[Patch 1.0.0.153: Preseason Balance Update 1] GD - Page 256

On January 03 2013 11:09 Alaric wrote:
Uh... the delay on Nami's Q and R makes her really awkward against stuff that has mobility. Also her animations are so slow, auto and spells alike, her W is so obvious you can't use it and retreat, there will be retaliation.

I felt useless in teamfights, her heal isn't strong enough while not having the benefits of, say, Sona's aura, you're going to be lucky if you get more than one Q per fight, and the ult never felt decisive o anything, even as counterinitiation—def. underwhelming compared to Naut's, as I feared.
Can't talk about the lane, Leona obviously destroys Nami because of squishiness and respective ranges, kinda like Sona... except you can't ever cast anything else than E because if Leona plays with your ranges she'll have a wide opening to engage on you. So not conclusive at all.

Also her mana costs are pretty darn atrocious.

When using similar builds (locket/crucible, had to have tankiness against the enemy lane, and needed the chalice desperately for mana) Taric, whom I long thought boring, felt much, much more useful in teamfights. :/

On January 03 2013 11:49 sob3k wrote:


I tried her for a few games, seems ok but a huge part of her kit is just really not functional for soloque. She is made for like skirmishing, but 90% of the time you use your 3 hit auto buff it will be wasted without communication, and her heal is only really good with a bounce, so your laner has to engage to use it correctly. I do agree her animations are also really obnoxious and slow, but I think she could be pretty strong with an actual duo using her damage and slows and speed and continously trade really well.

her ult is really really good, but you pay for it, as the rest of her kit is just a shitty version of lulu.