7.4 Tier List + AMA

[quote=Vapora Dark]mfw a diamond player asks nicknamemy for advice [img=http://www.xclusivetouch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/confused-gif.gif][/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy]The main thing about [[soraka]] and health regen would be the lane, as she then can sustain forever. After that, it kinda doesn't matter anymore anyway. First, you got to choose if you wanna go [[relic shield]] or [[ancient coin]]. [[relic shield]] would scale better with the build you are going and you would have a shield on top of the heals, [[ancient coin]] gives more lane sustain. Also, you can only really use [[relic shield]] if you can tell your lane partner which minions you gonna last hit, something near impossible in solo queue. So most of the time you will go with [[ancient coin]]. Then you go the normal support route for early getting [[sightstone]]+upgraded support item. As for boots, as [[soraka]] gains bonus MS if you run to wounded allies anyway, you can use [[ionian boots of lucidity]]. Now finish the support item, don't finish the [[ruby sighstone]] yet. Most of the time, afterwards, the game will end as you don't have enough gold. But if you got the gold, try to maximise your health regen. [[spirit visage]], [[warmog's armor]], then [[ruby sightstone]], then [[randuin's omen]]. Of course, you will finish that, but if you do, you will be very hard to kill and you have high regen thanks to the [[warmog's armor]]+[[spirit visage]] combo. And, if you now have [[face of the mountain]], you gonna shield for a great amount of damage.[/quote]

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[quote=utopus][quote=Vapora Dark]mfw a diamond player asks nicknamemy for advice [img=http://www.xclusivetouch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/confused-gif.gif][/quote] ;)[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard][quote=NicknameMy]The main thing about [[soraka]] and health regen would be the lane, as she then can sustain forever. After that, it kinda doesn't matter anymore anyway. First, you got to choose if you wanna go [[relic shield]] or [[ancient coin]]. [[relic shield]] would scale better with the build you are going and you would have a shield on top of the heals, [[ancient coin]] gives more lane sustain. Also, you can only really use [[relic shield]] if you can tell your lane partner which minions you gonna last hit, something near impossible in solo queue. So most of the time you will go with [[ancient coin]]. Then you go the normal support route for early getting [[sightstone]]+upgraded support item. As for boots, as [[soraka]] gains bonus MS if you run to wounded allies anyway, you can use [[ionian boots of lucidity]]. Now finish the support item, don't finish the [[ruby sighstone]] yet. Most of the time, afterwards, the game will end as you don't have enough gold. But if you got the gold, try to maximise your health regen. [[spirit visage]], [[warmog's armor]], then [[ruby sightstone]], then [[randuin's omen]]. Of course, you will finish that, but if you do, you will be very hard to kill and you have high regen thanks to the [[warmog's armor]]+[[spirit visage]] combo. And, if you now have [[face of the mountain]], you gonna shield for a great amount of damage.[/quote] You can get [[spellthief's edge]] on Soraka, first off. second, don't buy [[relic shield]] on a ranged support that isn't [[Thresh]]. [[Soraka]] has a terrible auto-attack animation, plus nothing to improve her auto-attacks to make last hitting easier. [[Face of the Mountain]] isn't optimal on [[Soraka]] and neither are [[warmog's armor]] or [[spirit visage]]. [[Spirit Visage]] is generally fairly weak and better replaced by [[Locket of the Iron Solari]] or [[Banshee's Veil]], despite its passive. [[Face of the Mountain]]'s passive is just wasted on [[Soraka]], as opposed to both [[Frost Queen's Claim]] and [[Talisman of Ascension]]. Third, always [[boots of mobility]]. Always. [[Soraka]]'s new passive doesn't give her extra movement speed she can use to gain superior vision control and [[Ionian boots of Lucidity]] aren't that great anyways. core: [icon=locket of the iron solari size=35][icon=ruby sightstone size=35][icon=oracle's lens size=35] + [icon=frost queen's claim size=35] or [icon=talisman of ascension size=35] build should be: [icon=boots of mobility size=35][icon=ruby sightstone size=35][icon=frost queen's claim size=35][icon=locket of the iron solari size=35][icon=mikael's crucible size=35][icon=randuin's omen size=35] or [icon=boots of mobility size=35][icon=ruby sightstone size=35][icon=talisman of ascension size=35][icon=locket of the iron solari size=35][icon=mikael's crucible size=35][icon=randuin's omen size=35] if you're doing really well, you can opt for [[morellonomicon]], [[twin shadows]], or even [[Liandry's Torment]].[/quote]

[quote=Lugignaf][quote=NicknameMy] ruby sighstone [/quote] I am continually sigh-stoning at like, all of this.[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard][quote=Vapora Dark]mfw a diamond player asks nicknamemy for advice [img=http://www.xclusivetouch.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/confused-gif.gif][/quote] imagine being someone who's played [[Soraka]] as a main champion since season 1 and seeing this.[/quote]

[quote=NicknameMy]Well, the main part about this would be to go for armor marks, hp/5/lvl seals, mr glyphs and hp/5 quints anyway. It is mostly about the lane, where your health regen can shine. Damage? Nah, that isn't really [[soraka]]'s best.[/quote]

[quote=utopus]Guys, I think we all have something to learn from nicknamemy :P[/quote]

[quote=The_Nameless_Bard][quote=NicknameMy]Well, the main part about this would be to go for armor marks, hp/5/lvl seals, mr glyphs and hp/5 quints anyway. It is mostly about the lane, where your health regen can shine. Damage? Nah, that isn't really [[soraka]]'s best.[/quote] Given that maxing [[Astral Infusion]] first will basically guarantee you lose lane against competent players, is actually is. As is currently, maxing [[starcall]] first is easily the safest way to play [[Soraka]], with [[Astral infusion]] maxed second, as you shouldn't be spamming it in lane anyways. You can take hp/5 quints (though I wouldn't, armor is superior), but you should still have either health seals or a combination of health and armor seals with hybrid pen/magic pen marks and either a mix of scaling and flat MR or a mix of flat MR and CDR. You can opt for flat AP in quints and glyphs instead, which is also pretty effective. [[Soraka]]'s role is no longer to just spam W, and there's no reason to play her that way anymore. @utopus that saying completely incorrect things makes you look like an idiot? I already figured that out when I joined at level 22 and started posting, so lesson learned.[/quote]