Talk:Soraka/@comment-4959312-20140927024805/@comment-6281696-20140927202212

I agree that this iteration is better. The way her sustain is now balanced is probably the best in league so far. She might be one of the few champions at the moment who aren't almost imprevious to harrasement (e.g. a mundo) when facing decent opponents. And I actually mean harrasement, not the bullshit that some LoL players think passes for "poke" (e.g. nidalee's spear has always been viewed as "poke" despite having the ability to nearly oneshot squishier targets...) Though this also depends on how certain builds end up working with her (e.g. coin seems really usefull for her now).

The other side still holds though, if her heals are too weak the focus on burst will still screw her over, and if they are too strong she'l simply win every trade because of the burst nature of her heal.

Also, Q and E are much much much more usefull than the previous iterations. Though I do fear her becoming one of those obnoxious poke mage "supports" that just hang back and take blind pot shots until they've simply whittled their opponent down, which personally I despise. At least a sustain lane you can potentially force a fight, those "supports" just stay at maximum range perpetually making them impossible to catch (assuming they aren't idiots that walk into hooks/grabs/stuns).

And yes, she's still one of the more strategic supports, as opposed to just "click the fastest". Though I do think it's a shame she moved more into the direction of the meta. I rather would've seen an attempt to move the meta more towards more strategic play than making her fit in more. Though that's difficult to pull off :P (and regardless, she'd need to be changed given that even in a more strategic meta she'd still just be a mana/health battery as opposed to some sort of intelligent healer thing.)