Agreed Defile, her support is fine. She just needs damage.

Blitz can't really do **** about a tough teamfight unless somebody is out of position.

Nami can shut an extremely fed team down whether they are out of position or not.

Blitz can silence and bounce a fed jax, herp a derp
nami can bounce, slow, stun, and heal an ally in response to jax. Bye jax

Oh look there's 3 champs on your carry.............................
blitz can grab one I guess...
nami can peel as many fit into the AoE of Q or R or both and give speed boosts

There's a standoff at the enemy tower? Quick xin dive them and blitz will... do things...
and nami will turn off their damage and further disable some of them, slowing them then helping xin slow them again and healing to help xin escape the tower aggro alive!

The tank isn't ready we need to counter initiate!
Blitz I choose you! use.. flail?
Nami, HYDROPUMP

^speaking of which, not alot of people seem to realize that you can't really expect your towers to stop a teamfight under the tower if nami is in the game and her ult is up. Your team will get melted or lose the tower advantage to initiate and get melted anyways cuz her ult works regardless of which team initiates

Err, no one said she's op. She's just good and hard to use.

Also, simple answer: it depends

Blitz's grab can be game breaking, but it's kind of less useful once the teamfight is joined. by then, I'd much rather have a 6 second cd ranged pulverize on my side.

I feel the same about her ult. I would like it if it gradually gains speed as it goes along to make that 4second slow more attractive to go for than just popping it off point blank.

She could use some buffs... I feel like she lacks utility. It's like, she only gets to shine if your team if ahead. Contrary to Lulu for example, who has a long silence, two slows, a knock-up, a shield, a MS and AP buff... All of them, game changing abilities. Other supports fill the role better than Nami IMO.

She is pretty niche. I expect to see her in premades rather than soloque like Janna who she is based on.

I mean most soloque teams aren't coordinated enough to use her engage/disengage ultimate just like most soloque teams aren't coordinated enough to use Janna's ultimate.

I feel that her auto attack is way too slow and the passive is pathetic in most situations. She has absolutely no damage and all her skillshots are ridiculously easy to dodge. You can outrun the wave if you pop ghost. Not a viable competitive support every other support are much easier and much more effective then nami.

Suggested buff:
1. increase missile speed of her q or increase the ap ratio.
2. make her auto animation smoother. I find my self standing in one place for over 2 seconds just to launch an auto attack.
3. increase the initial speed of the wave
4. Make her attack buff more visible to the person she casts on. It often overlayed by numerous on hit buffs.

amazing reply. totally agree with this.

also it's ridiculous to compare blitz's q to anything in the game. there is nothing like it, nor will there ever be. it's why, as the quoted poster explained, the rest of his abilities are less prolific. because his Q is pretty strong.

I think alot of people are put off by the steep learning curve. If you don't know how to position yourself as Nami and don't land the skillshots then you'll die alot and basically be dead weight for your team.

The real trick is knowing how to use the ult. A mistake I often see in laning phase is people shooting it straight through the lane trying to engage. This is really easy to dodge. Instead try to shoot it diagonally, cutting off their escape. If they do manage to dodge, they'll be zoned back to you and you should be able to land an easy Q combo.

In team fights stand back beind your team and wait for and predict the moment the fight is about to break out. Again you'll probably fail if you're the one trying to engage but tidal wave is kind of like the perfect counter engage. Ult through as many of your team and the enemy as you can before speeding yourself up with E in order to Q targets before theis MS debuff is gone.

Granted I'm new to ranked but when you use Nami right it really feels like you're carrying the team.