Talk:Soraka/@comment-26370304-20151114145714/@comment-26203093-20151115230127

Nope. Disagree. She has way too easy a time getting health in lane, and doesn't have to expose herself ever. she only has to be in range of her ally because of the strength of her heal, never the enemy. The potion refreshes itself now at the shop, so I don't have to spend money on potions, I can get the dark signet to buff those potions further, I have runes an masteries for regeneration, I have the support item for 5-10 health per kill, I get mejais for practically free AP, and don't lose stacks because I keep getting assists and never dying, I get guardian angel so even if I die, they have to do it all over again. I stand in the back and my health doesn't go down.

The usual tactic of sending an assassin in to kill the squishy is usually a valid strategy - and it still is for soraka because of how fast she goes down, but if you have somebody who can peel and kill the assassin before she dies, it's just another trade as far as soraka is concerned, and soraka's team always wins trades.

It's usually difficult for teams to maintain formation when an assassin might flank, because the front has to stay strong so the team can fight back by being in range if they get collapsed on, but with soraka there,it's ok to take damage you otherwise wouldn't and completely u-turn to save her, instead of saving cc for something else, because soraka's heals are strong enough to compensate.

The biggest argument to why she's fine the way she is, is that most supports only need fire off a few abilities and it's almost fine if they die. A starfall, a heal, and an equinox, and even a wish no matter how good, will still only require almost half an assassin's burst to get soraka, vs a leona firing off her cc, trapping the enemy team, locking down important targets, and taking half the enemy team's abilities to bring down.

You can still build your team around being able to deal with the assassins trying to reach soraka, though, and too easily from my experience. Of course, whether or not people are willing to build the team that way is something else entirely.