Talk:Soraka/@comment-5319740-20171018174920/@comment-25254459-20171021162152

No. Soraka is the quintessiantal healer in league; it's the core part of her identity. If that was taken away, Sona/Nami would be better healers than Soraka.

That said; shields are actually stronger than heals, so it could potentially be a buff to Soraka simply because of that; unlike heals, shields cannot be diminished. Heals, on the other hand, can be countered by grevious wounds (executioners, morellos, & ignite).

The mana cost might offset the buff, but it could also potentially gut her; why should a support be punished for doing ...support things? They're already extremely team-relient, they shouldn't also have essentially a "Kassadin ult mana situation" on top of that. I can't think of a single support that has repeated casting increases. Soraka would probably have to build a tear to keep up with that.

Right now healers/shielders are so powerful because of ardent; once ardent is nerfed, Soraka's winrate will probably go down (assuming preseason effects don't hit or buff her signifigantly or her poor matchups) and be relatively balanced as long as the enemy adc actually pays attention to the game they're in and buys an executioners calling, a 800 gold item - something that should be itemized whenever fighting a sustain lane (soraka, vladimir, swain, etc).