Why Won't Soraka Die!

9L9L9L9L9L9L9L·Mar 13, 2016·3 votes·1,602 views

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I thought the changes were intended to kill ! Why isn't it working?!

24 Comments

LostFr0stMar 13, 20165 votes

It was never intended to be a nerf; it was an interactivity change that they'll have to tweak in the coming patches.

Skia AsteriMar 13, 20162 votes

Wait until people adjust and go with the more optimal start of item 3303 instead of item 3301 and max Q first.

J E B A ł T E DMar 13, 20161 votes

Even better, item 3301 and max Q first.

MimyMar 13, 20161 votes

I play Soraka, I liked the changes tbh xD Made her more fun and less like a heal bot, now you need to land Q more! :D

I wish we had item 3084 on Summoner's Rift... 300 health every assist would be nice... It would work well with item 3083 .

Here is an Idea for you, item 3123

J E B A ł T E DMar 13, 20161 votes

lol.. item 3123 only works on self healing, which on Soraka has been gutted and transferred to her Astral Infusion which she cannot cast on herself. Get your bronze ass out of here

III DNA IIIMar 13, 20161 votes

ACTUALLY, her self heal through her Q is quite strong. Strong enough in fact that I've been able to hold my own in top and mid lanes with her simply because I can out-trade most champs as a result of the self heal from her Q. Clearly you didn't know that, yet have the nerve to talk down to others on the forums? Looks like you're Bronze at heart my friend.

J E B A ł T E DMar 13, 20161 votes

Yes, yes i do have the nerve. Why are you trying to hold somebody else's ground and false point while on a level 1 account? You don't have nearly enough experience in the game to say that you can outtrade competent top laners with Soraka, let alone the fact that you can only play bots. Where's your main?

MimyMar 13, 20161 votes

Yea your right, I was reading it wrong, though most of us OLDER PLAYERS are used to it affecting all healing so it can get confusing. It no longer affects all healing!

OH WELL! I use Soraka as a support! THIS IS GREAT NEWS! Here I am worried I had a counter. Thanks so much short stuff! Now to abuse my powers EVERY GAME :D

J E B A ł T E DMar 13, 20161 votes

Lmao.. I am an older player too, son, which is why I instantly noticed this change.. it happened around preseason 6's release. I've had several level 30 accounts since season 2. I mean, if you wish to make any more meaningless judgements that I can easily disprove, go ahead newcomer.

MimyMar 13, 20161 votes

Etided:

Yea he's right I was reading it wrong, but we're so used to Grievous Wounds affecting all healing! xD Ehhh buddy?

But hey! this is a good thing for Soraka, remember when they took out "Removes Grievous Wounds" from her Ult? Well perhaps it's because she doesn't need it anymore because it doesn't affect her healing power on her team!

She isn't gutted into Oblivion.. She was Buffed into a MONSTER!

J E B A ł T E DMar 13, 20161 votes

whomever you're attacking.. Will lose that healing from soraka..

LOL

self-healing

Come on bruh. Can't you read?

Slamurai JackMar 13, 20161 votes

I mean, they just buffed Soraka when they were supposed to be nerfing her, so nice work from Riot on that one.

IcyPepperMar 13, 20162 votes

At least they hit part of the problem (burst healing) without hurting her overall sustain.

Not the greatest nerf in history, but nerfs aren't supposed to "break" champions.

Slamurai JackMar 13, 20161 votes

They also made her significantly harder to catch and kill by making her Q always slow and give her MS when running away. Those buffs easily offset the healing nerfs she received.

ErockandrollMar 13, 20162 votes

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They also made her significantly harder to catch and kill by making her Q always slow and give her MS when running away. Those buffs easily offset the healing nerfs she received.

I think that was the idea. They wanted Soraka to be reliant on her star caller to actually self sustain. yet until this point, it was too risky for her to actually do that, because the slow only worked if you hit the center of the ability. (which was aggressively small) And aside from that, she would only have Equinox to defend herself with.

If they are going to make raka more Q reliant, they actually need to make sure she can rely on said ability.

AbyssphereMar 13, 20161 votes

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I mean, they just buffed Soraka when they were supposed to be nerfing her, so nice work from Riot on that one.

They specifically said when they started making these changes that they weren't designed to be nerfs. They were just designed to make her gameplay healthier. It's pretty obvious that they didn't intend to buff her but this wasn't supposed to be a gutting, it was just supposed to make her better to play against.

swagger8954Mar 13, 20161 votes

I wish this healing whore would die :/

III DNA IIIMar 13, 20163 votes

Get good.

J E B A ł T E DMar 13, 20161 votes

Says the level 1.

The SmugMar 13, 20162 votes

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Get good.

Git gud*

Baby GhoulMar 13, 20161 votes

Don't build health on Soraka anymore.

After the W nerfs, it's just not worth going through all that trouble because you're rarely going to be able to get Warmog's heart before the game ends. If you have more health, you do more damage to yourself for a tiny heal. That's the change that made Soraka healthier.

As for taking her top and mid...um that top/mid laner would have to be playing with a broken keyboard. Soraka is still so vulnerable early game. She's not a poke champion, and I don't really think she should be. That being said, I do miss mid lane Soraka in normal games because it was fun once in a while.

I do like the changes they made to her though because although I still believe Soraka's should max W first, the second ability to max is based on preference and circumstance. Before you had to always max E. Q was this ability that was rarely used. Now Soraka has more incentive to use it, however it still costs a lot of mana early game and it's really easy to avoid because of how slow it is.

What I build on Soraka is HP Regen and utility, with a little AP on the side. Before most Sorakas would build Health and utility because once you got that Warmog's heart, you were unstoppable.

QuephaMar 13, 20161 votes

The changes were not intended to nerf Soraka at all, they were intended to make her best playstyle into something less frustrating and more interactive. Soraka now actually has to get in range to cast starcalls and if you get her to miss her starcall then she loses a bunch of safety and healing power.

Soraka might be a little stronger overall now, but she's still more fun to play against because there's actually a game going on in bot lane instead of "Well me and the enemy just sit and farm because Soraka deals no damage and will just ignore any of our attempts to deal damage."