Talk:Soraka/@comment-1818317-20150103093618/@comment-26071916-20150223235754

What? If any support lets Soraka step up close enough to get the time down on her Q so that she will land a direct hit, they're not doing their job, or is Nami and scared to burn mana because her Q at range makes everyone giggle. Hell, the support doesn't even haven't. Every ADC has the ability to punish the crap out of you for stepping in to range, without even having to fret (even Urgot), and your heal isn't going to cover the damage you're going to eat. Especially since it benefits them to kill you first. Janna shield dumps on your attempt and makes the return hurt even more. Let's all be real for a second, Soraka Support lane phase is GARB. Which unless the Jungler and AD is sublime, they will fall behind. The lane has NO kill potential, cause she's better moving backwards, and not many AD's can make up for it. Graves can, because he's Graves. You see a dash, you know to throw a silence. She's one of the few supports who can be HARD countered, and then on top of that countered to uselessness by 1 item. Ali, a pure Tank with a heal, naturally does more damage than Soraka, can heal, can peel, and set up his teammates for kills. He has lower cooldowns, and although his heal doesn't scale anywhere near as well, it doesn't cost him his health, and even if It did, it wouldn't hurt as much, because engaging alistar pre-level two in lane is dangerous unless over extended, and being able to use targon's brace helps. Spell thief can't get you the income you need, because playing aggressive will have your mana hitting zero super quick, and using your is dangerous because you don't have life steal and depend on your high mana abilities to gain health back. Granted you're also giving your health away if they're not Caitlyn. Early game you have to burn mana to check bush while trinket's down, because face checking anything is unforgiving cause she has no peel, and targeting her is much more beneficial than the her carry, cause it'll be a quick swift death and then it's 2 on 1. She's bad in lane with the way her kit works. It forces her to be passive, but she's nothing without gold. So if someone else isn't getting the objectives, and bot lane can't really get kills, she has to wait for everyone to plateau before they can win.