As a beginner, I feel like I'm starting to hit my first stride in this game as Lich support. I felt really comfortable playing last night (helped my carry establish lane control, warded constantly, sentry warded that lead to a couple of early ganks, respectable K/D/A, map awareness improved etc..). I still made a lot of stupid mistakes (forgetting to use my magic wand when it had 15 charges, allowing myself to get surrounded a couple of times, moving out of position to assist on a gank). The one thing I'm a bit confused about is that when midgame rolls around, I feel like I'm running around like a chicken with its head cut off at times. If I roam around with gankers, I miss out on XP if we don't get any ganks and I don't want to tag team with a carry at this point if he/she is farming. I know support isn't item dependent but not being able to buy the basics because you've spent your gold on wards isn't good either.