I wish Riot would add a little minigame to Soraka's Starcall.

Illabethe··5 votes·2,688 views

Okay. Heal me out. (Pun intended)

You know how sometimes..... Soraka's kit seems heavily disjointed as a coherent, "synergistic" kit, and many Sorakas just drain their HP for W use, and generally don't learn how to use her well?

Well... I had an idea.

What would happen if part of Starfall Call (Q) was a minigame, where Soraka gains some small increase to her self heal from hitting Starfall?

My reasoning?

  1. As a game goes on, Starfall gets less effective at working to keep Soraka alive versus a HUGE portion of the champion base. She's one of a rare few champions that after awhile.... usually just becomes fodder. Both her team feels she's bad, and the player playing her feels bad. In other words, she has more room for self utility.

  2. A good Soraka player could use Q and W's Synergy to better train how to use them, and work on hitting more. Atm, I average about 20k damage a GAME with Soraka. Most other Soraka's I've seen rarely have over 9-11k damage done, meaning they aren't effectively using the synergy or heals. A minigame which increases Starfall's heal slightly would encourage people to play her better.


What I'm suggesting is something like this:

For every instance where Soraka hits Starcall, she gains .05% AP ratio to her Rejuvenation per Half Second.

What this would translate to:

10 hits = .5% increase in AP ratio. 50 hits = 1% increase 100 hits = 5% 200 hits would = 10%

The current rate of heal is 7-11 + (5% AP ratio)

A realistic game might get to 70-90 hits, so I'm looking to potentially add some 1.5% AP ratio when people are playing correctly.

On item 3311 item 3504 item 3174 item 2065 item 3065 , that's roughly an increase from 17 heals per half second on 340 AP..... to about 22.1 per half Second.

It's not huge, takes a lot of work...... but it'd help her sustain herself better.......

So let's discuss?

Solid idea? Criticism?

[sg-soraka]

10 Comments

BradNo1 votes

But, isn't Soraka annoying to play against as it is?

FOR JUSTICE1 votes

in most cases its her silence that sucks, not her starfall.

BradNo1 votes

What is the current state of Soraka as is? Is she too strong compared to other supports?

FOR JUSTICE1 votes

shes doing pretty good. according to the korean champion leaderboards in a couple of places shes doing fine since those nami nerfs. other then janna shes a pretty good enchanter atm. only problem is over in korea the highest winrate supports seem to be her hard counters Leona Blitzcrank Thresh Alistar Pyke Rakan

but dont get me wrong, shes currently nothing to scoff at, 52.44% winrate, 6.94% pickrate. arguably speaking though you could say its kinda strong, but when you have a healer on your team your prone to dying a lot less, so that could be kinda skewing the numbers.

Illabethe1 votes

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shes doing pretty good. according to the korean champion leaderboards in a couple of places shes doing fine since those nami nerfs. other then janna shes a pretty good enchanter atm. only problem is over in korea the highest winrate supports seem to be her hard counters Leona Blitzcrank Thresh Alistar Pyke Rakan

but dont get me wrong, shes currently nothing to scoff at, 52.44% winrate, 6.94% pickrate. arguably speaking though you could say its kinda strong, but when you have a healer on your team your prone to dying a lot less, so that could be kinda skewing the numbers.

Pyke actually has a 40% Win rate vs Soraka.

Illabethe1 votes

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What is the current state of Soraka as is? Is she too strong compared to other supports?

In my opinion, she's doing poorly where teams do poorly. Drug along for the ride. Even if you're good with her, she's generally either the first one dead, or the last one standing, depending on the team you are vs, and the team you are with. People are generally drawing out her games to full item builds so they can Warmog's and spam her W. But that's not actually a healthy interaction. That's exploiting a skill/item combo to bypass your actual kit.

Illabethe2 votes

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But, isn't Soraka annoying to play against as it is?

I think she is for people who generalize healers as toxic as a whole (even though they play junglers who heal 25k heals a game to themselves, where Soraka might heal 25k split across a team)

I've never had a problem playing against her in the 5+ years I've played. But I have seen the rage that people have when she counters kills they feel entitled to.

But how do you feel when Lee Sin 1 shots you? Or Kayn? Are they entitled to that 1 shot more than you're entitled to counter it?

Tahminatrix 1 votes

She already brings a lot to the table with her E and R, she doesn't need to be able to self peel/ heal late game unless she is devoting herself to buying enough hp to use item 3083

Illabethe1 votes

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She already brings a lot to the table with her E and R, she doesn't need to be able to self peel/ heal late game unless she is devoting herself to buying enough hp to use item 3083

Warmog's build doesn't generally win games if she gets destroyed due to mobility/fed fighters like Yi or Lee Sin. To Warmog's she actually has to build an inferior build, be VERY fed, and pretty much stand way behind everyone where she can't effectively Q or E. Basically a one skill. Also, Allies die in .5 seconds. Soraka generally can't prevent that without anything but R.

And what I'm talking about is Minimal at best. More to balance out 1v1 interactions.

Warlord Rhinark1 votes

"FUCKING MINIGAMES" - Darkk Mane.

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