Talk:VPBE/@comment-1876049-20160115192726/@comment-24385282-20160117192153

What if the self-heal was reduced? For example, a level 9 Soraka would need over 125 AP for a 1/3 heal to be greater than the health cost, or over 300 AP for a 1/4 heal. While a support Raka would likely not be able to keep up with the AP late game (especially considering the health she'd get from Sightstone), a mid laner Soraka could have a bit of less-risky survivability in the mid- and late-game, but the laning phase would be the same in either role (unless you manage to get over 150 AP at level 1).

A late-game Soraka with an AP build would get under 200 health per self-heal from W, but up to almost 800 per enemy champion hit by Q, going as low as about 400 depending on her current health (the build I'm using also has a WotA, so the Q heal would be even higher).