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Very nice guide!
For the HP. Soraka will have roughly about 1.3k hp after getting a HoG. You don't really need regen from Philo. Stone because you will only be healing your carry and sitting at turret replenishing yourself with your skills. Plus by the time you get HoG, you will have enough mana to stay in lane forever, granted you didn't take any CS from your carry. I find the 250 HP from a HoG more useful than HP/MP regen. You shouldn't have mana problems with a Doran's ring and flat Mana regen seals.
You get the boots depending on the situation. If you don't really need tier 2 boots, go for the AP from Deathcap.
Well as support you want to hold on to your GP10 items as long as possible because that is the main source of your income. Yes, sometimes you may need the CDR from Shurelya's but it is not very necessary because with masteries you get 9% CDR to start off with which is just fine. If you are really finding the lack in CDR, buy a Kindle Gem and then branch off to a Shurelya's.
Naturally as the fight unfolds, the AP carry has to get in range to cast spells. At that time, you should cast your silence and immediately run behind your team and support them. It doesn't have much of a cast time and the animation is pretty quick so you should be able to retreat right after.
I find Doran's ring a much better item to start off with because of the stat's it gives. Soraka has poor base HP and Doran's ring helps a lot. The mana regen and ap just makes the item even better. I tried starting off with a Faerie Charm, 2 Wards, and 3 potions but I find that it just makes Soraka that much easier to kill because you will only have around 450 HP to start.
You shouldn't be very worried that early into the game for ganks anyways. Most ganks occur at top or middle where there are solo lanes.
I will update this guide soon. Keep up the good questions, I'll be happy to answer them.
In your item description you make it sound like you get your tier 2 boots b4 your deathcap but in the item build at the top you get your tier 2 boots much later, which is the time you get the boots?
You suggest in item build that get mercury treads if the other team has lots of CC and your being focused, you also suggest to hold off on buying Shurelya's in certain situations as well, in theres circumstances do you still find you have enough CDR because if you opt for Mercury's and delay your Shurelya's your heal will be roughly 10 secs.
You recommend silencing AP carrys in team fights, do you think its worth the risk to travel to the front lines where you can be targeted and focused just to get a silence off on a annie behind all the AD carries and tanks?
You state to always keep the river Wared from mid and jungle ganks. With this in mind would it be better to start off with Boots, sight ward or even a Faerie charm with a heal, mana pot and sight ward?
Not trying to pick apart your build, just trying to understand it better.
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