Talk:Soraka/@comment-31135592-20170428194559/@comment-7837708-20170428223044

What other masteries would you even take on Soraka? The ones you mentioned have been the standard since they were added to the game. From my experience the people who are good enough to time summoner spells are also good enough to take into consideration if you have Insight or not.

I feel like always starting faerie charm instead of potions would get you really punished against poke lanes, even more so since you will get chunked every time you try to heal from Q. Redemption isn't an item you buy for its stats, you buy it for the insane game changing active, which is the reason it has become a must have on almost every support as their first item. That being said you don't have to buy it if you don't like it, but it's definitely a good item on her so I wouldn't advice others to ignore it. Your build should also vary somewhat depending on what the enemy team looks like, if they have no CC then Mikael's active is wasted. If you really need an AoE movement speed then Talisman is a good buy and so on.

Personally I've never been a fan of getting Tear of the Goddess as last item since you usually don't have the time to stack it up. If I really wanted a big amount of AP I'd rather get a Luden's due to the movement speed and extra damage or try to get the tear earlier. Always maxing Q could also get you punished against the wrong champions such as Zyra who easily outranges and outdamages your Q range and heal.