User blog comment:Wrecking Bell/Sumi, the Bestower/@comment-24420226-20150126172732

This is a little strange in execution as a support. The passive first gives the idea that she is meant to be a Soraka-esque support, but her passive is the only effect that interacts with ally champions and she can't even use it until level 9 (end of laning phase). The only thing it has going for her is how ridiculously the healing effects scale into the late game and at lvl 18 she will be much more effective as a healer than Soraka. Her base damage certainly means she can threaten the enemy carries with poke from her long cast ranges, but she lacks any serious crowd control or kiting ability (other than her GTFO button, a 1000 range gap closer might be a bt much). Even Soraka now has slows/snares that enable to her disengage and manage more aggressive laners like Leona or Annie. Her Q is probably the strangest thing. There may be a reason why Riot has not implemented a mana stealing mechanic in any of their champions so far, and the way it works here is actually pretty counter-effective. Having it as a delayed detonation, she is basically enticing the enemy laners to act quickly on the temporary mana they have, which is exactly the opposite of what she wants because, as stated before, she cannot afford lane trades or engages without any CC or damage mitigation. She effectively has no real presence in lane as a support. Even if one can make it through the laning phase, picking her limits the pick options for her other team members, since they will now have to pick champions with aspects that usually the support is responsible for: things like peel for the carries, initiation strength, disengage, setting up picks etc.

She might function more as a mid-lane mage, but even then there are a few hurdles. Her auto attack range is so short it's practically melee; Khazix almost has the same range upon evolving his claws. Her ability to cs will be limited agaisnt mages, and pretty much impossible agaist any assassins. Her Q might be a saving grace, but only if the enemy also uses mana: she is double-boned against Zed, Akali, and Katarina (even Fizz or Talon would probably just jump on her before the mana drain has an effect in lane). And without any of that cc, you'd find hard to entice your jungler into ganking for you if they have to setup the gank all on their own. Finally, while her E might be useful with a physical damage carry partner, it obviously does little to help herself in a solo lane.

Some of the abilities on their own are interesting. Her E would defintely be useful if she had something to force a fight with, and is definitely helpful to help shred through those big top lane tanks. Other than the insanely large cast range, the mechanics of her W are fine. And as I said before, her passive scales super hard into the late game. It's just, together in the same kit they create a champion with so may holes that undermine what strengths she could have.