LoL: Winners And Losers Of Preseason 11 – Support Edition

Who said supports can't carry?

Preseason has settled down and Riot doesn’t plan on making any big changes before Season 11. Get a head start on your competition by learning the meta and picking the champions that won the preseason.

S Tier – Champions that you should pick if they aren’t banned

Leona – The damage and the utility

• Extremely tanky support that can lock-down people forever.
• Long-range ultimate allows for high pressure in lane.
• Can one v one enemy bot laner with Mythic.

Morgana – The anti-meta support

• Spellshield to protect her bot laner.
• Hard CC bind that is good at shutting down engages.
• Falls off late game against QSS.

Thresh – One-hook One-kill

• High-lane pressure with strong bush control.
• Strong set-up with lantern.
• Extremely good at helping teams control objectives.

A Tier – Champions that are strong, but require a little more work to pull off

Lulu – The face-roll support

• Straightforward kit to help your teammates survive.
• Enables carries who are fed on your team, not just your laner.
• Good at shutting down assassins.

Janna – The auto-win support

• Provides passive movement speed.
• Strong peel against divers.
• Synergizes best with traditional ADCs.

Mao’kai – the AP carry tree

• Can win lane off of cheesing with saplings.
• Strong bush control with saplings and Q.
• Can lose all-ins against engage supports.

B Tier – Viable, but have less impact than higher tiers

Brand – The “I’ll do it myself” support

• Can 1v2 lane with high base damage.
• Strong team fighting with ultimate.
• Provides little utility to the team.

Nautilus – The chain CC champion

• Wins lane off of one hook.
• One-dimensional champion who excels at going in.
• Can become useless if behind.

Yuumi – Autopilot cat

• Can support the whole team.
• Hyperscales into late game.
• Strong poke.

Losers of the Preseason (Don’t play these champions)

Braum – Better off in competitive

• Low lane pressure.
• Underwhelming damage and tankiness.
• Requires champions to auto-attack for passive.

Lux – AP mage support

• Weak lane phase that easily gets punished.
• Itemizes full damage.
• Can struggle to pressure against meta engage supports.

Karma – The enchanter that doesn’t heal

• Outshined by counterpart enchanters.
• ADCs that synergize with Karma aren’t meta.