Talk:Soraka/@comment-68.80.245.35-20111018234232/@comment-171.66.41.162-20111020001131

Heavy AP Sorakas can be burst down like any other mage; just keep in mind the huge armor buff her heal gives, so if possible use a magic burst instead of a physical one. Alternatively, lead with a silence; Talon's combo is great on a Soraka that was counting on the Astral Blessing buff to cover her armor needs. But heavy AP Sorakas are generally not the problematic ones; it's the tanky ones that are a nightmare to deal with. To deal with a tanky Soraka, you'll want a little bit of tankiness yourself. Watch carefully for what her TEAMMATES are building. If the mages on the team are building Sorcs (and presumably have mpen marks) and you don't normally build MR, DON'T build MR, build health. Why? If the mages on the team have 30 mpen and you have 30 MR, the first 2 stacks of starcall have no effect on their damage. If you build MR, then you'll lose it in the first couple stacks anyway, which is money that would've better been spent towards health. Only if the mages have foregone mpen should you consider MR as a squishy. If you're the tanky type and will build MR anyway, strongly consider trading your usual FoN for QSS. If you're tanky and she's tanky, you're going to have a bunch of starcall stacks on you during a team fight, no matter what you do. After 2 stacks, FoN gives less MR than QSS with 0 stacks anyway. So grab QSS, wait for 3-4 stacks of starcall, and then clear them. Oh yeah, and remember that your Banshee's Veil is almost guaranteed to be down, so if the shield is a major part of why you're grabbing BV, strongly consider another MR option. Depending on how much coordination your team has, make sure AD carries attack whoever she HASN'T healed, and AP carries attack whoever she HAS healed. Ideally, an AD would start focusing a squishy to force her to heal them up, and then the AD would IMMEDIATELY switch to another squishy while a mage bursts down the first squishy who now has plenty of armor but not so much MR.