Thoughts on Nami

[quote=astrolia][h1]"Mid Nami"[/h1] I see no reason to put [[Nami]] mid unless you're doing something gimmicky. Her best wave clearing ability is also [[Aqua Prison]], which is her stun with a 2000 second cooldown. Because of how [[Ebb and Flow]] needs to bounce to 3 unique targets, [[Nami]] certainly works better in duo lane engagements. And you [i]can[/i] autoattack harass enemy mids with [[Tidecaller's Blessing]], but [[Nami]]'s autoattack animation is complete molasses, and this would leave you very open to enemy harass or skill shots. [h1]Nami's Poke in Bot Lane[/h1] Her [[Tidecaller's Blessing]] is better to use on your AD carry to poke with because AD carries have much quicker, smoother autoattack animations. Imagine it on [[Caitlyn]] with her 650 range or [[Ezreal]]'s [[Mystic Shot]] - way more effective. [[Ebb and Flow]] costs too much mana (yet it's probably the best skill to level first on her for laning) to use it casually to poke with. And [[Aqua Prison]] has high base damage scaling, but what's the point of using your stun to poke? Save the cooldown. [h1]Playstyle[/h1] Supports are currently classified as "poke", "sustain", and "kill". In my opinion, it's more like "defensive support" and "offensive support" and poke/sustain/peel/cc are like sub-classifications. I would lean [[Nami]] toward "defensive". Because of her cooldowns and mana costs, she feels more like a character who rewards you for using your skills to react. E.g. if [[Leona]] all-ins your carry, you can cast [[Aqua Prison]] under your carry to stun [[Leona]] while granting your carry [[Surging Tide]]'s bonus movespeed. If you use [[Ebb and Flow]] to harass while you're full HP, it'll bounce back to you and do nothing. But if you wait to use it after something has started, you'll be healing while doing damage. [h1]Nami Scales with AP[/h1] All 4 of [[Nami]]'s usable abilities scale with AP. The majority of them are offensive, so magic pen reds and/or [[Arcane Knowledge]] might work pretty well on her. Exception: When you use [[Tidecaller's Blessing]] on an ally, the magic damage is based off of your AP and their magic pen. (Note: I don't believe that all supports scale well with AP.) [h1]Building AP on Supports[/h1] There are 2 new good ap items for supports. 1) [[Morello's Evil Tome]] was remade into [[Morellonomicon]]. [[Nami]] has 2 AoEs and her other 2 spells also do magic damage, so it's easy for her to apply the passive once people are within health range. It also gives her a ton of CDR, which the other new AP support items don't have, and that can give you flexibility with your boots 2. 2) [[Twin Shadows]] is amazing and should be built on every support to safely check areas after you lose tower vision. The ghosts will go like 3 screens away to check for people in bushes. 3) [[Banner of Command]] also adds AP, but I see no reason to build this on any support except [[Nunu]]. It would even be better on [[Malzahar]] or [[Elise]] than it would be on supports.[/quote]

[quote=koridjinn]Despite the fact that Nami shouldn't be played as an AP carry, her AP ratios scale very well. [[aqua prison]] is a high reward skillshot - it does quite a bit of damage and the stun is just long enough for you or a team-mate to pull off some decent damage. Nami feels a lot like Janna in some ways - both can't be classified as 'sustain', 'poke' or 'kill'. She seems to work really well with the Holy Trinity, as most supports do. I like Nami, she's quite different from other supports. Her [[aqua prison]] is somewhat difficult to land, but when you do, you need to rely on your ADC to react quickly. [[ebb and flow]]'s mana costs are too high IMO, but that justifies the fact that you should take [[chalice of harmony]] on her. I think a good low cost poke on her would be [[tidecaller's blessing]], as it also procs the [[pickpocket]] mastery. I've yet to learn how to play her GOOD, and her mechanics. I'm expecting nerfs to her as well. p.s. Astrolia, I am a huge fan of yours. You make supporting look awesome.[/quote]

[quote=devdevil]GAH D; I wanted to find out myself, why did I look at this![/quote]

[quote=Luther3000]From playing AD with/against a couple Nami supports she seems to be pretty strong. Her heal restores more health than any other support except for Soraka, her CC is good and the movespeed/slow combo seems great for harassing and chasing down your opponents.[/quote]

[quote=Vavena]I've been pretty impressed with [[nami]]. Very good support from what I've seen.[/quote]