Soraka is not viable at all, yet you're trying to prove yourself that she is
Even though her difficulty is marked as 3, she has spells that are really hard to effectively proc. and time well, and we (fans of Soraka) go game after game trying to prove ourselves that she is still viable, even though she's not. At all.
Let's look at her abilities and do a little breakdown of what they can actually do:
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Her Q is the strongest source of her damage, where she can damage multiple enemies once per 5 seconds, dealing 230 (+35% AP) damage. Altough, when you think about it, this spell is most likely good only for lane poking. Once the midgame starts, this spell is absolute garbage for teamfights. It requires extremely precise aiming and even if you manage to hit enemy with every Q you use (which only few people will manage to do), the damage you will deal is negligible.
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Now her W is a really strong heal, where Soraka as a walking blood-bank is donating 10% of her HP every 2 seconds to heal for 240 (+60% AP). In most cases she either needs to heal her ally 1 or 2 times to turn the battle around or she can spam the heal over 6 times and yet the ally will still die, and then she will die too. Also, this spell makes her the prime target in team battles and since she has no escape, she will most likely die first.
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E is her second and last possible source of her spell damage, where she can damage, silence and possibly root enemies once per 16 seconds, dealing 230 (+40% AP) damage. I'm going to be quick here: the damage is absolute garbage, cooldown allows you to cast the spell once per a teamfight, silence is only good to cancel enemy channel spells, and root will never happen, unless your enemy is AFK. You can't also touch minions with that spell, because why the hell should you?
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Now praise her R, which is the only good thing about her, where she can first remove grievous wounds and then globally heal her entire team, once per 130 seconds. She heals for 350HP (+55% AP) or for 150% if they're under 40% HP. This spell really feels like it's doing something in the game, where if you time it right, it can turn around whole battles! Feels good, works well, easy to learn but difficult to master.
After reading this and being completely honest to yourself, you can't claim that she's a good design, that's fun to play and is viable for battles of Summone's Rift. There's no way, unless until they do something about her...
Edit: Hey, you guys are bunch of hypocrites that talk about how great and effective Soraka is now after the rework, yet you didn't even notice her in the champion select. And when the even newer rework arrives, you will be doing the same - praising the new Soraka and criticizing the past one without even trying out the mechanics in the actual gameplay. I am done arguing with you, because you know half the s#*% about this game and the proper champion mechanics that actually work and are enjoyable.
