Soraka

CasterGilgamesh··5 votes·717 views

Am i the only one who doesn't have a problem with her?i mean seriously she only has one thing going for her and thats healing and maybe the silence field.Soraka is my main Support so i know her weaknesses and i know the supports that counter her.For one Supports with greater lockdown potential make her worthless as she is unable to do anything alone so by simply locking down her adc and killing them is good enough.Now list of supports with good lockdown Blitzcrank Thresh Braum.Against Blitz one pull and she is dead same with thresh they can either instantly engage on her or her adc quickly killing her or her adc off before flash is even able to be used not to mention they are very tanky. Now braum might have some trouble being as he doesn't have a grab like the other two but once he is on the adc it's very hard for soraka to get him off(nothing perverted here) once he gets going...ok moving on braum spends less health then soraka protecting the adc and he even blocks the shots with his own pecs shield Also Braum's AOE Knock up plus Slow is a very deadly combo for soraka since even her standing in back line she will get hit so now she can't heal her adc but she also can't escape herself.Let's also not forget braum can block damage for multiple allies while besides using her ult soraka can only focus healing one champion at a time. Now let's also look at some other supports Nami Janna Morgana.Nami can heal and deal damage at the same time Not only that she also gives a speed buff.Let's also not forget Nami's speed buff scales with ap same for the heal damage even the % reduction per bounce with enough ap it's no longer a % reduction but increase per bounce.Nami Ult is a long range giant skillshot that knocks up champions it hits plus hitting allies gives them the movement speed buff from her passive it also even doubles the speed buff.This combo of poke and heal CC and buffing targets makes her a very dangerous threat to many champions especially Soraka.Janna Has a shield that gives AD and the shield health scales with ad and gives even more AD scaling with her ap as well not to mention a slow and a knock up.Soraka VS Janna is mostly a battle between how much stronger their adc are since they are both passive supports.Janna is also Thee Disengage support Meaning that unlike soraka the second an assassin jumps on her adc she can knock them away plus heal them.Morgana Has a shield to block all CC plus she has a powerful long lasting root plus an ult that if she pulls off right can stun a whole team let's not mention she can use the shield on herself.I know soraka is strong but really is she any worse than the other supports?

17 Comments

alasarcher3 votes

I also dont have any issues. I actually love playing vs her, as she is basically useless. All she has is heal, no peel, no engage, no disengage, no damage. Only heal. She is basically there to prevent enemy botlane from getting fed. All u have to do is play smart, go farm mode, you cant lose lane vs Soraka. Now there are players(lets call them stupid) who think they can beat her lane if they engage her letting enemy adc free damage on you. Then enemy ADC gets fed from their stupidity and they lose game and blame it on soraka. Soraka is only useful first 10 minutes of game, play safe , after its your win.

I also agree with you;

Bard - has heal, more utility Nami - has heal, more utility Morgana - more utility for team Lulu - more utility for team Janna - much more useful than soraka Brand - my favourite pick into soraka, heal this biatch Blitzcrank - bye soraka Thresh - bye soraka Karma - much more useful Leona - hello, up for some CC?

I think ONLY champion which is less useful than soraka is kinda Taric and maybe Zilean

LadyRenly2 votes

I'd rather see Soraka than blitzcrank leona or braum

at least soraka dies super easily too

consensual clown2 votes

majority of the people playing this game are low elo so of course they will agree with you

CasterGilgamesh2 votes

agree that soraka isnt over powered? but she isnt...she lacks one of the most important things a support tends to have in high level play and thats CC Braum Thresh Alistar Janna also if anything im pretty sure the majority would dissagree with me since everyone seems to hate soraka

A Miss Fortune1 votes

You sir have spoken to Consensual Clown, a gift from the god.

A Miss Fortune1 votes

That's arguable, I think people in higher elo are able to utilize Soraka's global presence and things like her silence/slow more effectively which in the right hands are extremely powerful but at the same time players in higher elo realize that Soraka has no form of initiating, is inherently squishy, and she's a terrible roamer outside of driveby healing.

I personally don't think Soraka is overpowered by any means but her kit offers so little interaction between everyone in the game. Riot defines "broken" (Poppy passive or Tryndamere ult) as something that pretty much discourages interaction and has literally no counterplay.

VictoryDance961 votes

Most people think she is OP. I do not agree with any of you. She is very tough to face yes, because he ability to sustain her ally and herself in lane. But she is not great at being super aggressive. Also, her silence can be used on an ally instead to grant additional mana...which is HUGE.

CasterGilgamesh1 votes

her silence doesnt give mana anymore its just an AOE silence stay too long in it and you get rooted.though anyone can walk out of the field riot made sure of that

Reformed Dunni1 votes

I personally don't have a problem with her(though she is annoying) You might want to have a look at this video lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsuIsUDFMcY

CasterGilgamesh2 votes

that was very entertaining

Xilixer1 votes

this is the problem people have with her. she shouldnt be able to heal that much damage that fast.

Birefringence1 votes

I read this as "She should never be rewarded for good plays with her ADC." It's basically Brand support in reverse but without the stun. Why can't a healer have a high point or enjoy being effective like the tanky engage supports have always been able to enjoy?

Xilixer1 votes

then she should be nerfed in other areas if they want to keep her as a pure healer.

Birefringence1 votes

She already is a pure healer.

MagicDragon3001 votes

Judging by her banrate currently, she seems to be driving solo queuers bananas.

CasterGilgamesh1 votes

seeing her ban rate was the reason i made this i mostly do solo QQ because i don't have enough friends on at the same time.I main her but im smart enough not to pick her into any comp because she thrives in comps with a very good front line while comps with very bad front lines that focus on poking targets won't be that great.she works best with Vayne Graves Lucian because they do enough up front damage to distract the enemy team from killing her.

Sohleks1 votes

She's overrated as heck. Just pure cheese to pick versus a bot lane without great kill pressure. In general has little agency for the Soraka player to highly impact the game. Far tooo counterable at a competitive level. Even in lanes I'm playing AD that don't seem to have kill pressure I've done quite well avoiding trades and farming it out depending on my skill level and range/waveclear compared to the other ADC (I'm pretty good and usually pick safer laners). Not too fond of Soraka's abilities past laning phase however she can shine if protected and has tanky targets to heal.

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