Just played with Sona first time a normal match.
Things went horribly
Got dessimated easily against a Thresh!
Fuck his hooks!
Sona doesn't do well against hard engage in lane. I still pull her out as a pocket pick if someone goes Janna, Soraka, or Morg against me in lane because she can zone them out pretty effectively. I think you are kind of looking at how to play support wrong. I have been maining support most of the summer and what I've realized is matchups are very important and you have to have good judgement of your personal skills in some matchups. If I pick Sona into a Thresh, I have to go in focusing on not getting hooked, because Sona will not survive a hook 75% of the time. Learning lane dynamics will help you at support a lot. Having flexible picks also does.
I have a fairly large roster of supports I can pull out depending on who the enemy duo is and who my ADC is. Figure out the matchups and even look at who your jungler is/who their jungler is. I never go into a game thinking, "no matter what, I'm playing ___", the first step of supporting your team is by properly picking a support.
Thresh is overloaded, but his design is so well done that his effectiveness scales 1:1 with the player's skill. I've never once been hooked/dunked on by a thresh and thought "Wow, this dude is broken". Instead I'm impressed by a sweet flash flay or something.
I agree. His skills are flashy and functional. There is a bare-minimum you can do on Thresh and still be useful, but to get really good on him and carry games you have to learn the ins and outs. I got really good at him when I started maxing my Q and W before my E, the E isn't needed outside of utility as Thresh isn't meant to do damage. Max CDR and you can use your Hook/Lantern way more often.
For strategy on him, after laning phase vision control is key on him. Constantly switch lanes so you can force pick offs, Thresh is one of the best allies to have for small skirmishes in the game, a quick 3v2 fight in Mid, Top, or the enemy jungle can quickly lead to towers or dragons.
I'm honestly looking for some veteran feedback here....why am I laughed at for picking a "bronze" champ when I choose Blitzcrank, but Thresh is pro-level? I know they are far from the same champ, but their specialty seems kind of the same. People tell me you don't see Blitz in pro-level because the only time he is useful is for chumps who have bad positioning. But isn't the same of Thresh? I dunno...It's really making me re-think my life since Blitz is my support I'm great it. It makes me think I need to upgrade to the higher level and work on some other supports.
Blitz takes a lot of skill to be good at right now due to the huge nerf to his W. I used to main him, but now he really is just a last pick counter. Morgana isn't commonly banned and makes him fairly useless, and Sivir is being picked more often. It is also hard to land a hook against Ezreal, Vayne (though I love predicting Vayne tumbles), and others. Other people have said it, but he is very one dimensional. When I pick him I try to go for an intimidation build. Just build lots of speed and cdr on him, Talisman is so good. Just pop your W and Talisman and run as fast as you can at someone and force them to react. You will force a lot of flashes without even hooking, and sometimes you will make a pick.
I don't like the type of Blitz that just hides and waits somewhere, it is much harder to hit a hook while stationary.
