Talk:Soraka/@comment-25798210-20150415141110/@comment-5955640-20150416201120

Soraka's Q and E are actually really easy to land. You shouldn't run low on health unless your Marksman is getting hit too much and with old Soraka a careless marksman wouldn't be saved by her heals anyways as she would run out of mana instead of health.

As I said earlier she works in a counter to a poke comp but that doesn't mean she can counter getting poked the whole time. They go in for a poke you Q them. When their hits land you heal your carry. If you both take the summoner spell heal along with a few other sustain measures you'll live in lane just fine. You'll be supremely punished for topping someone more than half health so the Marksman has to get life steal which is a no brainer but I've seen the priorities of what to build on some of them and a vampiric scepter sometimes takes a long time go get around being bought.