Talk:Soraka/@comment-187.119.165.237-20121001144815/@comment-85.179.35.111-20121013101911

Janna is a completely different thing because she scales much better from AP than Soraka and provides alot more CC. Janna can also 1v2 and wave clear pretty easily which is what made her a popular APC (not simply going mid but switching lanes to throw off people, while still getting decent CS 1v2 in most situations).

Soraka on the other hand has, as another poster said, sustained damage (Q) and a silence. Neither is really helpfull in a teamfight and the AP scaling on her heal is terrible - as tanky APC she might be ok with a double/triple AP comp because of her MR reduction but that's pretty much it. Also in lane she can do the kass-style thingy pretty decently but then you have to trade sustain for damage - which will leave your mid game without any great sustain (the AP ratio on her heal is too low for it to be a 1-2 point wonder).

Why i said she's the most viable lv1 summoner APC is because of her passive and the MR reduction, it helps alot since you have no runes/masteries and no other APC can really compete with that (besides ryze and fiddle who at least offer decent MR reduction).

I hope that clears things up.