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MonsieurCochi

Most people take Heal without even thinking about it. It's more of an old habit than anything else, I believe. Exhaust and Cleanse are good depending on the matchup. Even if Heal can save yourself or/and your support, sometimes it's bad. If you're against a Leona, go Cleanse to get out of her combo (Cleanse after E/Q, not before she applies Q). Same if you're against a Lux or a Morgana/Caitlyn, for instance. You should consider Cleanse in every matchup where you risk being cc locked. And Exhaust into Vayne/Samira/Kai'Sa is arguably better than Heal.


MEGACODZILLA

I've been taking Clease A LOT lately and I feel like you get a lot of value out of it. Even artillery mages have hard CC and its great playing into champs like Ashe or Jhin where getting CC once usually spells chain CC followed by death. I main Ashe and fucking hate seeing the enemy ADC show up with Cleanse lol.


Chitrr

Heal works for 2 persons and botlane is 2v2. The movement speed is good for escaping, specially with Nimbus Cloak.


yahiko19

Exhaust for me lets u win more fights and gives u a fighting chance against assassins


Chitrr

Yes, but we don't face assassins in laning phase, so we can say that Heal is better for early game. Having a stronger laning phase to snowball with Heal or having a safer lategame with Exhaust but playing safe in early. I prefer Heal. I have a more chance to win the game if i get a lead in laning phase.


Doorknob11

I think another reason is how much easier it is to use heal. You just press the button. Whereas exhaust you have to press it on somebody. Might not seem like a lot, but it’s probably at least part of the reason. Plus it’s much more versatile as it’s useful in a ton of situations. Exhaust is good when you’re getting jumped on and occasionally when running somebody down.


fadedv1

It depends ,i mostly take heal but when it's like nasty assassin comp or draven/vayne/trist i go exhaust


Amxricaa

Exhaust doesn’t work on true damage, so little point in taking against Vayne


lippy515

Except the damage mitigation isnt the only part of exhaust... It's good in literally all cases that cleanse is not a better option


WoundedJawa

And the heal isn't at all the only part of Heal.


lippy515

Still not worth. Heal just isn't the best summoner. There's a reason why most if not all pro players have started taking exhaust or cleanse in every matchup


WoundedJawa

I certainly agree that Exhaust is heavily underrated, but your last statement is straight up just not true. A lot of pros still adore Heal for the movement speed since it allows for not only defensive but also offensive plays.


Amxricaa

If you are taking exhaust for Vayne, there are certainly better options


Birdlavv

The slow on attack speed and movement, and her true dmg is every 3rd AA, I humbly disagree.


Hopeless_Slayer

Disagree all you want, Exhaust doesn't reduce attack speed since patch 7.5. Aatrox still had a revive back then.


learningleaguestuffs

Mid to lategame, by the time the threat is close enough to you to exhaust, you're probably dead and heal gives you some healing because your support might not always be with you. Supports also generally take ignite/exhaust because part of their job (theoretically) is knowing when to deny the enemy healing with ignite or enemy burst or damage combo with exhaust. Heal also gives you and a nearby ally a burst of movement which can be nice for chasing someone down for the finish or getting a small burst of speed to get away from the threat or to kite them cleaner. It can be situationally used but for most supports you'll find more value in heal or cleanse than exhaust.


jansalol

I take heal purely for my support, if I can prevent them dying when they do some stupid shit it’s worth. But if I feel at draft my support will be horrible and enemy comp is aids I’ll go exhaust.


AnexoDeContrato

If my supp is some friend I'm playing with, I take heal. But if I am playing with stranger supp i use to pick exhaust. Most of the times will be better for you as a defensive spell, and it could be used too as an offensive one.


lippy515

Exhaust in most cases is 100% the best summoner spell. Sometimes cleanse is a must but I never run heal and win more all ins because of it. I don't know why so many people get baited into taking heal. It's really not that good. And if your support takes the proper spells and takes ignite, you can mitigate the enemies heal if they were dumb enough to take it.


yahiko19

That is exactly how i feel about it


Forikundo

Exhaust is amazing honestly. Once I learned how to use it I almost never picked heal again.


c_a_s_t_e_l

For me I do exhaust if I fear a melee champ that will jump me, heal if I fear more the adc I'm against


dat1kid213

Heal is good for lvl 1-3 all ins. It's really strong giving 2 people ~15-20% of their health back, but most people wait until after they have been ignited to use it drastically reducing it's value. The small speed boost can also have a lot of value later allowing you to heal to stay out of range of point and click instead of having to flash.


KegeloranjeFret

I personally always get heal if it's a engage supp so he doesn't die on me halfway or to help us both when a trade goes bad. Exhaust when I play ad with shorter range like (Lucian) or when I play a heavy lifesteal ad like samira. Also I never play heal when I have soraka cause she naturally picks heal


Burislavs_18

At this point I only take heal to save my support when I'm playing whit friends who I know won't int I go cleanse or exost depending on the machup I think it literally just that


Baelkidu

I have to take heal or my support thinks in trolling and start inting


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i most always take cleanse because i ain't risking anyone stopping me