[5.0] Senna Guide - Senna - The Redeemer

Lucian . You were made to combo with Lucian . Your lane can be played aggressively as you are comfortable together. Look to auto-attack any champion he hits with his Ardent Blaze to give him an easy trade. Layer your Piercing Darkness with his Piercing Light with each other to deal huge amounts of damage and set up his The Culling
Ashe . Her passive pretty much gives you free Glacial Augments or in this case, Frozen Mallet 's passive. If you're laning with her, you don't need to buy Frozen Mallet . Instead, you should buy Iceborn Gauntlet instead. Her Enchanted Crystal Arrow can be a great set up for your Last Embrace . If you do take Frozen Mallet + the Weakness rune with her, you'll be an annoying duo.
Draven . If the one who plays him is good, you can both play aggressively and crush dragon lane. He can make easy work of any champion you root with your Last Embrace . Your healing and shield will make sure he's alive to keep his adoration stacks.
Jhin . This is a flexible lane, so you can play passively or aggressively depending on Jhin 's playstyle. Look for combos on his Deadly Flourish and Captive Audience combo along with your root from your Last Embrace that you can abuse.
Varus . It doesn't matter if he builds lethality or AP, his ability to be aggressive in early game is always welcome. Try to combo his Chain Of Corruption with your Last Embrace to guarantee a kill or 2.
Xayah . Her passive feather range can match or even outrange you. Force enemies to engage you so she can use her Bladecaller with your Last Embrace for high damage and lockdowns.
Yasuo . Very aggressive post-level 3 which is what you want. Force fights with your Yasuo while you can so you can hit multi-hits with your Piercing Darkness . If you manage to land your Last Embrace , it's a death sentence for your enemies when Yasuo is around.

One of the most crucial but least talked about parts of playing support is warding. Wards can keep your team safe, help your jungler counterjungle, and contribute to securing objectives. Knowing where to place your wards is an essential part of playing support.

Warding Options:
Warding Totem. This is the standard ward. It has 3 health and gives 30 gold when destroyed. It's free and becomes invisible after a while. These are the best for short spurts of hard-to-detect vision such as before doing an objective or warding a river to avoid ganks.


Oracle Lens. This replaces your Warding Trinket and gives you a way to clear your opponents' vision. I would not recommend starting Oracle Lens for support since the vision that Warding Totem gives is much stronger.


Your First Ward:
Your first ward has only one true purpose: to catch the enemy jungler/midlaner when they are ganking. You'll be placing it as soon as possible so you can get vision of the enemy jungler/midlaner. If you're on blue side, I recommend warding the bush near the river, or the Scryer's Bloom behind it. If you are on red side, I recommend warding the blue side's tri-bush to catch their jungler. These wards are important if you're up against an early game jungler like Jarvan Iv . Of course, don't be afraid to use your first ward to push or defend against an invade if it's advantageous to your team.

If you're not against a strong early jungler, or perhaps their jungler started on the opposite side of the map, you may consider saving your ward. This way, you'll have enough wards to ward a bush to prevent ganks and/or ward the dragon pit.

Side note: You can't force your ADC to ward. A lot of them just don't use it. Even if they do, they only do so to hit the enemy behind FoW. You just have to play around this and get a feel for how and when will they ward. Use this to your advantage.

During Laning Phase:
In the laning phase, your wards should aim to prevent successful ganks by your opponents, enable successful ganks by your team, and control objectives. To this extent, I recommend jungle tracking if you're in a place to deep ward, as they can spot the enemy jungler and allow your jungler to counterjungle or gank the opposite side of the map.

During Mid/Late Game:
Mid and late game plays very similarly to laning phase, albeit more objective-focused. Concentrate on placing vision on objectives like dragons, Rift Herald, and Baron Nashor. Depending on your build, you should either have Umbral Glaive or atleast Oracle Lens to remove enemy vision. Make sure to ward each objective about 45-60 seconds before they spawn. Warding Totems usually last from 90-120 seconds depending on your champion level, so it's important that visionis up on objectives during skirmishes. Alternatively, use Oracle Lens or utilize Umbral Glaive by removing enemy wards. Don't go into jungle alone, so have someone follow you.

This section will be different from the Warding Locations section.

Senna 's early game is about harassing the enemy while keeping a safe distance. This is because she doesn't scale AD when levelling up without Gathering Storm, items or her stacks. Use Last Embrace to set up kills for your ADC. Depending on your build, you'll want to buy Long Sword as your first item and upgrade Piercing Darkness as your first ability. This will be your main harass and healing tool. You can use it on anything that is targetable, even wards, blast cones, and honeyfruit. This ability also goes through champions, minions and monsters so you can harass safely. Max this ability first, then Last Embrace . Upgrade Dawning Shadow when available and max Curse Of The Black Mist last.

As Senna , you want to be picking up as many Mist Wraiths as possible during laning phase. It will always drop from a cannon, dead enemies, monsters and objectives like dragons, heralds and Baron Nashor. This will allow you to scale infinitely. Pay attention to the location of your jungler on the minimap. Help out your jungler by warding the river and objectives and use Curse Of The Black Mist to help your allies escape. 

In mid-late game, you want to keep a close eye on the minimap. Try to find good opportunities to use your ult to save an ally and/or sniping off an enemy. Stick close to your ADC or your strongest member of your team and be ready to save them with Piercing Darkness . Last Embrace can hold an enemy in place long enough for your team to arrive and clean up the fight.

At this point of the game, you have atleast 60-80 stacks. This is enough for you to outrange most ADCs without problem. If you're lucky, you might have 100+ stacks at this point, allowing you to outrange a tower, which also allows your team to push easier because of your damage.

During a teamfight, you must be positioned behind your teammates and away from the enemy. You don't need to be up close since at this point, you have larger range than most ADCs. Use your abilities to shield and heal your allies while damaging the enemies at the same time. Only use Last Embrace if an enemy decides to jump on you or try to escape.

Stick closely to your ADC (if he/she's ahead) while roaming efficiently and safely to deep ward enemy jungle and objectives. If possible, you could use Oracle Lens or Umbral Glaive to remove enemy vision.