Talk:Soraka/@comment-16367814-20131214092137/@comment-3308937-20131214095620

I thought about it and played around with it on the PBE when the support changes first came in and while it's fantastic if you can stack it (keep remembering to Q minion waves/monsters) I do like Catalyst/Rod of Ages more in a general situation if you willing/able to put the gold into it, it's 350 mana less which ends up being about 15-20 mana less per infuse cast, but it's a more reliable source of AP and comes with 650 health when fully stacked for 100g more than Arch.

If you aren't raking in the cash Tear is fine as a standalone item compared to Catalyst as it still stacks up to 1k and doesn't have any time constraints (buying RoA at like 40 mins in is a waste).