User blog comment:AlexHawks/Challenge the meta - Support in the MID lane 2/@comment-6003864-20130425221645

I see no particular problem with any of these mid, but any competent AP or AD mid player could easily outplay a Nami or Blitz.

Blitz excels as a support because when you're in bot lane, most of your attention is on farming and on the opposing ADC. This fatal error makes it extremely easy for blitz to land his pulls. In a mid lane, you're going to land maybe 25% of your pulls against a competent laner, because when it's a 1v1 lane you're always keeping your eyes on your opponent. Plus, Blitz is melee. That is a huge problem when most of your opponents (Talon and Kat nonwithstanding) will be ranged and will outpoke you while dodging your skillshots.

I don't play Lulu but I assume pre-six she's practically a nonpresence in lane.

Nami is nigh on impossible to play against most people nowdays, because you'd need a Rabadon's and a Void Staff just to break even on damage against the base damage of most common AP casters. Combine that with the current trend of tanky teams and most midlaners will simply walk right over a Nami. Even laners like Thresh, Raka, and Nunu could walk right past Nami pre-6 completely shrug off any damage she can put out. She's just not viable mid.

I applaud what you're doing here, but some of these people simply CAN'T go mid. Nami is one of these.