Supportal Combat: Visualizing NA LCS Support Play Styles

The role of a support is to provide assists for their team, but not everyone does it in the same way. Certainly, a team’s overall strategy affects the support’s role on a team, but their individual strengths, weaknesses, and tendencies must also shine

During the summer split of the NA LCS, teams have been making more roster swaps and trades than ever before. One focus of this has been the support role. Teams such as FlyQuest and Optic have upgraded at the support position, which has helped propel them from the bottom of the table to playoff contention. The league's top support in spring, Smoothie, wa…