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Can Soraka's Alignment restore mana instead of granting movement? @Riot, @Meddler, @ricklessabandon

Krys Star··2 votes·643 views

Soraka's Alignment would grant mana at one point, then Riot pulled it out in the 2/11-2/12 update. They instead replaced it with the ability to grant allies 20% movement speed, which is nice and all, but... speed is literally the most bland and overused stat in champion kits. Janna grants movement with her passive, Sona grants movement with her E, Nami grants movement with her passive, Lulu grants movement with her W, Bard grants movement with its W. That's nearly half of standard supports. How many champions grant mana to allies? None, since 2014 of September. Granting mana was an interesting mechanic, and gave Soraka other incentives other than to heal, heal, heal.

I personally do not care for the movement speed boost. There are so many other champions I could pick that have mediocre healing/shielding, with great movement speed increases. I implore you to reconsider Soraka giving mana through Alignment instead of speed, if the community is for it as well.

3 Comments

Dominick Destine4 votes

Movement speed is more powerful.

But mana would have more flavor... it would make Soraka more unique and sexy.

Water Breathing2 votes

The movespeed is much better in my opinion. 60 mana + 20% of AP over 3/5 seconds isn't a lot. First of all, it is useless with any manaless champion. All ADCs that would like the mana are gonna build ER, and in lane the rank 1 amount is less than the amount of 1 ADC spell. The ADCS aren't going to give up ER if they need it because they aren't going to get the mana immediately and they need to depend on you to do so. Any mage is gonna have RoA, Morello, Grail, of FQC for their regen.

The problem with the mana return is that you need to cast W to give it over to someone. W at rank 5 is 60 mana alone, so you would only really be transferring 20% of your AP in mana over 3 or 5 seconds, which is 4%/7% of your AP mana per second...not a lot. Think of it this way - you need to spend 120 mana (1 Starcall, 1 Heal) to give 60 + 20% AP mana to someone else.

It did cover the cost of Starcall itself, but it didn't stack. So you would only get one free Starcall every 5 seconds if you didn't heal anyone, very situation.

The movespeed however, allows Soraka and her teammates to position well and gives Soraka a tool to get in and out of Starcall range. It is a good incentive to use Qs.

Ave Machina1 votes

I've been playing the Soraka rework on the PBE, and the movement speed is kind of handy. It lets her reposition during fights, and she's pretty good at kiting now, between her speed boost and the guaranteed slow on her Q.

On the other hand, for Soraka's allies, Alignment means a 3-second 20% movement speed boost, on a 3-second delay, and only if it's used during combat. It feels really insignificant, and I hope they change it somehow.

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