We got 3 generalist supports...

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namis q is trivial to land when combined with her e

Shes just straight up outclassed by everyone

Here's the thing:

That combo is fine during laning, where she can just apply it to herself and then throw a Q. The problem is when the game gets longer, because, just like Sona, requiring squishy mage supports to operate at a range of 550 is stupid. Since her auto range is 550, she loses her E X 1-3 -> Q combo after laning because you can't risk getting that close to do all that nonsense. Also, if she's trying to peel someone off of her/her team, why would anyone want to get into 550 range to throw an auto...for a slow?

So landing her Q after lacing the enemy with E is much simpler, but getting Nami in range to do that safely becomes significantly harder after laning phase, to the point of being a moot point.

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The only thing Thresh can't do is heal. That's why he's so powerful, Riot doesn't have to balance healing around him.

It makes sense given Riot's track record with healing other players in game.

Nami's main issue is that her Q and R, which are her most important spells, are really damn hard to land. Especially Q. If they did a minor rework similar to these class reworks and included Nami in it, they could rework her Q spell into something less painfully difficult to land and she'd be significantly better right off the bat.

Sona needs a complete overhaul.

Thresh is actually fine as is. He has many strengths, but the gains in each one aren't all that great by mid/late game. The issue is that Nami's way too difficult to use and Sona's balanced around stacking items, which is literally the number one thing supports don't do.

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Any champion can be played as a support, there aren't just the three in your original post.

Braum and Thresh are both picked and Soraka also sees play competitively in the bottom lane duo. Not to mention Alistar because, you know...he's a cow. And you can't milk those.

However "Generalist Support" is a hilarious misnomer. Alistar has CC, Tank capabilities, good damage, and a heal built into his kit. How is that not a "Generalist" as you so oddly wish to claim the other three are?

I could even see Karma being called a "Generalist" as she has damage, CC, and a shield(Which is the same as Thresh).

But simply put you're probably not going to see much of a Support Champion rework. They'll do individual reworks more so than anything else(Example: Taric, Alistar, Soraka) and any extensive reworking of Supports will be via the Items they can acquire.

Oh..I'm sorry. That was probably another wall of text.

Thanks, significantly shorter than the post you linked. I did bother to read chunks of it here and there, so this is basically a more reader-friendly version of that apparently.

Anywho, you make a pretty good point, but Sona/Nami/Thresh still bring just about anything you'd want from your support...or at least most of it, hence why they're called generalists. Those "jack-of-all-trades" picks that do a good deal of everything don't master jack (kek). If someone like Alistar, Soraka, or Janna were comparable to them, why is it that they have their own niches to fill so they don't get crowded out? It's because they aren't generalists like these three are. If Sona and Nami were specified into something, odds are they wouldn't be overshadowed by Thresh like this, but they are. If Sona or Nami were overall better than Thresh due to some change here or there, they would have Thresh's play rate and win rate while Thresh and the other girl out of the two would be the ones losing popularity. The main thing is that if you master one of them, you don't necessarily need the other two, but since Thresh is by and far the best one to master, the other two just get left in the dust.

Another note is that, no, Riot actually does have a clear idea of who they consider as supports in this game, and just because you took Garen support one time, that doesn't mean some other fool in Canada can't use Nami mid lane or Sona top lane...all three of these things are simply not advised. Sona, Nami, Lulu, Janna, and others like them (although it might just be those four) are all in their own sub-class, but I forgot the name that was being pitched for it. Riot could do a support-based class rework with at least Sona/Nami/Lulu in it, cause Sona's first rework was garbage, Nami's difficulty curve is stupid in all honesty, and I don't think they're ever going to get Lulu to be a decent support pick without some changes to her base kit. Still, if you ask me, I'd be against it personally. Sona needs a bigger overhaul than the smaller scale reworks these class updates tend to be.