Soraka's Equinox should heal for equal amounts.

Duke Anax··4 votes·718 views

Soraka is in a weird spot right now, she feels annoying to play against even though she feels not all that strong to play as.

The issue I see is that she can sustain her allies out of combat too well, while her in combat heal is lacking at times. Her self sustain is fine though.

The difficult part is buffing her clutch healing without bufing her sustain even further. This change accomplishes exactly that and it also fit's thematically: Equinox = point of equality.

Equinox heals allies standing on it equal to the amount of damage it deals to enemies

That way it can't be used as save sustain, because it requires to hit an enemy.

Or if you wanna get fancy i have something special: Equilux (yeah it's a thing look it up)

After Equinox is cast, Soraka gains the ability to cast Equilux for 1.5 seconds.

Equilux: Active: Soraka creates a zone at a target location for 1.5 seconds, healing all allied champions standing inside it equal to the amount of damage dealt by Equinox. (the amount is evenly distributed

At the end of the zone's duration, all allied champions inside are healed again equal to the damage dealt by Equinox' second phase and gain movement speed.

edit: removed mention of GW since it no longer affects her heal.

4 Comments

xFrostKnightx2 votes

I like this. However this is a direct buff rather than giving her an option to go around the GW infestation. It would be better (as a pure heal support) if she had the ability to ignore GW or at the very least not be penalized the full 40% or even change it so she heals using Flat hp and not Max %.

The suggestion is interesting, I wouldn't have thought of it and it also focuses on her kit core. But people are bias against champions with heals/shields/revives and will demand soraka be nerfed for this buff.

Duke Anax1 votes

This is not specifically targetted as compensation for GW, I just mentioned it because it is something that can reduce her combat heal further.

I'm not against a compensation nerf to her other heals. The important point is that this increases her heal without increasing her team sustain, so it's easier to balance.

ZephyrDrake1 votes

isn't her equinox her silence though? what are you going to do with her W then? just leave it as it is? she will then just be able to heal just way too much and will become obnoxious without GWs. She is already getting better heals due to the new mastery

Duke Anax1 votes

Her W can be reduced if need be. Im not sure there is need though.

The pont is W can be used for sustain, this can not. So it doesn't buff the most obnoxius part of Soraka.

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