She's had a massive nerf to her HP regen. The Golden Coin is a hell of a lot less effective on her now. So, in light of the recent nerf, how have you all adapted? Do you use Spellthief's now? How do you deal with her troublesome mana problems? What items do you think are core on her?
How do you deal with her troublesome mana problems?
Rush a tear, she can stack it well enough.
After playing Raka for a while... I got some advice:
Hope this sorta helps. I'm still practicing on Raka support.
I've actually started using spellthief on her, and getting mana regen (in the form of catalyst) asap. I later build that into a righteous glory, which provides a BETTER speed boost than the coin active (when chasing at least) and then does an aoe slow similar to randuins, while still having the hp/mana regen at level up.
I've also seen some people get warmogs or visage on her, for the extra regen, and while neither is a particularly fantastic item, I would say both have their uses and places.
Definitely get the sightstone of course, and locket/frozen heart as needed. And then whatever else you like. I just personally, as raka has limited hard cc, prefer to have frost queen AND righteous glory for the added cc, even if it is just slows.
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would not be a bad choice though.
Remember, the goal is to only need to heal allies once and for that to be enough.
Remember some champions have non-meta or funny counterparts
AD Attack speed Soraka is terrifying when you get her full build
My Banana Killer build finishes like so
Best is to ask your team to upgrade their trinkets so you don't have to buy a Sightstone. Health is horrible on her, it makes her healing cost more while making it harder for her to heal up to full. To me she's a design desaster because of that, Riot FORCES her to support but the item required for every support for warding is a horrible purchase on her.
Personally I think that if you get the Sightstone you shouldn't upgrade it.
What boots do you recommend?
