**I consider myself a main support player, but i'm not as hardcore as other players in league. Lately i've been practicing a lot of champs to bring variety and flexibility to my bot lane, either SR or TT (place in which I run AP carry/ CC duties for my team. Soraka at first was my choice to win by sustain. Usually ran it with Ezreal or Varus and just out-healed any other support in game. The problem is that once you start playing more, learning more, you start craving more action. Soraka just doesn't fit IMO with the current meta at bot, and probably will be super weird bringing her to TT. If a rework should be considered, I'd like to chip in...
- I don't think her ulti should be eliminated. A trademark of her's is to "assist from bot" to any close call in the map. This I consider it her signature of play, A way of influencing the match in favor of your team and, in a certain way, free assists if well managed.
- I do believe her playstyle is way too linear in bot lane: long cooldowns, waiting for confrontations, heal, silence, banana. Rinse and repeat, except for the mana donation you'll give to your carry in between, if he choose to stay after the confrontation.
- Late game with her is basically devoting your time to ward, map awareness and peeling for the carry. Usually going tanky to gain more time until something happens to either you or your enemies. With the exception of some players, which just go in with AP/tanky builds and spam Q to weaken some opposing tanks/bruisers.
I'd like to see her being used more, but in a lane that has evolved into a battleground of it's own, she does need some help. Let's say; Bring a new approach to her kit: STANCES.
Inject her kit with a more decisive approach. One ability could act as a toggle switch between said stances. Let's say heal/peel stances. It would open up her gameplay by adding 2 more possibilities to her kit, without sacrificing her identity. I'd recommend eliminating her Q, since it is just a spamming ability that only requires to be in range, and adding a toggle mechanic that gives to auras to nearby champs. (health regen at def/ mana regen at offense). When defensive she could keep her W and her E. But the E should lose her mana consumption benefit and retain the silence just in case she has to defend herself or peel for a teammate. On the other stance we could see changes in W, E, and even R. These changes should give her more utility, maybe some skill shot with some vision or some AoE CC as the "offensive stance wish".
In the end, Soraka just need to be more fun to play with, and sitting there, filing bars for the carry, and spamming Q is not that fun. IMO the "stances" fit very well with her current lore,and would add more playability into a character that needs more tools to be able to contend with champs that are currently dominating bot lane.
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Soraka, we all love her. <3 Well some of us at least. However with the change of the meta and her last tweak, she seems to be morphing into a solo-lane tanky pusher instead of a true support.
