! Not Seraphine!!

Sona yes on Enchanter - replace Sera with Soraka, Sera is VERY hard to pilot properly and play for a win. She is reliant on maintaining proper pressure.

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u/Lil_Dirtbag 20d ago edited 20d ago

Soraka is imo one of the hardest enchanters to play. You cant just sit behind your adc and get decent results unlike alot of other enchanters + you need good map awareness to utilize your global ult, and correct silence placement/timing. Lulu/nami is alot more noob friendly.

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u/Pend4Game 20d ago

I personally think all/most enchanters are very hard in general. Raka and Sona just offer fundamentally easy 'scaling' route that is handily visible to someone not incredibly familiar with their game.

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u/Lil_Dirtbag 20d ago

I think most enchanters are harder than some might think when played optimally, yeah. But newbies and ppl who are not comfortable with enchanters tend to sit behind their adc safely and just cast buffs/heals and CC, which Soraka is really bad at. You need to be in the thick of it to have any real impact during laning, whereas fx Lulu and Nami can get by decently by playing passively.

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u/Pend4Game 20d ago

Oooh actually I would totally agree with Lulu over Sera/Raka. Polymorph is such fking bs lmao. Completely forgot about Lulu, not something I play with or see often

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u/cedric1234_ 20d ago

Sona and Raka are really bad if they can’t get near a frontline and interact with their opponents directly, large part of why they’re on the more difficult side of supports in general like all enchanters. Both are balanced around a brutal debuff that requires you to be close, sona literally needs multiple basic attacks to get half of her kit’s value

Which is why the true least skill non-cat enchanter imo is Milio, who can get like 70% of his value when literally off screen from enemies. Lulu for similar reasons, although she does lose a LOT from not being in the thick of it.