Talk:Nami/@comment-3035733-20130726183252/@comment-4677525-20130728174414

I wouldn't say that's entirely fair - Nami has absolutely crippling mana costs for a good portion of the game and requires a good degree of management to maintain. Also, Thresh's hooks lead to kills much more frequently than Nami Q or ultis because it is much easier to follow-up on (it's has a built-in gapcloser on top of a ranged stun).

In all honesty, nearly all traditional supports are viable right now. Zyra is being used a lot in LCS by Cloud9, the current dominant team in NA. Janna still has the best disengage in the game, Thresh and Blitz can still dominate games with a single hook and Sona and Nami are among the safest supports in the game (work in nearly every comp). Madlife (aka Godlife from Korea - imo the best support in the world) can even bust out an amazing Alistar. Even though Thresh is a bit stronger than the others, he's not unbeatable (especially after the next set of nerfs).