User blog comment:V3hemenc3/Support Champ idea: Isonade the Water Priestess/@comment-4114531-20110928042028/@comment-4434162-20110928092752

your suggestion for her W would make it like Karma's Mantra shield or Sion's Shield. my point of the shield was a purely lifesaver utility, kind of like Morgana's shield. if i make her shield burst out of damage, people will treat her as another Karma and i don't think she'll fit the current metagame.

on the ult, i can definitely see where you're going with this. i'm thinking more of a support-oriented ult, so how what about an ult that targets an ally/enemy and after channeled, bursts out, dealing damage to enemy champs and buffs allies near the target? example: galio channels his ult and enemies attack him. the ult is cast on galio, and the enemy champs that has been attacking him is hit by the ult, damaged, and any allies in the vicinity gains the buffs. This would also lift a dilemma of whether her ult should be channeled like MF's, or placed in the ground and be a mana hog like anivia's.