Soraka doesn't feel right anymore
I used to play Soraka a lot. This was before the buff that made her "broken" in the eyes of the community. I continued to play her during her "broken" period and then stopped right before the "nerf" came in.
The nerf honestly I don't know what it did to the rest of her kit. But I know for a fact it DESTROYED her Q
Back in my original Soraka days I built this:
Granted. A LOT OF PEOPLE will not agree with this build. But I don't really care.
My goal with the build was max CDR (45%) a very big mana pool and high mana regen so I would never run out.
The amount of AP was so that I could get as much health back from my Q as possible. I would W on an ally, heal them and then Q to get my health back. This was the only way I could play her because I healed so much (45% CDR) I healed so much that I physically could not survive without the Q healing more than I spent healing others. And in a fight, FORGET IT if I missed my Q once or twice I was dead. The amount of health I lost would murder me right there and then.
But now they've destroyed her. I can't play her anymore.
I went into practice mode and did a lot of testing. I discovered with a build still 45% CDR and mana oriented. With a lot of extra health:
I would still lose too much health to live. At MAX LEVEL all items and an elixir I was only able to regen 224 health OVER 4 SECONDS.
The problem is. With this build I have 3k plus health (in order to afford to use my W so often I need it) I SPEND 300+ HEALTH PER HEAL.
"Oh but lower your health then!" chant the school children.
The problem is, if I lower my health I can't afford to use my W as many times. And since I have 45% CDR I'm using it as many times as possible during a fight.
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Maybe she's balanced, I'm not sure honestly. Maybe this is a healthy change and maybe I shouldn't be complaining. But this change has absolutely destroyed the way I liked to play her. Even in the old days where I could lose lots of health during a fight and during healing, I could at least keep myself around half health by spamming Q. I would never be at full health cause lets be honest you can't hit every single Q.
I don't know if her Q change should be reverted, apparently people think she's just fine as she is now. But the change made me completely unable to play her the way I wish I could. That's just my 2 cents, not that it will buy you anything but a stamp but there it is. I wish her Q was either back to the way it was, or buffed to at minimum 1.5x as much. It should regen exactly the same or a bit more of the health she spends on W otherwise she's literally digging her own grave every time she uses it and that's not how a support should have to be played. I shouldn't have to let my ADC die because I actually cannot afford to heal them.
