Talk:Soraka/@comment-4959312-20140927024805/@comment-11013454-20140927053333

Maybe. but do you know how much people complained and whined and moaned about 'chess strategy acutual support' soraka? I liked it too, but people hated it. Laning against it was something people always, ALWAYS complained about.

Someone please tell me why soraka isn't a lane sustaining support anymore. Please. Because being able to cap your ADC from 20 to 100%hp in 6-8 seconds SOUND like lane support to me. What, because she has damaging skills now? She's ALWAYS had damaging skills. Her E was a partial damage skill. her Q was a damage skill. But now they MEAN something to your supporting style. Her E is amazing and can be so useful if you get it right. her Q gives her a reason to use. I never used my Q in the laning phase, because of how pointless it was, it MR shreded while you had an AD person in lane, it put you in danger pointlessly and it pushed the lane. Now it's something i need to utilize if i support MORE. it makes me a better support for using it. It has relevance.

People have outright Rage focus targeted at me while i played soraka a few games and cursed me in all chat, because of how much she outright snubs your abiltity to kill targets if she has the HP to afford it.

Was it made for Esports and make things more interesting? Possibly, i can't deny

Did she need the rework? Badly. Because Soraka was nothing more than i niche pick that sometimes worked before. I never saw soraka for months besides me playing her occasionally. Because other supports got things done, in ways that clearly was contributing towards winning. And bringing back 'stand from afar and heal on 10 seconds with mana buffs stratically supperior' (Which mind you is fun for only the soraka player and no one else) soraka would have made her popular for a little while, and then have her nerfed into oblivion again.

I can STILL freeze a lane entirely by the sheer amount of healing i'm capable of doing and neutralise almost all of hte damage the enemies put out if i'm playing well. I'm just doing a calculated strategic risk now and evaluating if that is the best choice to take.