Why is Soraka so popular?

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You can't out trade a Brand or Zyra with a Soraka Q unless the Soraka has significantly more AP than the other, in which case she's already winning.

Not at all.

Between the (very)low mana cost, the slow(which makes it harder to retaliate), the heal, the speedboost(which again makes it harder to retaliate), the huge aoe it has(it's basically brand's w tier of "avoidable") it's an INSANELY strong trading tool, for example if soraka hits q and brand hits w, soraka will win that trade(she deals slightly less damage, but she heals more than that), she will also spend MUCH less mana on said trade.

Brand does have a larger range, and a threat from his stun, hence playing passive might be better, but she does in fact trade harder than him(if he wants to land more abilities he needs to get closer, which is harder considering soraka's speed is boosted, and he is slowed, and can also be silenced).

Zyra is different, because if you eat enough plants autos, you'll lose the trade, trick is your q is much easier to land than hers, so you generally should win that one.

Each time she uses W it costs mana and 10% of her max HP too though, she can't spam it too much.

See soraka starts at 530 hp, that's 53 hp for heal, her w heals at level 1 80+60%ap(+10% from windspeakers), with 15 ap, that's 98, nearly twice what she pays,now between pots(and the fact they heal her for an increased amount due to masteries) the heal from q, and the coin line, no, she can very much spam it waaaay too fucking much(and about the mana cost: dealing damage costs mana as well),and the more points she puts in w, the worse it becomes.

So what happens is: you make a trade, you lose 40% of hp and raka's adc loses 70%, wait 10 second...and you've lost the trade, awesome.

I totally agree though Soraka is cancer to play against, just seems like you're exaggerating a bit.

I can assure you I'm not, she's a horrible abomination.

I love playing enchanters, like Sona or Karma. But Soraka and Janna are sorta... not healthy for the game, I'd agree with you there.

I honestly wouldn't call karma an enchanter, she maxes q first, she's mostly a poke support->utility mage. If sona maxes w first she's an enchanter, if she maxes q first... poke support->utility mage.

The enchanter identity, best explained by what those morons did to lulu, is a backline buffer. That's w max sona, "new" lulu(as q max is not an option), soraka and janna.

They gutted Raka and then buffed her a little bit. Still in a weak state and doesn't need nerfs, but she's one of those champions that just feels bad to play against regardless of how good she is.

I'm not gonna talk about winrates, those are for idiots, but you do know that she keeps hitting the god/top tier in pretty much all tier lists right?

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Dude. If the adc runs in full speed ahead, literally the only supp that can save his butt passively is Tahm Kench. Otherwise, soraka and janna can look on as there adc is introduced to gangbanging. Brand/zyra/anivia can screw the enemy to the wall, maybe pick up a kill, and give the adc time to realize that kamikazeing is a bad idea.

No, they can't..

Zyra/anivia/brand don't have the range to do that, if he goes on full kamikaze mode, he's dead, even kench won't save him, as he doesn't have mobility.

Soraka/janna will be outhealed/outshielded by an adc/supp walloping away at an adc, whos probably already been feeding.

They have some disengage power, but probably.