Talk:Soraka/@comment-24055932-20140925080642/@comment-24055932-20140926001451

Her identity was being an anti-assassin. Though you had heals, your main target was to prevent and counteract burst-damage. Earlier she did this with the strong heal, armor buff and silence. Now she hardly can stop any assassin, the 230 HP heal means a shit when facing a Yi, just like the silence into stun and the slow. All she's got left is hoping she got exhaust ready.

You never played Soraka because you wanted to deal damage (on lane/teamfights) or wanted to win games by stunlocking enemies, you did it by trusting in your carries and protecting them so they could stay their ground even in difficult situations.