Talk:Sona/@comment-24.23.136.250-20110701184010/@comment-3486816-20110709081140

Soraka's advantage is that she's a burst healer that also provides significant armor and has a 3-second silence. Sona's healing excels when the enemies are in a dancing poke-war, but with Soraka you can heal the enemy's target for 740 (+2.2 per AP) instantly while providing a 4 second 80-armor buff to protect against physical damage, and can then drop a three-second silence on the enemy nuker to prevent any magic damage (not to mention her passive reduces it anyways). For the enemy team, this can be similar to initiating onto someone who's barely too far away from their team, only to have them pop Zhonya's and have their team catch up and rape you while you're confused. That said, it's difficult, and it requires teamfights that'll be too fast to really take advantage of her Q stacking. Her Q is her only issue imo, although it does allow her to deal significant damage if she builds a lich bane, and that's always fun.