When is nami coming out.

Classick idk if you're still looking at this, but I'm honestly wondering what was the thought process behind Nami's kit?

What was the thought process behind Nami's design? Why structure her kit like that? What does she bring to the support role that was missing, or could easily be banned out and need a second option? What niche is she filling?

As weird as it is, the kit feels pretty similar to Tarics, though a little less powerful. Taric has better CC, better sustain, a stronger burst rotation -- though Nami has the slow on her E and the R presence.

In your eyes, why do I pick Nami? Under what situations? Who is she ideal with? What makes Nami worth grabbing over any other support champion?

Edit: As a point of comparison, look at Janna vs. Lulu's kits. They are VERY similar, but they play radically different and sort of fulfill different niches but having overlap. For example, Janna is a shielder with a steroid which is ideal against AD champions that have a heal debuff -- Lulu also has a shield and a damage steroid. Janna has a slow, Lulu has a slow (skillshot vs. targeted, but Lulu's can hit multiple targets and doesn't "slow" Lulu); Lulu has a movement speed buff, Janna has her passive; Lulu has a silence/AA removal, Janna effectively accomplishes the same with her tornado (I recognize they aren't the same and this is a point of difference). Lulu has a large disruption ult, as does Janna.

If you want to pick Janna but don't have access to her, you can (in many situations) pick Lulu to satisfy the kit gaps you need, in spite of the fact these two champions play radically different. How does this exist with Nami? Does this exist with Nami? If it doesn't exist -- why doesn't it? With a kit that feels so "generic," is that a good thing or a bad thing if it doesn't exist?

I finally got around to trying out Nami a few times with the recent...changes..

I don't particularly agree with the nerfs to the slow on her ultimate, since the knock up isn't as big as other knock ups. But I don't want to complain, she still works fine.

The change to her E though, that is actually the biggest thing that I feel really hurt her oddly enough. When I play Nami, I get the feeling that shes a very long range support. I really felt that when she had long range on her E. Being able to give slows and a small speed up from a distance really helped secure kills. I can't see why that would need to be changed because its still dependent on landing a skill shot or an auto attack, its not a guaranteed kill even if I buff them. I believe it should be more in line with Kayle's single target speed increase since its not AOE.

Edit: Not being able to adequately use her passive for chasing makes her passive seem lackluster.
E isn't the most interesting ability as it is, the nerf to her range doesn't help at all.
I still feel like her E needs something more so your AD carry realizes they can slow their opponent.

GREAT CHAMP mid lane

Why are Nami's sharks grey now?

Also can we have them do something more that just be in her joke? Maybe they pop up and bite enemies hit by Ebb & Flow? A shark with a med kit in it's mouth pops up for the healing half?

Her mana costs are ridiculous and her Q is SUPER clunky.

my cent.

I trust that you guys know exactly what you guys are doing, but when Ahri's ultimate did its knock up, I viewed it as a very nice counter to the mobility AD carry meta considering that all the popular AD carry picks have a movement displacement ability. But with the pre release nerfs to her ratios, her heals, the range of her ultimate, and the useage of her ultimate... well... I'm seeing less and less of a reason to pick her over sona, fiddles, or zyra as my go to supports.

I do realize that in the coming season 3 changes, phantom dancer is getting noifed to the ground and that all champions are getting a base MS buff to kinda equalize the field on mobility creep, but I don't think it really changes just how strong the mobility displacement moves of ADcarries are or the current support line up. if we are just looking at the factors I mentioned.