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Even if she's not in your lane, later in the game she can still chase you and kill you pretty easily with her ult if your team doesn't help.
Yone
Yone can also chase you, even if you do slow him.
Ahri
She only has mid to short range skill shots, which, as mentioned, are easily avoided.
Caitlyn
Long range auto attacker is bad news, but her ult is what's most scary. Can be outplayed with help from team.
Morgana
Not too scary, but makes for a rough laning phase if she's good.
Ashe
She can burst you down pretty quickly if you get slowed/stunned. Otherwise, not really a threat.
Anivia
Just watch out for her cc skill shot bc it's aoe, but otherwise not really a threat.
Amumu
You won't ever be in his range if you're playing correctly and can easily escape if you dodge his bandage toss. Make sure not to clump up with your team during team fights.
Xayah
It's hard to play outside of her quill recall range, but if you do it right you'll be fine.
Zyra
A poke support with roots, which is bad for us. Dodge her root and avoid taking too much damage and you'll be fine.
Lulu
She's got good poke and a good ult but her polymorph doesn't pose much of a threat. Just play out of her range.
Blitzcrank
Scary early game but otherwise won't be a problem unless he jumps you with the whole damn homie squad.
Tristana
Can make your laning phase miserable and chase you, but isn't very scary.
Kayn
Very scary because he can walk through walls. If he builds speed he might be able to chase. Hit your q and e's and you can escape.
Warwick
His movement is pretty predictable, so if he's chasing you should be able to get away. If you get jumped you might be screwed.
Bard
His stun is easy enough to avoid but can give chase with portals. You should be able to escape, but be wary.
Brand
High dmg early game but falls off late. You can outscale, but keep your distance.
Nami
She's got a lot of cc, but it's avoidable if you pay attention. The more pressing concern is that she provides speed to her allies which is not what we want.
Lissandra
She's got a lot of cc and the ability to teleport to her claw move, so tread carefully. You should be able to get away if you weren't close in the first place.
Diana
She does a lot of damage but her skill shot is pathetically easy to avoid with our ms.
Mordekaiser
You should be able to see him coming, so escaping from him should be easy. Same for pretty much all tanks.
Xerath
He can shoot from really far away, and do a lot of dmg but if you pay attention you can dodge the skill shots.
Aphelios
He's got the slow gun, and range. Be very careful to take note of what weapon he has and keep your distance.
Lux
She's got a good root but you'll probably see it coming. Dodge that and her aoe poke and you're golden.
Talon
Can teleport, which is annoying and is very bursty. If you survive his initiation, you can probably get away fine.
Twisted Fate
Stun card! Stun card!! Watch out for that because his cards are hard to see in a teamfight and he can teleport.
LeBlanc
Pretty bursty can chase, respect her and you'll be ok if you're with team.
Cho'Gath
He has one good cc move but otherwise you can get away no problem.
Master Yi
Pretty scary, but if you can set up equinox when he's untargetable, you should be able to run away.
Alistar
A lot of cc, but slow and big. You should be able to run away.
Aurelion Sol
He has weird aoe attacks you can probably dodge with ease. Keep in mind he can travel the map very quickly with his e.
Lee Sin
Can and will jump you, be careful in the jungle when he's there.
Katarina
Teleports and burst! Be very careful.
Miss Fortune
Very bursty and might be able to chase, but if you play out of her range you'll be fine.
Twitch
His poisons will slow you and do a lot of damage. He also can have increased range from his ult, so be wary.
Vi
Pretty scary and can dive you but if you can dodge and hit her with a q or e you should be able to get out fine.
Lillia
She has speed to rival yours, slows and burst. Be very careful. If you can slow or even better, root her, you can probably get out at the expense of an exhaust and flash.
Trundle
Good trundles build movement speed and will be very fast. They will also slow you and hit you like a damn freight train, so be careful.
Sona
You can't dodge her poke, and she may even be able to chase/give her team the ability to chase.
Leona
A disgusting amount of cc, but very short range. Play far back and don't let her bully your adc.
Kindred
Can definitely chase with q leaps and high burst! Be very careful and you might be able to escape.
Nasus
Aoe slows and can hit like a truck. Play far back.
Draven
Can and will make your laning phase hell with his high dps and long range poke. Falls off late game though, so you should play to outscale.
Zac
Zac will be uncommon, but good ones can definitely chase.
Zed
Teleports and burst, so he can be very hard to play versus if you team doesn't help.
Fizz
Can chase very easily with high burst, so pray to god your midlaner doesn't feed.
Quinn
Very fast when ulting and has high burst, but you shouldn't see her till mid to late game. Play very safe with her on the enemy team.
Taliyah
Has good movement but might not be able to burst you down quick enough or chase you.
Vel'Koz
Does a lot of poke damage, but it's all skillshots for the most part so you should be ok.
Hecarim
He's very fast and does a lot of damage, so avoid hecarim at all costs if you have to play vs him.
Okay, so this is my first guide so bear with me. This guide is not about the optimization of anything but speed, so don't use it if that's not what you're after. But, if you wanna have a little fun and are tired of not being able to reach the other side of the map in under 30 seconds then this is the guide for you.
I'm a decently experienced Soraka player who only enjoys playing her at 100 mph and roaming. I enjoy having this much movement speed because for me, it solves one of Soraka's key weaknesses: how easily she dies when hit with any form of cc.
With the this guide's ms you can easily avoid skill shots, make some crazy getaways and duck in and out of battle when you want to.
Downsides are, your healing only ok, you tend to be at low health a lot due to your healing, you really need to scale and you're very squishy if somehow caught out.
!!! This is a build I came up with recently and am still testing it, so results may vary !!!
How to make use of the gimmick
So, you've got all this speed now, what are we going to do with it? Why, roam of course! After you grab Wish and your boots, you're free to go where ever without fear of the enemy jungler. With said ms, you should be able to kite anything that comes your way, like Lillia but healing focused. Your Priorities should look something like this:
Staying alive with poke and kiting (Kiting is your best friend)
Providing assistance to your laners and jungler (and watching the mini map for ult opportunities)
Placing Aggressive wards
HOW TO PLAY
The idea of this kit is to provide you(and sometimes your team) with the mobility for easy disengages and escapes. Soraka is very squishy so often you'll be hanging around behind your team healing and occasionally poking with your q for healing and procing Cosmic Drive. Once fully built, when you proc Cosmic Drive you will briefly have over 520 ms, which is very fast. Generally, as long as you play farther back from your team in teamfights, nothing should be able to touch you that you can't outrun.
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