Developers Riot Games have begun to field test the new features that most likely we will see in the next preaseason. There was much talk of changes that will affect the role of the support and the arrival of new items dedicated is certainly very important.

These innovations are in addition to those related to the skills of the main support champion that you can read here.

Below is a brief list of the items introduced to the PBE and some information related to changes in existing objects.

New Items

  • Executioner’s Emblem

New Trinkets

  • Farsight Orb
  • Greater Lens

Old items

  • Aegis of the Legion
  • Avarice Blade
  • Banner of Command
  • Bilgewater cutlass
  • Doran’s Blade
  • Eleisa’s Miracle
  • Enthropy
  • Executioner’s Calling

We want all roles and positions to have the opportunity to fulfill their endgame fantasies within each game. Currently Support champions as a role experience the lowest amount of growth in comparison to other roles, and we want to supplement their story. We’re also looking to create a stronger identity for utility-focused supports with additional utility scaling on their abilities (as opposed to simply adding more raw damage).

  • Added a mastery that grants experience every 5 sec.
  • Added the Life Insurance mastery to the Utility tree – grants bonus gold when enemy lane minions die.
  • Added increased assist rewards (assist bonuses) when a player has a very large number of assists (see our Game Flow post for more information)

Support Items

  • Kage’s Pick now grants gold on dealing damage to an enemy. (10 sec cooldown. Cooldown triggers on killing a minion.)
  • Philosopher’s Stone now transmutes minions into gold when they die, but you didn’t kill them.
  • Reaper’s Emblem now shares the gold from your last hits with the nearest ally and heals them (30 sec cd)
  • Kage’s Pick, Philosopher’s Stone and Reaper’s Emblem build from 365 gold starter versions that are intended to be starting items for support lanes

Mid-Game Support Items

  • The above items turn into midgame support items.
  • Kage’s Pick becomes Shard of True Ice, which grants 50 AP and now casts a frost nova on a ranged enemy.
  • Philospher’s Stone becomes Shurelia’s Reverie, which no longer grants health and instead grants 20% CDR and additional mana regen.
  • Reaper’s Emblem becomes Martyr’s Call, a high health item which allows you to sacrifice your health to shield allies and deal damage to opponents near the target.