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Opinions on the latest Soraka changes.

Twiggles·3/15/2016, 1:32:08 AM·2 votes·503 views

I'm just wondering what the boards' general consensus is on Soraka's latest changes since they went live. For those of you playing at home, her self-heal on Q hit is now a heal over time + speed boost (speed boost only when not running towards enemy champions) which can be copied to her W targets. Her W's burst healing was nerfed to compensate and her Q now slows in it's entire aoe (but no longer does extra damage in the center). Her self heal (as well as the copied buff) scales with her Q now instead of her W.

Personally, I see this as an overall buff. It's much easier to kite with her now that her entire Q slows, and the copied heal over time buff more than makes up for W being weaker when maxing Q first. Plus, if you use your W near the beginning of the self heal buff, the heal over time basically negates W's health cost.

Soraka is my highest mastery champ, so I'm really happy to see these changes. To me, they make her feel even more fun to play. How about the rest of you?

5 Comments

Surfer Ashe3/15/2016, 1:35:24 AM1 votes

Soraka was buffed and I don't know why Riot thought that was a good idea.

All she needs is mana regen on her Rejuv and we're back to where we started - solo lane cancer.

Ave Machina3/15/2016, 1:57:07 AM1 votes

The Q buffs are nice and all, but I don't feel like Soraka is as good at protecting her allies as she used to be. Since her HoT doesn't stack, it limits her ability to heal one target consecutively. Even when you build AP, it feels like you're not even there in most teamfights.

Woook3r3/15/2016, 4:37:48 AM1 votes

Ive heard it was a huge buff. Giving her more cc on her q was nice i think and needed. But the fact that her healing is more powerful now is fucking stupid. More stupid than rageblade.

Mokkun3/15/2016, 4:39:22 AM1 votes

She was annoying before, she's still annoying now.

She doesn't seem quite as buffed as it looked like on paper, but it was certainly no nerf.