Soraka - The Support Who Needs A Support

To begin, I believe that teams still do not understand how to back the new Raka, falling back instead of engaging when the field of endless silence finds its mark on most of the enemy team. That is a mistake on the team's knowledge. Along the same lines, in lane, without an aggressive adc pushing the enemy's support back, said support can snag Raka and she has nowhere to go. Ideally, when snagged by the enemy you would silence the threat, heal off a poke, and try to simply back away. In practice, however, both of those abilities are on cooldown from poking (something the adc isn't doing). The opposing support moves in on that moment when the long cooldowns and mana costs (early game) have taken their toll, and they know the adc has no power to stop them.

In short, New Raka is so heavily dependent on her adc in lane and team past that phase that, to me personally, she has lost ability to be her own entity. If there is not enough assistance, she will die. Truly, in my experiences, a non-aggressive adc who prioritizes farm instead of countering enemy farm (more common than I wish it was) always leads to the death of Raka and inevitable loss of lane. With other supports such as Sona or Nami, they can make an impact even without their adc or team cooperating. Have you ever taken a mid-game Sona Q/Sheen combo? That's nothing to laugh at. Focusing on Sona, she can march in, Q, E away from harm, and keep coming back for more; she can escape unlike Raka.

In game, I feel as though Raka needs her own personal Leona on standby. Now I'm opening this up: what flexible play have you found with Raka in cases of a lackluster adc? I believe in some potential of this new Raka, but I simply have not found it on my own. Mention runes and build if you have found anything particularly effective for early and mid game. None of my teams have survived to end-game while I am using Raka, and I want to help them get there even if some of them don't deserve to make it that far.

Thanks for your time, I know you've all read stuff similar to this already, but I could not find a nice thread which was helpful instead of everyone insulting each other. Please, be civil!