Its Friday, and our series of top players at each position going into the World Championship is sadly coming to a close. After going through top laners to AD carries from Monday to Thursday, we end on the unsung heroes of Summoners Rift: the supports. The crop heading to San Francisco in less than a weeks time is stacked with stars old and new who form the backbone of any team reaching for the Summoners Cup.5. Hu SwordArt Shuo-JieRegion: Taiwan Team: Flash WolvesSwordArt, the third Flash Wolf in the rankings this week, could be the most important of them all in terms of the Taiwanese champions going far at Worlds. While the jungle and mid partnership between Huang Maple Yi-Tang and Hung Karsa Hau-Hsuan is the micro prowess of the team, SwordArt is the man who makes sure the macro ideas are executed proficiently. SwordArts game planning against the Tigers last year and SKT T1 at the Mid-Season Invitational this campaign led to his team sweeping both Korean giants in the group stage of those respective tournaments.The summer season was another successful one for SwordArt. He led all supports when it came to assists, and he died the least of any starting support in Taiwans premier league. The issue for SwordArt and the Flash Wolves, like it was at Worlds last year and MSI this year, will be the AD carry position. Hsiung NL Wen-An was only adequate in his appearances at Worlds last year, and he was out of his depth at the Mid-Season Invitational come the bracket stage. In the series which eliminated FW from MSI against North Americas Counter Logic Gaming, NL had an abysmal scoreline of 3/9/14 in the four games played.With the meta enforcing 2v2 lanes, its going to be up to SwordArt to make sure NL, clearly the shakiest link on the Wolves, doesnt completely crack against the likes of SK Telecom T1s or Clodu9s bottom lane in a competitive Group B.4. Cho Mata Se-hyeongRegion: China Team: Royal Never Give UpThe most troubled support coming into Worlds is also the one who has won the MVP of the tournament before. Matas spring split was fantastic in Royals rebranding renaissance as Royal Never Give Up, going all the way to the finals and winning the championship in the climactic match. RNGs performance at home during MSI in Shanghai was also a treat to watch, and it was through Matas playmaking abilities that Royal appeared to be the tournaments favorite heading into the bracket stage before defending world champion SK Telecom T1 woke up in the semifinal.During the offseason before the summer split, RNG upgraded its bottom lane with two-time Worlds finalist Jian Uzi Zi-Hao coming in to seemingly solidify the star-studded roster. Calling the summer split a disappointment for Royal might be too harsh, but the final month of the season was forgettable for Mata and crew. RNG barely made it out of the semifinals against I May, and then it got shellacked by undefeated Edward Gaming in the domestic summer finals. At his peak, Mata is the best support in the world, but coming into the World Championship hell need to re-earn the title he has held many times throughout his illustrious career.3. Alfonso Mithy Aguirre RodriguezRegion: Europe Team: G2 EsportsThis will be the third World Championship for G2 Esports starting support. Yesterday we highlighted Mithys bottom lane partner, Jesper Zven Svenningsen, in the top five of the AD carries traveling to America this upcoming week; the fact that both are among their respective roles top fives is a testament to how strong they are as a unit. When Zven was transitioning from the world of amateurs to the one of pros, Mithy was the catalyst in helping him blossom into one of the worlds top marksmen.When it comes to European supports, Bora YellOwStaR Kim might be the greatest of all time, but Mithy is closing in fast. He has made four domestic finals (three consecutively) and was finally able to win his first championship alongside Zven after he joined G2 this past May. While the Lemondogs failed to do damage at the 2013 World Championships, a semifinal finish in 2015 was one of the best results any non-Asian team has ever accomplished.Statistically, Mithy had a career summer season: top three in both wards placed and cleared of all starting supports, and top assists at the support position while also having the fewest number of deaths.2. Kang GorillA Beom-hyeonRegion: South Korea Team: ROX TigersThe best support at last years World Championship comes in at second in our rankings heading into this years festivities. In arguably his worst season out of the last two years, GorillA still was an elite-level support that topped the KDA rankings of the supports in League Champions Korea. A lot of the year it was the Song Smeb Kyung-ho and Han Peanut Wang-ho show for the Tigers, but that doesnt take away from GorillAs insane consistency over the past three years. Since making the finals of the spring season of South Koreas domestic league in 2014 with NaJin White Shield, GorillA has competed in no fewer than four of the last six major Korean finals.GorillA has a lot in common with Mithy when it comes to results. Both players needed to make it to their fourth domestic final before finally winning one, and itll be both supports third time coming to the World Championship. The similarities dont end there; GorillA and Mithy both went home early in their first Worlds (Mithy 2013, Gorilla 2014), and the two had incredible runs last year in which Gorilla made the Summoners Cup finals and Mithy made the semifinals. In both cases, it was SK Telecom T1 who eliminated the two superstar supports from the tournament.1. Tian Meiko YeRegion: China Team: Edward GamingWhen Meiko first debuted with EDG last year, I overlooked him as a good player that was propped up by playing with a virtuoso by the name of Kim Deft Hyuk-kyu. By the time EDG upset SKT T1 at the 2015 Mid-Season Invitational final, I started to see Meiko as someone to respect as an individual and not just as Defts support. Now, after a summer season where EDG didnt budge once in the face of an upgraded RNG squad and other challenges, I see Meiko for what he truly is: a support player who can stand on his own legs alongside any AD carry in the world.Deft is the best teamfighting AD carry in the history of League of Legends, but hed never been much of an early game player before developing synergy with Meiko. The best supports can make an average AD carry great, and in the case of EDGs bottom lane, Meiko has turned an elite AD carry into the undisputed worlds best at his position. In a lot of cases, having an AD carry and support with differing styles can kill a team; if one swerves right and the other left, it means death for both. 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Hes played in 240 games in a row, not counting preseason and playoffs. Do the math, and it adds up. The Washington Redskins linebacker has seen a lot of stars. "I play inside linebacker and I like to play it physical," Fletcher said Thursday. "So, I dont know, it can happen a couple of times a game, but I wouldnt classify them as concussions; theyre just, you know, bell-ringing. Youll see stars for a second, and then youre back to normal in two, three seconds, whatever the case may be. Thats just the way the game is." The 38-year-old Fletcher, who has never missed a game in 16 NFL seasons, is decidedly old-school. In a profile in this weeks issue of Sports Illustrated, he reveals that he suffered a concussion last preseason that he and the team kept secret from the public. "Im not going to tell an opponent about anything that Ive got going on, so its just the way I am," Fletcher told reporters in the Redskins locker room. "You play football, you have things that bother you all the time. If I go around telling you all everything thats bothering me, youd be writing a story every day." So what was suspected was true. When coach Mike Shanahan said Fletcher was "not feeling right" and kept evading follow-up questions, it turned out that the linebacker did get a concussion when he was hit by a teammate while defending a pass in the preseason opener in August 2012 against the Buffalo Bills. Fletcher stayed in the game a few more plays before telling trainers he was feeling dizzy, and he missed the next preseason game. Asked why he didnt reveal Fletchers concussion, Shanahan said: "I dont remember, to be honest with you. Ive got a hard enough time thinking about what it was last week with injuries, yet a year ago." Teams are not required to issue regular injury reports during preseason. Still, had the injury occurred in September instead of August, Fletcher wouldnt now hold the longest active consecutive games streak in the league. "If I had suffered the concussion in a regular season game, I would not have been able to play that following week," he said. What Fletcher didnt tell the trainers was that he was dealing with a byproduct from the concussion well into the regular season. He was over the actual concussion, but something still wasnt right with his head. "It wasnt a situation where I was all wobbly or anything like that," Fletcher said. &"Its just every now and then I would maybe have a little sway.dddddddddddd. I would notice it. Nobody else would notice it. So I never told the team about that." It wasnt until he had a hamstring injury in October that Fletcher told the team about his "balance" issues. It turned out to be problem in his neck that was resolved easily. Fletcher hadnt been his usual self up until then, and once the problem was treated he had a strong second half and was named second-team All-Pro. "I think players sometimes go running to the training room too much," Fletcher said. "You get a hangnail, you go run to the trainer. You get a sprained finger, you go running to the trainer, things like that. For me, Im just of the mentality, if you can go out and play, you dont need to run to the training room about every little thing thats going on. "Obviously, looking back, I shouldve told the team about that part of it a lot sooner because it was something that was taken care of immediately. Thats the only regret I have about the situation." Fletchers comments about regular "bell-ringing" are sure to add the growing debate surrounding football safety. Experts have tried to educate coaches and players that "getting your bell rung" is not something to be ignored. That only works, however, if the player reports it or a coach or teammate notices it. "I remember a number of quarterbacks come to the sideline, and you knew there was something wrong," Shanahan said. "And you give the old 1-2-3 finger test and they go back out there. Times have changed, and education has changed for the right reason." Fletcher said he hasnt "taken the time" to count all of his concussions, including maybe one or two hes had while playing pickup basketball. Hes fully aware of concussion-related lawsuits filed by former NFL players, so he knows what hes up against once hes retired. "I signed up for this," he said. "Nobody makes me play this game." Notes: Robert Griffin III (right knee surgery) had his second full practice in a row, still progressing toward a target of playing in the regular season opener Sept. 9. "He was able to get a lot more reps," offensive co-ordinator Kyle Shanahan said. "And do some that werent totally scripted." ... 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