Talk:Thresh/@comment-69.141.8.150-20130110184141/@comment-3067750-20130110202314

The shield strength increase balanaces out the mana cost increase...and still reduces the cooldown. Your least important support ability is your utility ability which is Flay.

You'll still want to max W so you can protect your ADC more frequently (including enabling him to escape a bad spot) and you'll still want to max Q so you can maximize its passive damage early for harass.