Talk:Soraka/@comment-5224716-20140912152739/@comment-1853032-20140912195523

She's always had free poke, before the weeeird scaling nerf and mana-scaling they put on her E to give it passive scaling it did some decent harass damage, but you're /supposed/ to max her Q if you want to do damage, not her W and certainly not her E, that was only a synergy-specific set up where the carry would be fine to trade because soraka was a walking fountain and just brute-sustained most opponents.

Beyond that, her Q was designed as a fighter's skill, but since she's stuck in the support role, it never really worked out in her favour, it was always "better" to sustain the carries so they could spam their harass abilities.