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RIP Soraka; you've been Cinderhulk'd

ZLbSwAR23I·5/4/2016, 9:11:59 PM·5 votes·994 views

>Sejuani extremely strong with Cinderhulk >Sejuani nerfed hard >Cinderhulk nerfed months later >Sejuani double-punched, left crippled for months, received small buffs recently but only barely viable

Months later...

>Soraka extremely strong with Grievous Wounds changes >Soraka nerfed >Soraka nerfed again >Soraka nerfed again >Soraka nerfed again >Grievous Wounds reverted back to 40% of total healing and Soraka nerfed again

Guys, come on. it's like you're building a house without a foundation. No matter how many bricks you put down (nerfs), the house is still unstable. You reach the second floor and say "screw it, it's not working, let's throw the foundation in here" (changing Cinderhulk/Grievous Wounds) but you don't realise that you've just made the house even weaker (champions too weak) and you should have just torn the bricks down and started properly (reverted some nerfs and just changed the item).

The Grievous Wounds change is a direct nerf to Soraka and nobody else. It may indirectly have an effect on Sona/Taric etc. but their kits offer so much more than just healing. Soraka is (nearly) entirely healing and you've just reduced (nearly) everything that she can do by 40% (and nerfed her on top of that once more, just for good measure!)

Soraka was too strong. Grievous Wounds should never have been changed to a self-healing debuff. It should always have affected all types of healing. But this is far too much.

17 Comments

Sniper 05/4/2016, 9:26:16 PM2 votes

She can't turn allies that have been ignited into tanks? The shame... https://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lszbeqs7Dn1qcfu2z.gif

Magnum Mack5/4/2016, 9:18:26 PM1 votes

Didn't a few of those nerfs end up accidentally being buffs in the end?

Crett5/4/2016, 9:19:04 PM1 votes

If she dips too low, Riot will probably take another look at her

MrLlamaWaffle5/4/2016, 9:34:25 PM1 votes

She's still good, bottom lane is forced to take ignite in the bot lane to deal with her which means there's no exhaust. Still great.

Fovere5/4/2016, 10:16:25 PM1 votes

I don't think Riot is overly concerned with stability at this point

Slack King5/4/2016, 10:48:17 PM1 votes

She stills gives allies a fk ton of resists on top of a good stream of healing

The Last Ballad5/5/2016, 12:13:55 AM1 votes

To be fair, she can heal in an excess of 500 in one q empowered heal. So her mid game might be hit, but end game it shouldn't be too bad. But we will see.

Dukues5/4/2016, 9:16:32 PM1 votes

Meh I say Good F soraka! But I am biased.

SeekerofSilence5/5/2016, 12:27:15 AM1 votes

Still play her. Still win with her. Still carry games on her.

Honestly, I don't feel much of a difference except a convenient passive that can trigger on allies as well, and the ability to spam your q. Eh, I don't mind the changes. Buffs are welcome, but I'd prefer to not see her banned as much as she's been as of late.