Let's talk about soraka

Siegfriedx2·12/29/2017, 8:08:06 PM·7 votes·864 views

HI guys, I'm a Soraka main that have been playing now and then since season 3. I have seen many states, from the top lane tank Soraka to the ardent abuser one.

This pre-season Soraka feel very unsatisfying to be played.

The reasons I have to experience the game this way are:

Her main role is to be a form of sustainable " post damage mitigator" and I feel she can't really do that on the situations she should based on too much damage happening on a short amount of space (either from 1 attack or skill alone or by multiple attacks).

Ex: For example, we are 40 min in, enemy jhin decides to use the last hit of his ult on my recently 60% hp vayne... vayne dies.

Enemy nidalee lands a spear on my adc... ADC dies.

Enemy ezreal lands a Q on my adc, my adc dies.

Leona jumps on my adc, my adc dies.

Etc.

I feel that Soraka need a way to reduce a % of damage on at least one of her targets to give time for her to heal him/her properly. Maybe a passive that starts at 0% damage delaying to a selected ally but that increases as you land starcalls and use her W right away (made this way to prevent abuses on top lane or mid and offer interaction).

The passive could simply work like death dance's passive and be either an area around her or an effect to a selected target.

A well played Soraka could delay, let's say, 20% of the damage the ally is receiving through 2 seconds. I think this would give her enough time to heal at least once more before the player death.

Well that's it guys, thank you!

25 Comments

Ahristocats12/29/2017, 8:13:42 PM1 votes

they need to make soraka the support of mages once again

bring back her mana refund, except instead of giving free mana, make her E refunding the mana cost of the next spell

PokladnicaZla12/29/2017, 10:32:45 PM1 votes

She still holds a fairly decent win-rate.would buffing her do any good? Besides,if we put the damage reduction on her W,the heal would need to be reduced,but that's kinda her thing. One sick combo people seem to overlook is the Soraka+ADC(with Overheal) which is freaking amazing,since the conversion rate is 300% from ally's healing abilities. It's a tad weird,because it relies on the ADCs actually change any other rune they have. Some prefer another choice,while other just dgaf.

chipndip112/30/2017, 8:52:07 PM1 votes

Issue with Soraka:

"We don't want Soraka to heal people as easily as before"

What else does she do?

"..."

Riot should have been more proactive with changing up older champ designs. Seriously. Like, Soraka doesn't do jack else besides heal someone, so Soraka will be good when healing someone is the best option above jack else. She's a top tier Janna counter now, though. There's that.

Lux or Rando12/30/2017, 8:53:52 PM1 votes

HI guys, I'm a Soraka main that have been playing now and then since season 3.

Can't take seriously when account is LEVEL 12.

Pandemic Punch1/1/2018, 12:55:06 AM1 votes

Bring back old Soraka. My favorite champion ruined :(