How can I tell if my support is actually creating space for my carries?

[RobertUS]

I’ve been trying to get better at playing support in our ranked matches, but I feel like I’m not actually enabling my team to carry fights, I’m just kind of there. How do you know when your utility and healing are actually creating enough space and pressure for your damage dealers?

[JacobP]

I used to feel invisible when I kept healing but nobody pressed in. Then I started watching what happened after the heal and whether we could force a play. Sometimes it helped, sometimes not.

[Alexander_T]

One thing that helped me was timing my heals with the moment the team commits to a dive. We sometimes got a pick when I waited a beat.

[Scarlett_R]

Maybe the real issue is not space but miscommunication or wrong targets.

[Victoria62]

I tried keeping a small log of fights to see if my heals kept the carry alive long enough to get a kill or if we lost after a big heal was wasted.