Board Thread:League of Legends discussion/@comment-2112140-20140211084940/@comment-11780006-20140211113400

I've had great success with her lately as an AP carry type support. Main issue I have with her at current is that it is very hard to early pick her due to the fact that people dont like to pick tank champs in bronze, and build them full damage when they do.. so chances are my team would have no peel and I would die a lot.. Hence I get stuck picking somebody like Hecarim almost every game. -.-

I find one of her greatest strengths to be that she is an exceptionally strong duelist (and often underestimated too).. That and her overwhelming ability to get assists for every kill your team makes by healing them from behind or even clear across the map for godly gold generation.

Plus of course her great support skillset for keeping your allied carry in the lane, countering pokey champs like Will pointed out.



When I go support, I run 9/0/21 masteries to get the 10% CDR from those and get another 7.5% CDR from cdr blue runes, so once I get the grail im already at 37.5% CDR. I also run 3 gold generation quints, to help her get her items faster. :3

My typical build for her is to race talisman, followed by chalice/athene's for the CDR, then I usually get lich bane, then sorcerer boots, deathcap, zhonya's, and void staff. Oh and lots of wards throughout game.

I run 9/0/21 masteries to get the 10% CDR from those and get another 7.5% CDR from cdr blue runes, so once I get the grail im already at 37.5% CDR..

Typically, I'll max q first, though i'll often put a second point in w if we're getting poked a lot, or a 2nd in e if my adc is a mana hog.



Champ that counter her the hardest, in my experience:

-SCREW YOU FRIGGIN TRYNDAMERE!!!! fdafkjl;fdf;lkjaf;lalkj She's really great duelist against almost any ad assassin, except this guy.. he just ults and pounds her face in. T_T

-I've also found Pantheon to be a severeeee pain.



Champ that Soraka counters the hardest, in my experience:

-Akali. Lol. She always think she can duel me too. Omg. But moment she dives on me, i just silence, heal myself and shower her with metiorites and bloop. Lol.

-Katarina is another one that she demolishes, cause her ult is useless. xD

<p style="margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0px!important;">Though mid lane soraka is almost impossible to play for me cause I will own lane, but then just get ganked too easily without the help of allies. And I find it's better if you have another AP champion to take advantage of the MR shred from her q.

<p style="margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0px!important;">Jungle Soraka works really well in my experience though, taking great advantage of her dueling ability if the enemy tries to invade (often getting first blood from cocky champs that think she is weak). And giving mid basically infinite blue buff without actually giving them the buff. ;) Usually get fed when I jungle too. xD

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<p style="margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0px!important;">But after almost every game, I commonly have the most gold on my team and my damage to champions is generally 2nd most or most AND I will have healed approximately the same amount, having saved many people in team fights, so in that sense I feel I've contributed a great deal? o3o

<p style="margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0px!important;">Honestly don't think she needs a buff to be "on par" with other supports. :P

<p style="margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0px!important;">This from a Bronze Soraka main, so it's just my impression. Getting better though. <3

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<p style="margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0px!important;">And it's just the way I play her, not necessarily the best way, but until I start failing with it, I'll probly keep playing