Rework Soraka

IA9hRfpP5q··2 votes·923 views

Riot Rework

I was playing against one today and sure her laning phase is beyond godlike with the sustain... She beat me as Sona, but all I said was "Wait 20 more mins"

But in games with
They'll smell the Soraka and her masochism heals paying 10% health cost, and kill her. Zed Leblanc

Soraka's mana giving was broken , maybe, but was the answer making a champion like her, her passive isn't even useful and in a game where at 40 mins people are dealing 400-600 burst damage, Soraka players just won't have the reflexes. After her 15 mins of laning phase fame , she falls harder than the US Economy during Bush's presidency. At least old soraka could top or mid... but now she has an useless ability if she tries.

"We encourage you to try champions with new roles" except Soraka, because she's locked as a support, cant travel alone.

In team fights her heals scream "Soraka open, free gold." People say "her heals are powerful"

Doesn't beat the heals Sona Nami Janna Bard , , can bring to the table when you add the fact they've got REALLY potent CC and are overall MUCH more effective and EASIER to play... Less risks, more rewards.

Soraka is a high risk, low reward support. Even if you get your carry fed somehow in the first 15 mins of the game, Late game with a Soraka on your team is basically a 4 v 5

I felt sorry when it was late game and Soraka became just Useless.

11 Comments

I love Waffles2 votes

I mean, youre b2, so...yeah.. But Soraka is in a fine spot.

I like to suck D1 votes

I mean, you're s1, so.... yeah.. your opinion must be pretty legitimate, huh?

IA9hRfpP5q1 votes

You also provide no insight or counter arguments other than rank? Geez, Critical Thinking MIA.

I love Waffles1 votes

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You also provide no insight or counter arguments other than rank? Geez, Critical Thinking MIA.

I've played one game with/against a Soraka, I think i'll post on the forums demanding changes to her from my VAST experiences with her. Then if anyone tells me im wrong using a defined metric to determine my level of game knowledge and skill (AKA my Rank) i'll call them out for lack of Critical Thinking!!! Geeeeeeeeenius! Trundle

IA9hRfpP5q1 votes

"So many noobs, will matchmaking ever find true balance?" Akali

consensual clown2 votes

Soraka is really good don't make another balance post again. Thanks!

Drackolus2 votes

Couldn't disagree more. In fact, I've found she gets stronger lategame compared to other supports in general. Also, I've topped, mid, and jungled with her successfully multiple times. (no, it wasn't optimal, but I did it =P) And yeah, some Soraka players have those reflexes. It's actually not that hard - MMO healing requires the same level of reflexes with a much much higher number of people to heal. I would know - I've done both. Not only is it doable, it's not even that rare. It just takes practice. I agree she's harder than sona, and maaaaybe slightly harder than Nami and/or Janna, but I think Bard's unrealistically hard. Maybe that's just me. And her heals aren't just a little better than theirs. You can spam the heal for a loooong time if you get good at landing starcalls - it will give you more health than you spend if you build correctly. And it heals for a much higher amount and for a much much shorter cooldown than any of those champions. You can make an argument for cc, and it would be a good one - but the heals are really just not comparable, even if you ignore the burst healing from her ult and also the removal of grievous wounds from your team. Now, if you rush item 3083, yeah, you pretty much shoot yourself in the foot if anyone touches you and turns off that 3%. Hell, even if they don't, it's still not as effective as ap in terms of healing yourself alone, let alone allies. This is coming from someone who mained support (primarily Nami for most of that, but some Janna and Leona too and every support at least somewhat) for about three years now, and I've mained Soraka hard since her rework.

I love Waffles1 votes

Was also G4 last season, and as you can see, I dont play much anyway. '

im not saying she is the best support in the world. But she isnt utter garbage like he is saying she is. I mean the dude plays Sona for god sakes, and thinks Soraka is bad.

Also, late game, her heals do about 350 at a 1.2sec CD (with 180AP and 40% CDR), she can give your frontline a lot of effective HP, and if she lays her E down in the center of the teamfight chaos it totally screws over casters that get silenced in it. She isnt exactly an LC$ big plays champ

Truly Prideful1 votes

Must have been playing against a horrible Soraka. Her new silence is pretty godlike for screwing assassins over like Zed who have a telegraphed landing spot. He ults, you silence when he lands, he dies and does zero damage because he did nothing the entire time. I don't get how you think she falls off hard. If you have any sense of good positioning and landing your Q at all, you can sustain nonstop. Yeah, she's an easy kill if she blows at landing Qs, but in that case the player shouldn't be playing her.

Also, saying she falls off hard then listing Sona as someone who heals better is laughable. Not only does Soraka heal for more given the cooldown of Sona's heal, Soraka scales better. Don't give me the heal cost argument, her Q is not difficult to land once every 10-15 seconds. It takes barely anything to sustain healing your ADC in lane as long as you're not taking a ton of pointless harass, which again is a player problem not a Soraka problem.

Sorry, but Soraka is fine. Just because you saw someone play her like crap doesn't mean there's anything wrong with her. If that were the case, Ekko is the worst champion in the game because a bunch of mine have been trash.

Sukishoo1 votes

They already have. Move on.

Garnet Dust1 votes

I feel like she might be in too good of a spot right now. I really hope RITO doesn't mess with her. I want them to let us know if they think she's in a good spot.

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