Support = Strategist: Vision Routes & Shotcalling

I stopped calling support “easy” the night a single pink at river pixel saved our Baron at 23:41. We were down a dragon, chat was grumpy, and I could feel the flip coming. One ward. One ping. They face-checked, we turned, game swung. That’s when it clicked: my job isn’t cosmetics—it’s tempo in LOL.

Vision routes that actually win fights

I don’t scatter wards; I draw a path. If my jungler starts top, I breadcrumb tri → river bush → pixel → Herald. When the plan shifts to drake, I pull the line to bot river bend and the jungle mouth we always fight through.

Before Baron, I walk in with two Control Wards and an exit idea: sweep → place → leave, then drop one “reset” ward behind pit in case it turns scrappy.

Tiny habits that add up

• After every recall: fix vision first, lane second.
• One deep info ward; one safe reset ward.
• If they clear my ward, I don’t coin-flip—re-route and bait the same choke a minute later.

Trying different supports changed how I see fog. Thresh taught angles, Bard taught timing, Nami taught spacing. Unlocking a couple with LOL RP I chose to buy RP for wasn’t collecting; it was homework.

Shotcalling without speeches

Leading as support is like herding four captains. Fine. You’ve got the info.

Jungler shows bot while top is shoving? Two pings: Baron now.

Enemy ADC burns Flash mid? Count three, take river, re-engage on the next wave.

Calm beats loud. Timing beats volume.

Three rules I don’t break

We see them first → fight.

They see us first → wait.

We lost vision → reset.

Those three lines have saved more LP than any montage.

The mindset

Half the match I plan; half I fix mistakes—and weirdly, that’s the fun. When I need a fresh tool, I grab it from mas4games and go back to drawing better routes than yesterday.