Board Thread:League of Legends discussion/@comment-2112140-20140211084940/@comment-1712427-20140410160814

Here in the PH, Support plays are never acknowledged. Even if you try in earnest to keep them all alive, you'll just become a butt-end of their TTs ("OMG. That Soraka is such a FEEDER! REPORT SORAKA!" aaaand ... insert some foul language :D). If your team won, Carries carry the fame. If your team lost, then the Supports get the bashing, which is very unfair here in the PH because all supports cannot compete well with others. As for the new Soraka (as well with other supports), the latest patch happened to give her all the support she needed.

I started to main Soraka when my plays with Sona began to falter. Trust me, when I first bought and played as Soraka, after the match (lose), I only thought "Eww. Soraka has nothing to go on par with the enemies."

When I bought Sona, she set my road as a support. Finally, I went back to Soraka when Season 4 kicked in, and I WAS AMAZED at how she scaled. Now, as a wood player (an inside joke for Filipino players who are still in provisional matches), I mained Soraka primarily because she can deliver what Sona can't: GAME PRESENCE.

Sure, Sona has three CCs (two Power Chords and her SS), but only Soraka can help one ailing ally, or let her team survive a clash by her Wish. Though lacking CC, she definitely earns the ire of her enemies because of her healing.

And, by reading this, this lets me expand my knowledge on how to handle her better. I mainly build AP items because the boost of AP greatly increases EVERYTHING. But being a squishy hero, I always end up dead (but my allies would somehow survive). But now, they will feel the true pain in the butt that is Soraka :)