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Oracle, Lich, Omniknight, Warlock, Witch Doctor and Treant.
You may ask why only these few: it's because they are having really good spells that are good the entire game over. Sure, you can pick shadow shaman all day long and lose every game, but that is not really the goal.
So... why these heroes?
Oracle: so much utility, you will see it when you can play him properly.
Lich: strongest ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ armor spell apart from warcry and his ult will just destroy teams.
Omniknight: 60%+ across all brackets should speak for themself.
Warlock: one of the best counter initiator supports that are out there.
Treant: a global range heal + a significant ult, that can just stun the entire enemy team? Sign me right the ♥♥♥♥ up.
Witch Doctor: that stun + ult will ravage enemy teams.
The biggest problem is to pick the right support hero, in the right case.
Dazzle and CM are (in my opinion) the worst supporters in the game for low bracket. Sure, they might have useful spells, but what do you think will happen with those "useful spells"?
Will your 4 core carry team jump in with the armor your provide them?
Will your 4 core carry team gank with your frost stun thingy?
Ans let's talk about how useful Dazzles defensive spells will be, when you have 4 core heroes who all have 0 farm. Or your CM ult / stun when there is a riki who will instantly smoke you, while you got 0 gold for BKB, since you have 4 cores who are not willing to buy 1 ward.
So yeh, picking supporters that do damage and are in a good synergie with your teammates is the true art of supporting properly.
I forgot to mention Ogre Magi.
And before I forget to mention it: no matter what guides or other people say, think for yourself.
Let's take for example you play Lich and normally you would buy tranquil boots. Now you see that you have in your team: spirit breaker, faceless void, medusa and sniper. So you might trust the "normal build" and go for tranquil boots but what will happen next? Exactly, your teammates will go faster out of mana than Sanic can run. So you go for which boots? Right, arcane boots.
You just have to think outside the box as a support. Correct items, correct positioning, correct pick and most importantly, correct decisions. These are the reasons why so many people think playing carry is way harder. They don't realize that supporters have a way harder job than a carry who can farm all game long.
It depends. Support neither playing carry is an "easy" job. As a carry you have to get constantly farm, as a support you have to constantly have control over the game. My last game, I was troll warlord, my Invoker called "gg" at the 15 minute mark because he was getting constantly killed. Sure my Pudge could not land 1 hook properly, my Invoker was never in a teamfight and my CM, I have literally no clue what she was doing the whole game over, but anyway, my Kunkka and me were able to win this, because the enemies were so sure about their win, that they ignored me farming.
Or another example: I was playing Sven and my whole team was not really that helpful. At minute 45 (I think) all 5 enemies were standing at my rax, trying to take them down. I ulted, stunned them all, BKB on, landed a crit and got an ultra kill, with the enemy slark barely getting away. It's true that supporting is a way difficult job, but a good carry can make a huuuuuuuuuuge difference and you as a support player, have to exactly understand which moves could make a difference and which not.
I rarely play ranked and I play mostly on EU west, with another account.
SS has the best gank tools IMO. Except the creep slayer (Q), he has shackle that trap an enemy up to 5 seconds. if that's not enough, HEX. Then we have Mass Serpent wards. Don't only use his ult on towers FFS. You can destroy most carrys 1v1 by combining Mass serpents with shackle and hex. And he isn't very item depended. Aim for arcana boots, Mech if no one else does, another mana/int item becaus you need that if you want refreasher orb (becaus his lvl 3 ult cost 600 freaking mana points).
Lion has a AoE spike, Hex, Mana drain and Finger of Death. Which translate to AoE stun, Disable, ♥♥♥♥ you Medusa/Slark/Wrath King or any mana depended hero and Dagon 9000.
Shadow Demon require some more skills though. But his Disruption is golden. Save allys/carrys from stuffs like Necros ult or ganks, clone your ally for extra firepower/push, Disrupt enemy and watch there clones destroy them.
Soul Catcher is good to, but not to early. That 50% amblified damage won't do to much for you there.
His cancer clodes is one of the best zoner spells early game. You can spam this few times at the first few levels. And if your really lucky, can lead to a first blood.
Ultimate is a purge that goes through BKB. Do I need to write anymore here?
I really respect your text and the way you wanna learn more and complain about your ♥♥♥♥ carrys. when i was 2k i had the exact same rough time.
how did i climb to 5k? we mostly played as 3x or 5x stack.
find a good carry in a public match, add him and go together in a match so you can trust him and your supporting is WORTH because he will SURE CARRY the match.
you just need good friendly mates.. this will cheer you up and give you hope my friend.
you are doing well.
And dont worry about " 20 days "
would you believe me if i told you that i hit 4k over 25 times?
hard times. 2-3 month stuck at 3950 - 4050. i couldnt hit 4100.
2-3 month bro. so 20 days is fine its okay! keep going !
i am still supporting sometimes. its fun! and the most important role is 5 imo
Q you can hide anybody in your team
W you slow the chased enemy or you give more heal to your team
E global healing for anybody or any buildgs (last patch buffed it more) and not just heal but you block damage on the target it can be almost as good as lich armor
R you can block the entire enemy team in a good place
+ aga global warding and if the enemy in the rage of ward they get not only block but nice damage
I am boosting myself easily with treant from low mmr