Soraka's Heal[W]

Topsy Crets·Oct 3, 2014·6 votes·1,440 views

I think it's way to short of a range and she could be much more useful if it had as much range as maybe Vlad's Q?

11 Comments

OdixEoOct 3, 20142 votes

I happen to thinl the same, always find myself runnig away to position better when i thouht i already healed my carry, but no, you need to touch their noses first. At least that ms passive helps a bit.

Ps: actually always find myself healing minions when i try to heal my carry in a fight. Vesh said somewhere that he was gonna fix that problem but... still

WullfOct 3, 20142 votes

I agree, if your heal is coming from your HP I see no sense in having this short range as you cannot abuse it anyways.

ImpendingDeathOct 3, 20141 votes

Agreed, there's no reason that her heal needs to have 400 range. You have to be on top of a team mate to heal them.

The last TrollOct 3, 20141 votes

I guess they want to make you think about healing. Choosing to put yourself in the line of fire and having to sacrifice your own HP to do it.

AviousOct 3, 20141 votes

Sometimes I feel like I need to be in even closer range than intented to heal. I literally have to touch somebody to heal them...

LneacxOct 3, 20141 votes

If Riot raises her heal range, then they'll likely reduce her passive MS, survivability, or even healing to compensate. Right now, Soraka is balanced around the fact that she needs to be in the thick of the fight and risk herself in order to heal like mad. Allowing her to heal from range means that opponents have no way of killing her.

LightBaeOct 3, 20142 votes

If Riot raises her heal range, then they'll likely reduce her passive MS, survivability, or even healing to compensate. Right now, Soraka is balanced around the fact that she needs to be in the thick of the fight and risk herself in order to heal like mad. Allowing her to heal from range means that opponents have no way of killing her.

Her base stats are pretty low already. Not sure how she's balanced for being in the thick of a fight. In fact, she's oozing counterplay. I personally love Soraka, so I'll be playing her anyway, but let's not pretend.

LneacxOct 3, 20141 votes

The counterplay to Soraka is to force her out of healing range through damage, CC, or death. So if you give her range, then you can't stop her from healing anymore. Is there another form of counterplay to Soraka that I'm missing out on?

LightBaeOct 3, 20142 votes

The counterplay to Soraka is to force her out of healing range through damage, CC, or death. So if you give her range, then you can't stop her from healing anymore. Is there another form of counterplay to Soraka that I'm missing out on?

Soraka's 10% true damage buff to enemy champions that scales with cooldown reduction.

LneacxOct 3, 20141 votes

Being low won't stop Soraka from healing, because she has her Q to recover. You need to kill her to stop her healing; but if you give her longer range, you won't be able to kill her even if she's low.