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***The relic slot varies from game to game. I try to get meditation when I can, but if you are going against a god with a lot off cc like Ares or Xing Tian beads will probably be your best bet. In short, meditation is ideal, but judge your match ups and make your decision
The goal of the support in the early game is to keep the carry alive and set up kills when possible in the duo lane. I like to rush sovereignty because the HP5 boost is such a great way to outlast your opponents early game in lane. The extra sustain in for both you and the carry will lead to early kills and a noticeable lead in experience and gold.
Iron Mail
Guardian's Blessing
Healing Potion
Mana Potion
Cloak of Meditation
This is the build that I find works best. This is just an outline and should be changed based on the enemy team. If the other team has gods with a lot of pulls or grabs it would be a good idea to build stone of gala earlier. You cant really go wrong with this build.
Sovereignty
Shoes of Focus
Pestilence
Mail of Renewal
Ethereal Staff
Stone of Gaia
By this point in the game you will be an absolute tank with close to max HP5 and over 4000 health. This is when I like to add some power. Any of these items are a great choice. Another defensive item at this point is pretty much overkill.
Pythagorem's Piece
Doom Orb
Divine Ruin
Bancroft's Talon
Y
B
A
X
Ymir is a great choice for the support role due to his cc and control of team fights. You can use his wall to separate an enemy from there team or to save an ally from an enemy chasing them down. Ymir has a good balance of damage and power. Early game is very important in conquest which is why having potions and warding is very important. Ymir has pretty good wave clear so you may often find yourself pushing high in the lane which is a good thing as the other team will either take minion damage or the tower will. The downside of pushing so far is that it leaves you wide open to ganks. Make sure you and your carry on the same page when it comes to wards as a gank will likely result in both of your deaths. In the early game remember that you dont have THAT much health so be careful with minions and enemy pokes. At the same time i find it important that you harass whoever you can in lane. If either of them gets too close, frost breath combined with glacial strike will take a big chunk of health away. Do this a couple of times then use your wall and you should be able to secure a few early kills. You should not that in these pokes try to avoid missing or using a wall without getting a kill as you will use up mana very quickly. Make sure to back as soon as you can afford full sovereignty. The best way to play him support is to poke and poke and eventuality when they are low enough coordinate with your carry and get a kill. In the mid to late game you will probably have the most health in the game and deal a significant amount of damage. A freeze then wall then ultimate will be very deadly so use it often. Ymirs ult can also be used to create separation. Use this in a team fight you may not want to be in to help your team run away. I would appreciate any feedback or criticism on this build
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So let's start of with your listed relic choice. Like other said meditation gets outclassed by
The healing is outclassed by the shield from
Now to the build itself.
Your start is possible although not my preferred choice unless it's a hunter warrior support lane. I myself prefer
Easily said starts for support can be really different I have even seen upgraded
So moving on you rush
Moving on shoes choice is good.
And then we see a shift towards health. Well just grabbing health is pretty bad and those ~120 protections (which will mitigate 55% of damage) you have, will do something but not that much the moment mages or adc get their percentage pen (reducing your 120 prot to ~76 (3
On top of that both
Last big points are the amount of cdr (20% is not much and after swapping boots 10%) is a bit low to control a teamfight later in the game. While 20 is decent (I prefer 30) the 10 after selling boots is just to low.
And no counter building options like spectral armour, midguardian mail etc. these can be really helpful (stone of gaia is a counterbuilding item agaisnt heavy knockup teams).
Then moving to your boot substitutes I would not bother with any of them. Honestly I would have been happier seeing
While I don't mind a bruiser support style this one kinda lacks the proper protections for it. In higher lvl of play it will hurt your team more often then not as your frontline will die faster in teamfights. In this build case the moment you go and ult you can end up being burned down as you're rooted in place. That Hp5 is not gonna matter when you get hit by ~2-2.5 400-600 damage adc auto attacks per second.
For a bruiser build I would add at least 1 high prot double prot or 2 one type of protection items (may contain power like
For a support build I would add at least 1 double prot and 1-2 one type of protection items or counter building item. Moving
You might have a stronger argument for Gaia IF you didn't have any HP5, but you already have that with
Is Gaia a "good" item for Ymir? You can always argue more health and health regen is useful. And it's not that the item is terrible for him...it's just that, when looking at the bigger picture, there are a LOT of other items that are considered better choices right now. And that's what makes this build pretty questionable, no offense.