Talk:Soraka/@comment-26808509-20150727123647/@comment-24496127-20150803053429

Soraka isn't a very good mid, and while if you have success with it then by all means play it, but she just doesn't bring the damage a midlaner is expected to have, making her a very situational pick. She also has mana issues early, a terrible auto attack for farming(though you can get used to that) and loses in a poke war to most champions, while losing to any assassin that can get in her range.

Soraka mid could be a good pick if you have a hyper carry or two on your team, but if the enemy has a Vayne, Kog, or some other late game adc, you won't have the damage to kill them or the healing to do anything but prolong your tanks life, assuming your carry isn't getting dived in a way forcing you to blow your stuff on him.

As for Xerath jungle and support. Support can work but if you get behind you'll be literally a walking stun...if it even hits. I don't even want to think about jungle because you're just asking for any competant enemy jungler to counterjungle you so hard you can't leave base.