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Suggestion: Some small buffs (mostly QoL changes) for Soraka

Axerito·4/2/2018, 10:18:51 AM·62 votes·2,578 views

Soraka is in a quite balanced state now (leaning towards weak side tho) and I think she would love some small buffs which will make playing as Soraka way more enjoyable but not break her in any way. I came up with three changes and I will explain them below.

Soraka's passive movement speed bonus getting Volibear's Q treamment. It feels really bad to lose all movement speed when you have to go around a wall to save a low hp ally. Decaying ms would make Soraka's passive a way more reliable tool to use.
Her E getting a higher tickrate. Right now her E silence refreshes in 0,25 second intervals which allows many champions to freely cast spells when inside a silence zone if they get out of Zhonya's, GA or use things like Fizz E or Zed shadows. Increasing the tickrate to 0,1 second or more would greatly reduce the number of situations where this spell is not working as intended.
Rejuvenation bonus from hitting Q procing from epic monsters. Right now Soraka is pretty uninteractive when it comes to contesting Dragon or Baron. She can only deal a small amount of damage with Q and use her W heal with no way of restoring her own health after using it. Allowing Soraka to proc her Q passive on epic monsters (but not large) would allow her to be more interactive with the game and feel more enjoyable for Soraka player to play around objectives. Not to mention a quite similar ability, Rakan's Q, works on epic monsters.

What do you think about those changes? Will Riot ever implement them?

[sg-soraka]

62 Comments

Mama Soraka4/2/2018, 12:17:59 PM27 votes

These are some really nifty suggestions. Personally, I'm hoping for bigger kit changes but I'd take any of these suggestions as an appetizer while I wait.

[sg-soraka]

Clockwork Mouse4/2/2018, 6:11:15 PM8 votes

Are you kidding me? Riot STILL have not changed the tickrate of her E? I remember this being a complain years ago.

Bârd4/2/2018, 3:15:15 PM5 votes

1 and 3 are straight up buffs, and 2 is a bugfix.

They're all good ideas, but none of these are QOL.

DerMangoJoghurt4/2/2018, 11:41:36 AM5 votes

The Rejuvenation bonus from epic monsters might be abusable, since there's not really a risk to it. Just let your adc push, Q the dragon and come back to lane with more health. However, we don't see a lot of Rakans do it, so it's apparently not that big of a deal.

Otherwise, great suggestions. Riot please make it happen

Rico Nasty4/3/2018, 12:22:29 AM4 votes

Who told you Soraka was weak? She's a pain in the ass to deal with. That click-heal-click-heal-click-heal is the most braindead shit I've encountered in this game. She needs a rework, not buffs.

FilDaFunk4/2/2018, 6:27:35 PM3 votes

Buffing champs for no reason? Of course they will!

NorthernRedStar4/2/2018, 6:03:33 PM3 votes

All seem fair. I like it.

SpecterVonBaren4/3/2018, 3:12:41 AM2 votes

The issue is what do you propose they remove from her kit that makes her problematic when strong in exchange for this? Not a big nerf or change since what you suggest aren't huge changes but at the same time there's a reason she was nerfed into her current state.

sad þoy4/4/2018, 6:27:31 AM1 votes

I love these ideas even if they are small changes. She deserves much more than what the meta has been providing for her. I personally think they should revert the changes they made to her Q, returning what it use to do in season 5. They said the changed it due to the fact that "assassin's weren't able to burst her down". Well.. since lethality became a thing that has NOT been an issue whatsoever. I really hope they do something..

Ifneth4/2/2018, 6:40:09 PM1 votes

I love these ideas. The last one might be a little strong (perma-rejuvenation heals while doing Baron, anyone?) but our dear goat lady needs any buff she can get right now.

SanKakU4/3/2018, 3:54:32 PM1 votes

All of these seem reasonable, and this is coming from a guy that has no problem getting a/s on Soraka.

I'd even go so far as to propose she get Q regen from hitting large monsters so she can jungle again.

Leaf on Bush4/3/2018, 9:31:22 PM1 votes

Soraka is a cheesy pick to stomp in laning phase. If you lose to a passive Sorakas that doesn't even abuse her early strengths you deserve the loss. For 800 gold you can nullify any advantage that Soraka brings in terms of heals in mid game and thats where most games are decided.

So Soraka has only two issues:

Grievous Wounds, the most unhealthy debuff (obtainable from items) this game ever had and
she is too oppressive in laning phase, because this is the only aspect of her that makes her a decent pick

She is not uninteractive, she is not braindead, you need to land your skillshots and she doesn't just spam W, people who say that just lost to bad Soraka players and are salty.

Fixing her E and all that is fine and all but it's not gonna change anything.

If your impression is that Soraka is weak then you are either not using your early game well enough or you are not snowballing your matches well enough.

If Soraka doesn't win early she needs to hope that her opponents are stupid and don't buy Grievous Wounds (which happens surprisingly often) or stall long enough to get close to full build and win very late.