Can Soraka be changed to a healthy and fun to play with/against champion ?

option paralysis·Dec 28, 2015·2 votes·868 views

I'm not even a Soraka hater, I played her a lot before and after the rework. Loved watching differents builds and runes people did on her. But almost every game she's in, someone complains about how broken and toxic she is to play against, and frankly I get them. Nobody wants to see the dmg they did to someone get healed in couple of seconds. You can't always focus her if she's careful and stands in the back, etc. After the latest nerfs she still gets banned, people still complain about her and I just don't want to see her get nerfed again and again, until nobody sees or wants to play her for a long time. I wish they'd make her more of an interactive champion with abilities that don't completely rely on 1.1 sec cooldown heal. I think people that play her and play against her would appreciate that.

14 Comments

sh8ardiDec 28, 20153 votes

as a soraka player, I totally understand that. if someone know how to play with her and how to build her items, she can be annoying. but many times I played her, even with a full AP on her, the healings isn't enough if the enemy team knows who to target first and how to keep me away or unable to heal my ally. it's most likely the way on how the enemy , or the team going against soraka, is what make or break her in team fight.

I went against some really good soraka player, but because I know how to approach her heals, the game was in our favor (but of cause, her early game was some kind of tricky to hand by myself).

option paralysisDec 28, 20151 votes

That's the thing that bothers me, they're gonna always focus her and Soraka will stay in the back and hide to heal.. or you're gonna be invincible and the most annoying healer ever. Either way, youre just gonna spam that W button and I'd wish that would be changed, because as you can see from the 35% ban rate and general "I hate soraka" opinion, it's not fun for anyone. I just don't want to see her getting thrown into the state of being unplayable again and making her healthy to play.

Maximum MordeDec 28, 20152 votes

No, healing is an inherently toxic mechanic. Seeing all your work undone like it never even happened is far worse feeling than having someone escape at 1 hp.

Little Stick ManDec 28, 20151 votes

i wish her healing was more in depth than just point and click, like if she could mark an ally and whenever she hit her q her mark would be healed for some amount

option paralysisDec 28, 20155 votes

That would mean though you could only heal one person in teamfights, because you wouldn't have time to switch targets so fast and hit the Q.

Little Stick ManDec 28, 20151 votes

its almost like you'd have to make a choice on who to save instead of being a heal bot

option paralysisDec 29, 20153 votes

But that would just kill the playing experience for Soraka players.. I'm asking for some rework that would benefit both sides, not just be boring or toxic to play against.

BirefringenceDec 31, 20151 votes

Imagine that attached to the choice an adc has when auto attacking. Your proposed changes are horrific.

AbyssphereDec 29, 20152 votes

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i wish her healing was more in depth than just point and click, like if she could mark an ally and whenever she hit her q her mark would be healed for some amount

Riot have said that they're not going to make ally healing or shielding unreliable. Soraka's healing to allies is never going to be reliant on her hitting skillshots.

The DeckownerDec 29, 20151 votes

the problem with soraka is she require no skill(the only ability that matters on her is w, which is point and click heal) so playing as or against soraka is going to be unfun and boring. they need more versatility in her kit.

option paralysisDec 29, 20151 votes

That's exactly what I'm saying. she needs to be more interactive to play with and against. I just don't want that she gets nerfed couple more times, because she will since the ban rate, which is understandable.. but she needs another rework, with the current kit, I don't think there can be balance.

The DeckownerDec 29, 20151 votes

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That's exactly what I'm saying. she needs to be more interactive to play with and against. I just don't want that she gets nerfed couple more times, because she will since the ban rate, which is understandable.. but she needs another rework, with the current kit, I don't think there can be balance.

q heals u for percent health, w heals ur ally for shit load, e silence enemy as long as they stand in it and will root them(cant qss the silence), and a global ult healing. kinda hard to balance

option paralysisDec 29, 20151 votes

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q heals u for percent health, w heals ur ally for shit load, e silence enemy as long as they stand in it and will root them(cant qss the silence), and a global ult healing. kinda hard to balance

that's exactly what I said also.. thus she needs another rework.

BirefringenceDec 31, 20151 votes

Q heals for a flat amount that is for a decent portion of the game is less than the 10% maximum health cost on her heal.