Top 4 Support lane champions for Patch 12.7

Hello summoners, it’s is time to cover the best picks for Support lane in Patch 12.7. The Patch brough some interesting changes but a lot of strong champions have stayed on top. These champions are META right now and there will be a lot of severe balance changes needed to remove them from the top of the board.

Champions

Soraka

Soraka has always been one of the best support picks in the game. She was the target of a loads of jokes due to her appearance before her rework and her abilities really looked a bit crappy. But ever since Riot has reworked her he has the power and the style that one support needs. She is an Enchanter type of support meaning that her main ability and role in the game is not to take aggro on herself, but rather heal her allies and cause a commotion among the enemy team with her silence. She is the top pick for Patch 12.7

Soraka’s abilities

P - Salvation

INNATE: Soraka gains  70% bonus movement speed while moving towards nearby allied  champions that are below  40% of their maximum health.

Q - Starcall

ACTIVE: Soraka calls down a star upon the target location, granting  sight of the area before landing after 0.25 − 1 (based on target range) seconds, dealing magic damage to enemies within and  slowing them by 30% for 1.5 seconds.

Hitting at least one enemy  champion returns the star dust toward Soraka, granting her Rejuvenation for 2.5 seconds which  heals her every 0.5 seconds and grants her  bonus movement speed that decays over the duration.

While Soraka is Rejuvenated,  Astral Infusion will also grant the effects of Rejuvenation to the targeted ally for the same duration.

W - Astral Infusion

ACTIVE: Soraka  heals the target allied champion (excluding herself).

If cast while  Rejuvenated, the health cost will be reduced by a percentage.

Astral Infusion cannot be cast if Soraka is  below 5% of her maximum health.

E - Equinox

ACTIVE: Soraka creates a celestial zone at the target location, dealing magic damage to enemy champions within the area at the time of cast. The zone then persists for 1.5 seconds,  silencing all enemies within.

After the duration, the zone detonates, dealing the same magic damage to all enemy champions within the area and  rooting them for a duration.

R - Wish

ACTIVE: Soraka calls upon the stars, removing  Grievous Wounds from herself and all allied champions before  healing herself and them, increased by 50% on targets  below 40% of their maximum health.

Janna

Janna is an Enchanter type of support like Soraka and Sona. Her kit revolves around the power of wind. Quite useful support that the uses her tornadoes to disrupt enemy team. Her ultimate is great ability to turn the teamfight in your advantage or even escape it if it is not going according to plan. She is a good support overhaul but not the easiest one to master.

Janna’s abilities

P - Tailwind

INNATE: Janna gains  8% bonus movement speed while moving towards nearby allied  champions, and grants them the same amount when they are moving towards her.

Q - Howling Gale

ACTIVE: Janna summons a whirlwind at her current location that charges up over 3 seconds, increasing its range, speed, damage, and  knock up duration per second over the duration.

Howling Gale can be recast at any time within the duration, and does so automatically after the duration.

RECAST: The whirlwind flies in the target direction over 1.25 seconds, dealing magic damage to enemies hit and  knocking them up for 0.5 − 1.25 (based on seconds charged) seconds.

W - Zephyr

PASSIVE: While Zephyr is not on cooldown, Janna is  ghosted and gains  bonus movement speed.

ACTIVE: Janna sends an air elemental at the target enemy that upon arrival deals them magic damage and  slows them for 3 seconds, capped at 99%.

E - Eye of the Storm

PASSIVE: Whenever Janna’s abilities  slow or  knock up at least one enemy  champion, she gains  20% heal and shield power for 4 seconds. This can occur only once per cast.

ACTIVE: Janna can target an allied champion,  turret, or herself to grant them a  shield that decays over 5 seconds after the initial 1.25 seconds.

While the shield holds, the target gains  bonus attack damage.

R - Monsoon

ACTIVE: Janna unleashes a blast that  knocks back all nearby enemies to up to 875 units over 0.5 seconds based on their proximity, though not through terrain.

Janna also  channels the winds for up to 3 seconds,  healing nearby allies every 0.25 seconds.

Zyra

Zyra was originally designed as a mid lane champion, but quickly shifted to support role, and you are not likely to see her in any other lane. She is one of mage support champions that are Veigar and Brand. She does have a decent utility and if you opt for some ability power items she can be a great addition to the team especially in the form of defending surprise ganks and in teamifhgts since her ultimate has a knock up and it is a game changer. It works well with Yasuo’s and Malphite’s ultimate.

Zyra’s abilities

P - Garden of Thorns

INNATE: Periodically, Zyra spawns one or two Seeds nearby that last for 30 seconds, granting  sight over the surrounding area for 1 second.

After 1 second, enemy  champions can destroy Seeds by stepping on them.

Zyra can only have a total of 8 Seeds planted at a time, preserving Seeds spawned by  Rampant Growth over Seeds spawned by Garden of Thorns.

Q - Deadly Spines

ACTIVE: Zyra sprouts thorny spines at the target location that appear after a 0.625-seconds delay, dealing magic damage to all enemies within the area.

If Deadly Spine hits a Seed, it sprouts into a  Thorn Spitter, which remains on the battlefield for 8 seconds.

W - Rampant Growth

 PASSIVE: Zyra periodically stores a Seed, up to 2. Killing an enemy unit grants 20% charge toward a Seed, increased to 100% for large enemy units and whenever scoring a  takedown against an enemy  champion.

ACTIVE: Zyra plants a Seed at the target location, which lasts for 60 seconds and grants  sight over the surrounding area, though decreasing in radius after 1 second.

After 1.5 seconds, enemy champions can destroy Seeds by stepping on them, but doing so  reveals them for 2 seconds.

E - Grasping Roots

ACTIVE: Zyra sends a surge of vines in the target direction, dealing magic damage to all enemies within their path and  rooting them for a duration.

If Grasping Roots hits a Seed, it sprouts into a  Vine Lasher, which remains on the battlefield for 8 seconds.

R - Stranglethorns

ACTIVE: Zyra summons a monstrous thicket at the target location, dealing magic damage to all enemies within the area as it expands.

After 2 seconds, the vines snap upward,  knocking up all enemies within the area for 1 second.

 Plants hit by the thicket become enraged, restoring  50% of their current health, increasing their  maximum health by 50%, gaining 25% increased size and refreshing their duration while the thicket expands. Additionally they attack in a flurry, launching two shots per attack, dealing 「 150% damage per flurry. 」

Sona

Sona is an enchanter type of support champion that focuses on healing and utility. She is quite squshy but if you don’t focus her in the early game you probably will end up dead and losing your lane hard. She is quite strong in the late game and becomes almost unkillable. She is quite hard to focus late game since there are a lot more champions that have priority when it comes to focus. This can be a problem to enemy team since she will heal everyone and can stun your whole team with one good ultimate and change the course of the whole game.

Sona’s abilities

P - Power Chord

INNATE - MELODY: Sona’s basic abilities each generate a unique aura for 3 seconds that empowers her and all targetable allied  champions who enter its radius, and casting them places her other basic abilities that are not on cooldown on a 0.5-second cooldown.

INNATE - POWER CHORD: After casting 3 basic abilities, Sona’s next basic attack has an  uncancelable windup, deals 20 − 240 (based on level) (+ 20% AP) bonus magic damage and applies an additional effect depending on the last basic ability cast.

Gaining Power Chord’s empowered attack  resets Sona’s basic attack timer.

INNATE - ACCELERANDO: Sona gains a stack of Accelerando each time she hits an enemy with  Hymn of Valor or supports an ally with  Aria of Perseverance, stacking up to 120 times. Each stack grants her 0.5 basic ability haste, up to 60 basic ability haste at maximum stacks. If she has maximum stacks, the current  cooldown of  Crescendo is reduced by 1.5 seconds each time instead.

Q - Hymn of Valor

ACTIVE: Sona sends out bolts of sound to the two nearest visible enemies, prioritizing champions, each dealing magic damage to their target upon arrival and granting  sight of the area around them for 1 second.

MELODY: Sona and tagged allied champions deal bonus magic damage on their next basic attack within 5 seconds.

Sona gains a stack of Accelerando for each bolt that damages an enemy champion.

 POWER CHORD – STACCATO: Power Chord deals 28 − 336 (based on level) (+ 28% AP) total magic damage.

W - Aria of Perseverance

ACTIVE: Sona  heals herself and sends out a tone to heal the most wounded nearby allied champion.

MELODY: Sona and tagged allied champions receive a  shield lasting up to 1.5 seconds.

Sona gains a stack of Accelerando whenever she  heals a wounded ally or  shields a minimum amount of damage for an ally with Aria of Perseverance.

 POWER CHORD – DIMINUENDO: Power Chord reduces its target’s size by 8% and damage output by 25% (+ 4% per 100 AP) for 3 seconds.

E - Song of Celerity

ACTIVE: Sona gains 20% (+ 2% per 100 AP)  bonus movement speed for 3 seconds, extended to up to 7 seconds if she doesn’t take damage.

MELODY: Tagged allied champions gain bonus movement speed for 3 seconds.

 POWER CHORD – TEMPO: Power Chord  slows its target by 40% (+ 4% per 100 AP) for 2 seconds, capped at a maximum of 99%.

R - Crescendo

ACTIVE: Sona plays an irresistible chord in a line in the target direction, dealing magic damage to all enemies within its path and  stunning them by forcing them to dance for 1.5 seconds.

Conclusion

The best support laners in the game right now are here and we have got you covered. With our guides and tier lists the chances are that you will never be among the lower ranked players since you will know all of the META champions and how to abuse them properly!

Stay tuned, there is a lot more to cover, only on The Games Cabin!