She's definitely not standard by any means. I've found she's really strong with an aura-centric (tankier) build too since tbh, your job is to empower your allies rather than pubstomp the enemy. If anything, the results ive had with that build almost double down on the theory she can work better with bruisers, as she's then safer latching to an engager and making their engage even stronger, without sacrificing (actually, with my build you have more) peel and protection for your adc/backline.
I think she's honestly slightly stronger than she needs to be at the moment, but then again, I also main support and like champs like Rakan who do a lot of similar things in terms of constantly hopping around, debilitating, hopping around more, healing...so maybe I'm just not your average player with her.