Talk:Soraka/@comment-24549025-20160311160122/@comment-7837708-20160312125430

Personally I really like the changes, and they really make her more active in lane. By shifting some of the heal to her Q she can now actually max it first to gain damage but still have a way to sustain her marksman. I often find myself winning trades simply because I heal of the damage they did to me, so it doesn't matter if they chunked me more, and when your maxed ability has 5 seconds cooldown and only 40 mana cost you can do it quite often. The guaranteed 30-50% slow is really nice aswell and sets up nicely with her E.

Since I'm the one being aggressive there are not many times I actually need the extra burst healing that is given by maxing W, unless the enemy jungler comes along. But even then it might not make a difference since they nerfed it quite a lot.