Talk:Soraka/@comment-26067442-20150202053217/@comment-3466579-20150202104841

Soraka is so op that, amongst pro players, her pick rate is 0.5% and win rate is 47%, and just a few of them play her full ap.

However, since i know that what works for pro players doesn't necessarily work for 'common' people, i think with my own mind and, after quite some games played with her i can say that Soraka is not, in my opinion, on par with the strongest supports around like Thresh, Leona, Janna or Nami.

Soraka is very fragile in the early game, any strong engage will put her in a highly risky situation, considering the lack of strong and reliable self healing until level 6 or until Mikael is bought. I hope you won't lane against a Graves - Leona bot lane. On the other hand, healing constant poke will drain Soraka's own health and she doesn't really bring anything amazing to the offensive part of the laning phase. By mid game only she starts being impactful on skirmishes and team fights with the really low cooldown on Astral Infusion.

I find building ap on Soraka a good idea only if you manage to have a considerable gold spike in the early levels letting you buy a lot of ap early, like a Rod before the 10th minute, otherwise you'll be too squishy.