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Help Soraka help you.

Agrovater·2/27/2016, 7:09:15 AM·4 votes·583 views

I'm having a huge problem sustaining at all with Soraka. Healing costs health. Starcall gives you health but only if you land it on enemy champions.

My gripe.

Starcall should give you health back if it last hits minions! Last hitting minions should give health back... slightly less than if you hit champions of course, don't want to negate the actual use of the ability.

Soraka just seems really pigeon holed because she doesn't really have any sustain to me until much later in game when you can have warmogs and spirit visage built. Specially if you are forced to heal a lot against pokey opposition.

I'm sure commenters will just say i'm a noob lord terrible soraka, and thats true I am admitted bronze 4 - I don't really play for ranked I play for the fun of it. Since Soraka's rework I'm having a horrible time getting her kit down, but to me it shouldn't be this damn difficult to sustain. Supporting is my favorite role and I feel like i can never play Soraka again. :(

Tips on play and build would be appreciated.

5 Comments

Baby Ghoul2/27/2016, 7:34:22 AM5 votes

You actually have it backwards. Her sustain in the game is one of the best unless she's countered.

The ADC role is out of control right now, and a slight lead is deadly for bot lane. However Soraka has the ability to increase the sustain when her ADC is losing, and even cause her ADC to out trade the other that's doing better in farm and poke. This upsets the diva role because nobody is supposed to interrupt their road to late game, so she's frequently banned.

My typical order skill order early game is W>E>W>Q>W>R.

You want to max W as soon as possible for that cooldown. The Q poke for Soraka is super weak and easily avoidable. It also drains a lot of mana, so you don't want to waste too much time trying to Q poke. I usually use it if I'm bored, or if I know I can get 2 champs in there. Upgrade it last. Soraka is not a bully champion, and aggressive AP Sorakas don't even use Q that much early game.

E is the next ability you want to focus on after W. Use it anytime your ADC trades, dives, gets ganked, or you're being chased. It saves so many people. You want to max this ability second.

I usually take my HP regen. quints on her. I know a lot of people prefer AP quints, but maybe that can help with your sustain. I also take 6 mana regen. seals generally to help me better sustain.

When I saw the title, "Help Soraka help you." I thought this was about really scared ADCs being afraid to trade because that's usually the problem Sorakas have. They can't do anything other than save you and maximize your trading potential, so if your ADC is playing way too safely, roam.

My build goes something like this from game to game.

I start with item 3301 item 2031 item 3361 .

My core build usually ends up looking like this. item 3069 item 3190 item 2045 item 3083

My other item is usually situational and based on what I need or my team needs. item 3050 item 3060 item 3222

I get item 3041 if I'm having fun or know my ADC. I don't normally die a lot as Soraka unless I am targeted a lot or have a silly ADC.

If I find myself being unnecessarily targeted, which happens a lot because some people despise Soraka players, I take item 3157 . I've gotten a quadra kill once as Soraka because people are so damn support thirsty in Gold or below. I've seen people throw team fights in ranked just to get at me. Soraka is strong, but she's not worth going 1v5 so you can kill a support.

My boots are between item 3117 and item 3158 .

Every Soraka has her own build, and that's fine. Diversity is a good thing. If you're really struggling with sustain though maybe some of my tips will help.

darkmatchwaldo2/27/2016, 7:16:41 AM1 votes

I have no trouble at all landing my starcalls in lane, i actually max it first and use it as a bullying poke tool.

Best Valor NA2/27/2016, 7:39:47 AM1 votes

She's already being banned in pro-play/master/challenger. She DOESN'T need buffs.