But if your very first item is 
, you may need to think things through a bit more, about just why health regen might be good. If your second item is 
, it might be worth having an MRI soon, just in case.
Do some Soraka players actually think that this would be a good build? I mean, having W's burn more HP than they heal is kind of funny in a way, but at some point this has got to be reportable.
Lumus Avatar2 votesOrb of Winter 
+70MR
+100% Regen
Shield
Does not give any HP, so you're not increasing the HP burn of healing.
S0NA1 votesI rush Warmogs.
I then build either straight up armor/mr or utility, depending on my team's needs.
I am currently 7/0 with Soraka in ranked this season.
tungsten891 votesI mean, Warmog's gives you 3% maxHP/5 as a passive if you avoid damage, which is basically a minimum of 40 HP/5 (good luck getting mogs at lv1 tho). Glory + Locket scale off Soraka's base regen - which starts at 2.5 HP/5 and caps out at 11 HP/5. Really as lopsided a comparison as you can possibly get, but I see where the confusion comes from.
Zazusha1 votesthey specifically nerfed her hp regen and buffed the heal return on her W when landing Q on champs.
HP regen on raka is like rolling a cube up a hill. Build regen, instead of mp regen, crd, and ap would give you ur resource for healing back faster (if u cant land a q to save your, or ur team's, life(s)), but your heals wont do jack. and the frequency of them would be lower. Hp regen only benefits the cost of her W and nothing else of her kit(including her Ult).
Fashion Mage1 votesCompletely agree. It's nice hearing someone else say it.