I tend to facestomp with AP taric. philo stone, the ap gp5 item, mejai's (lulz 20stacks) rabadon and then aura items for the team. 500ish ap after all. i've saved quite a few games by properly stunning ulting, healing etc etc.

I've had other games where people think i carried my team

you can't climb up playing only supports. impossible.

you'd be wrong

any "support" that can go mid is better off building damage, you have the same utility as support with the damage of ALMOST a mid laner

[in this case i was doing more damage than our mid]

Incredibly discouraging to hear from a diamond. I don't want to shy away from my main role. I play a fairly decent Cho'gath jungle. I think I may, in conjunction with my duo que mid, carry back up to mid 1300's hopefully where I can pick up support again.

I'll be spending all of next week learning Zyra and Lulu in normals. I'll also go back to working on Leona and Sona. They seem to have a nice impact on the mid-late game. One good zenith or ult can catch someone off and end the game.

Mm. All four of them are good places to work with. I would recommend on working with Leona and Sona first, although it seems you already have done so.

Really, imho, as long as you've got decent laners - as in the ones that doesn't feed horribly and lose completely, you can carry yourself out with simply good map awareness, and good plays - have these two, and you can carry.

Being the Silver scrub that I am, my ELO tends to bounce between 1200 and 1400.

I do find though, that when I streak myself back down to 1200- I can always carry myself back up with Sona.

At 1200, it seems extremely rare to find ADC's that can actually handle her poke in lane- meaning more than likely, if you play it aggressively, you're going to dominate the lane for your ADC and get him well fed.

I also like to play Sona as a super-fast warding/ward clearing machine who can take a bit of a beating- so my usual build goes like this-

Wards/Pots/Mana Regen opening
Philo Stone + Hon + Boots+5
Chain Vest + Negatron cloak + Oracle to keep myself alive.
Then depending on their team

One of-
Chain vest into Frozen heart for AD heavy teams
Negatron into Fon for AP heavy teams (plus the extra MS is fun)

Then Shurelias

Then the other one from above- but really, the game is usually over around now.

Of course- you won't lose every game since no matter how well you get your carry fed, if your Mid and top lane get themselves dominated, then your ADC will be focused hard - but if you are consistantly winning your lane, then all you need for them to do is break even and you'll win it.

(plus, mid to late game- your superior ward coverage is OP - nothing worse than playing a different role and being left completely blind cause nobody is warding!)

Duo queue is a good option.

Otherwise, play a support with a game changing ult, like Sona - she can easily turn fights around with a well placed ult. Play supports with a strong laning phase to ****stomp the enemy laners, go roam, be positive and cheer people, basically, hold people by the hand 24/7. Especially, crush the enemy support who is probably not a support player.

u dont?

Duo queue or play supports like Alistar, Blitzcrank, Leona, or Zyra.

Honestly, i've done nothing but Support and i've managed to make 1352 where my highest last season was 1219. The key I have found is to ward like crazy, and just do nothing but poke, harass, and save your team. I'm 4-2 with Lulu, 2-0 with Taric, 2-0 with Naut, and 1-0 with Nunu so far (I'm 9-5 total). My runes are Yellow and Blues flat mana regen and Red/Quint flat health, gives me good mana regen and lets me survive longer in lane.

Hope this helps at least a bit!