
Sett Support: Complete Champion Guide & Build for Tank Role
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Sett excels as an unconventional tank support who thrives on engaging enemies and absorbing damage. His kit allows him to be a formidable frontline presence while providing valuable crowd control for his team.
Key Abilities Overview:
- Passive (Pit Grit): Enhanced auto attacks and increased health regeneration at low HP
- Q (Knuckle Down): Movement speed boost and empowered auto attacks
- W (Haymaker): Converts stored damage into shield and deals true damage
- E (Facebreaker): Pulls and stuns enemies when hitting targets from opposite sides
- R (The Show Stopper): Suppresses and slams target enemy, dealing AoE damage
Skill Order Priority:
- E (Facebreaker)
- W (Haymaker)
- Q (Knuckle Down)
Ability Combos:
- E > W: Pull enemies in with Facebreaker then hit them with Haymaker's true damage
- Q > E: Use movement speed to get in position for Facebreaker
- R > E > W: Ultimate into enemies, pull them in, then follow up with Haymaker
Core Build Path: Starting Items:
- Steel Shoulderguards
- 2 Health Potions
- 1 Control Ward
Main Items:
- Evenshroud
- Plated Steelcaps/Mercury's Treads
- Dead Man's Plate
- Force of Nature
Gameplay Tips:
- Look for engage opportunities when enemy key abilities are on cooldown
- Position to hit Facebreaker stuns using minions on opposite side
- Save Haymaker's shield for counter-engagement after taking burst damage
- Use ultimate on high-health targets to maximize AoE damage
- Ward aggressively to enable picks with your crowd control
Matchups: Strong against:
- Immobile enchanters
- Other melee supports
- ADCs without escapes
Weak against:
- Poke heavy lanes
- Heavy disengage supports
- Mobile ADCs
Late Game:
- Focus on peeling for carries and disrupting enemy backline
- Look for multi-target Facebreaker stuns in teamfights
- Use ultimate to isolate priority targets
- Build additional tank items based on enemy damage composition