User blog comment:Kygehn/Support Rantings/@comment-24226573-20131230130128

And here I am after going  2-1-30 with Alistar =p. Riot hasn't nerfed any of the 'traditional' supports, they just shifted their power from early-mid to mid-late in order to give them some presence in teamfights besides playing a funky tune.

Leona is still doing fine, as is Thresh, as seems Alistar, al be it a situational support sadly and good Nami players are still good. The only damage done seems to be on Janna, though that has nothing to do with the S4 changes and more to do with Riot specifically changing Janna. She's still ok but hardly the wind beneath her team's wings.

ADC's aren't used to actually being threatned by a support early game, beyond CC, and this takes them by surprise and leaves them to die. Give it some time and players will adjust to Annie, Lux and other Mage-supports. And supports will learn how to profit of errors or champion kits. (Landing Thresh hooks against a LeBlanc is easy once she goes in for a bit of poke.) Who knows, we might see the return of the QSS/Merc Scimitar on ADC's in the lower leagues.