in an ideal world, soraka should be unplayable.

Zero escapes. Zero mobility. Squishy as hell. No threatening offensive spells at all (Q is mildly irritating at best).

Most champions should be able to blow her up fairly quickly with only an item or two. Some champions should be able to one-shot her by 10 minutes.

She has nearly zero self peel - besides a rather miniscule slow effect that's almost completely negated by , and a completely unreliable root)

This champion should be a walking meme. She should have the lowest win rate of any champion in the entire game.

But then you add in the human condition.

The human condition that somehow defies logic and says "We should target this dangerous carry standing next to the soraka instead of the soraka."

The human condition that somehow defies logic and says "We should focus down the front line so we can access the back line." - while soraka keeps those tanks nice and fat n' happy.

The human condition that somehow defies logic and says "That varus is really low, easy kill, easy game." - while Soraka keeps him nice and comfy at 20% health while he shreds your entire team.

And so Soraka lives, and continues to be a playable champion - based solely on the fact that people are stupid and don't realize that with 2-3 extra auto attacks from ONE of their FIVE champions, Soraka melts and stops healing her team through literally all of your damage output.

Soraka lives, and continues to be a generic medic champion, even though a single on your team cuts her impact on the game by 40%. But nobody buys this item.

Every day, people around the country... around the WORLD get frustrated by a champion that is literally a sitting duck heal-bot. All because they couldn't take the time to get rid of her in a fight, or focus her down first in a lane.

This champion's viability is literally centered around the fact that people somehow subconsciously decide she is a non-factor. She's of no threat, so just ignore her. I'm guilty of it myself. So are you. We all are - or she wouldn't exist. At the very least she'd have a .00002% win rate.

One of the great unexplained phenomena that could only exist in this game (or games like it, to champions like soraka).