Board Thread:League of Legends discussion/@comment-24491513-20141010220000/@comment-25553341-20141018135740

Soraka was a champion I loved to bits. I'm only level seven, having only played very few games, but she was pretty much my main in each of those games. I loved her healing potential, ability to give mana, and i loved picturing the tears of frustration when I saved allies with my ultimate. Then suddenly, the rework hit, and I'm left with extremely mixed feelings.

Her new passive, while it can be useful if I'm late to a teamfight, is far more situational than her old one. I liked her old one, and I'm torn that they got rid of it.

First of all, thank goodness for Soraka's new Q. Starcall always felt like I was blowing the enemy kisses rather than, you know, calling stars upon them. Granted, after a few hits they suddenly became a huge threat, but I'm not a fan of spamming Q for too long before getting any noticable results. The new Q deals a nice bit of hurt, slows if you hit them in the centre (Which is really satisfying) and has this neat little side-effect of hitting sooner if the target is close. Much love here.

Her heal... I don't know. While I love the passive heal it grants when I hit enemies with starcall is useful, my biggest problem with it is the nerf on the range, which I suppose is mitigated by her new passive. While I think the "Sacrifice your own health to heal allies" sounds great on paper, in actual games I find mysef far more reluctant to throw heals around. Not so great.

Her E is... Interesting. I can't really make comparisons as the only similarity to her old E is the silence. The area denial aspect is neat, and the rooting if they stay on too long makes me giggle when it works, but I do miss giving my adc some mana. Mostly positive.

I notice no difference in her ult.

I think new Soraka is a great champion. I can adopt a far more aggresive playstyle now, whilst still giving the heals that define her as a character. I also love the look of her abilities. Very colourful and pretty.

But, as I'm sure anyone who was a fan of a champion before they got reworked, I have that always petty reason that I just can't shake off no matter how much I try. "This isn't the champion I fell in love with."

I love the new Soraka. I really do. But sometimes I can't help but wish that I could get the old one back.