Soraka Build Guide : The banana healer. :: League of Legends Strategy Builds

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Hi,

It's me again. I took a look at your guide. It is good, but I, as main player, I really think that should go with if she is going to take . The blue income item increases your damage when you have ready stacks. Furthermore, I think that should max as well, if she hopes to get any benefit from . I am sure that you are familiar with the way Grail works. 20% Damage dealt = Heal. If you have no damage, buying this item would be meaningless.
Hope you got my point.

-monimakaroni

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I do get your point, however i don't get till very late into the game, till around the last item, and around that time I switch oasis to watchers, yes its a weird thing to do, however for me it works, I only go for the path because I get better income that way then I would also half the time I max q second because of the matchup and by then I would be close to the end of my build. Honestly I get grail more for the passive on the health regen, which is the same reason why I would be getting crucible if I went that route instead of grail. I do get your point but to me I get grail more for the utility more then the healing, because by then we would be getting into team fights and I would need the health regen to keep me and my team alive. I do understand that more stacks mean more healing, but I am to busy keeping people alive to even notice the stacks. However I do have a question for you, since you do seem to know what you are doing, if you have stacks on grail, will those stacks be used if you ult, or is it just the w where the stacks will be consumed

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The answer to the question:

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if you have stacks on grail, will those stacks be used if you ult, or is it just the w where the stacks will be consumed

The stacks will be consumed each time heals an ally, no matter whether it is or . Stacks can be consumed even from and .
I personally always try to rush due to the skill that item possesses - to transfer damage into heal.
You know rejuvenation, right? The heal over time from . You probably know that when you use you apply rejuvenation on the targeted ally. So here is the thing. Rejuvenation is a heal over time. Upon casting your stacks are going to be consumed, but in the next 5 seconds (the durability of Rejuvenation) 20% of the damage dealt to champions is still going to be transferred into heal. Thanks to rejuvenation. This is one of the main reasons why I max before , because it will make both my heals and damage stronger (maxing increases the durability of rejuvenation and its hp regen gained, also the damage is increased). In these 5 seconds you hit f.e. 2 enemies with another 2 enemies with and make some basic attacks. 20% of everything will just result in boosting the heal from rejuvenation. This is also one the main reasons why I go full AP when I (exception makes ). The more ap, the more everything - damage dealt from and , healing power from , , and rejuvenation.
I take because it provokes me to enter in combats in order to get money from it. It makes me active. While is for champions who don't have poke abilities like , but has that is working this way: damage the enemy => receive hp in return. Also has low mana cost and cooldown. If you are good at landing you won't even need to waste gold on potions. This is why I begin my games with and - I won't run out mana.
I do believe that riot changed her because she was way too passive champion. Now the more active you are with the stronger heals you are going to possess.
Hope I didn't bored you that much :D.

-monimakaroni

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No no you didn't but are you still going to pick after the mid season update? where they are going to change the starting items and supposed to ad some sort of side objective to these items? Also one reason why I made this build in the first place is so I can get a better understanding of this champ in the first place :P

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Sooo... about the mid season changes

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Ancient Coin line*: Gain an elixir that instantly grants a skill point when consumed (you still have a max of 18 skill points per game, meaning you’ll finish leveling your abilities at level 17). Takedowns on enemy champions grant gold and restore mana

This change seems to be really awesome. I would love to see it in live servers.
I am very likely to replace by after the changes but I can't say for sure, because I don't know what riot is really planing to do. I think that the item will get nerf in PBE.

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You also have to think about how much gold each item needs for the "support quest" to be active, are they all going to need the same amount of gold, or are each going to be different, and also how much each other buff will do, such as is the line going to be something like a 5% increase? or something like that, and same goes with the how big is the shield going to be? Like you said it might be nerfed in the pbe

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I just went back to the site and I found this

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*Ancient Coin’s existing passive - being near a minion when it dies - is pretty boring and offers nothing to build a quest around. So, we’re redesigning it. Nearby enemy minions occasionally drop coins when killed by anyone other than you, either restoring mana or granting gold on pick-up. (After one coin type has spawned, the next is guaranteed to be the other type.) Collect these coins to complete your quest.

which is possibly going to kill the gold gen for this line, and I am not sure about this change, because you may get in a bad position to get some gold, and not only that but also its going to flip flop between mana and gold, so how exactly is this going to work.

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The change looks decent to me. No more sitting on lane. Players need to be active.
Anyway, we can never tell for sure which support item is going to be the best before we can test them ourselves.

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That is true, but hopefully they don't botch this up and make it so that you have to buy one item and I been thinking and looking closer at the update, it says that

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Tribute procs grant a burst of movement speed

so what if you land your q on a enemy, if you had wouldn't that mean you get the speed boost from both rejuvenation and ?

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And I couldn't understand it as well. Maybe it works this way, who knows.

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Yeah... does this normally happen, people just randomly have conversations in the comment section of these guides? XD

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Nah,
It is not a common thing.

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Well then we are the lucky ones.

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So just that everyone knows before they comment that this guide is still a work in progress I plan on periodically making this guide better over time, I just wanted to show you all what my first time making a guide could look like and I wanted to make the foundation of the guide and expand it as I go. So any help could help me, I now know about the whole bbcodes and started to understand it (even though mikaels crucible is being a pain for some reason even though I typed the name right) so expect updates often from me.

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Type with ' before the "s"

Code:

[[Mikael's Crucible]]

or you can just copy my code if you couldn't make it working.

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I found the problem it was a rogue space in the code thank you though. :)

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Hey slater768,

Good guide you have spent a lot of time to make it and its helpful and useful. But I think will be better if you start with instead of . Anyway thanks you again fo this awesome guide about . Have a nice day. :)

-ScdoWn

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Thank you for the feedback, and honestly I put down what I normally do when I play raka. I never use spellthiefs when I play raka because I seem to get less gold with that item then the Ancient Coin route and with this build you need all the money you can get. Then again if you feel like you would rather use spell thiefs then go right ahead I can't stop you :P

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Hey slater768,

Your guide is good for first time, but I have to disapprove with your build, because of the items that you have chosen. In the current season, is not as good as on . can turn the tide of a teamfight, while increases your hp regen only when you are not in teamfight. Not to mention that increases your heals wtih 10%. Consider updating your build and expanding your guide content.

-monimakaroni

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In the notes I put down that I don't normally go for warmogs and I always went for redemption for the healing. I also put redemption under the core build section so I always buy that. Honestly I put mogs down for the people that would rather have it for the sustain. It was a last minute thing tbh. I do agree with you though redemption is a better item then mogs for raka.

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I just saw your build and didn't read the guide and I got surprised that you haven't placed redemption in the build section

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Thats weird it shows I did, I will try to do something to get that fixed

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Ok, I can see now. You got it fixed.

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Ok good thank you for letting me know about that though.

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Hi, nowadays why Rakas building ap everywhere like there is no other way :P BTW thanks 4 guide, I recommend you to swap out
for it would look more professional and logical, as pers gives nearly 1-1.5 regen while lowers cooldown of spells which most enchanter supports such as investing resolve tree so they can reach as its really game changing most times, and you will be usually burn your spells to reach your friend or more versatility uses ofc, 45 seconds is HUGE in a game that seconds matter, while in the other hand 200% base regen is not that much of a thing when you are about to play Raka since she have the lowest hp regen in the game, also items look nice as well, but would you mind changing skill priority or its something certain because putting 1 point into may be a life saver or first blood guarantee since it prevents spells which can be used in 2v2 to block enemy heal or smth? Don't you think like that too, thanks for the guide <3

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I do see your points Riku and insight is a logical choice for some people, however for how I play there is a reason why I put Perseverance over yes the health regen is minimal, at first anyway, you would be surprised on how that little bit of health regen has saved either my life or my teammates and not only that the summoner spells that I take (that would be and , yes I know its more meta for me to bring instead, but bare with me) for me anyway are their for her early game, which is terrible, I have to say, I remember back when w was 4 seconds at level one, or around there, when I hit level 9 when I get all my levels in w I normally forget about my summoners until I need to spam them to heal a teammate in time. I do see why people would take over perseverance but how I play her, the cooldown on the summs are not worth it, mostly because I am normally below 25% health after mid game trying to save everyone. Plus with the items I have normally the extra hp regen helps, I sometimes hit up to at least 20 hp regen with my builds and in long team fights that can be a game changer if no one ever hits you (which they never do for some reason, its probably a elo thing or something) Again I do see where you are coming from with that and I mean no offense but for someone that mostly thinks about healing the team and that little extra health regen does help. I probably sound like a broken record now but anyway onto your part. Yes is a life saving spell however there is a massive downside to it, the mana cost. Depending on who you are facing and who you have as a adc should tell you when you should get the e, I sometimes get it at level 3 or 4 based on some factors. Those would be on how much engage does my adc have, how early can the jungler gank, does the enemy have a grab or stun, such as blitz or how often do people come down to bot lane to gank, and some more, and depending on these factors I chose to get it either 3 or 4, I would always get it level 3 if the mana cost wasn't so high, you can't spam it like you can your q, and I thought I put that into the notes but maybe I could be wrong but anyway. I do appreciate your comments and they do help with me understanding more on so I hope you take no offense to anything that I said.

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holy crud that was a long post XD

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Really that was a long reply ^^ Ty 4 reply, I see your Raka logic is a litt bit different from ours idk, and probably can be played like you mentioned therefore I shouldn't speak nonsense as it differs from player to player prob, thanks ^^ Can you add more details in-depth explanations to guide in future? I luv to read depth sup guides :3

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Well of course my logic is going to be different then yours, I am a silver while your a diamond XD and I am not sure about making more guides, I am just going to focus on this one and keep improving it as time goes on.

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Hey slater768,

I hope you are not angry, if I say, that you can optimize the layout of your guide a bit. You haven't used any BBcoding in your guide. But you should because this will make your guide a lot more attractive. The text itself may bore some readers. You can learn how to use BBCoding correctly by this guide.
Hope that you will update your guide soon and remember the BBCoding :)

- Astrikas

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Yeah your right, this is my first guide so I had no idea on how to make this honestly I didn't read any guides and I went straight in, I will fix what I can when I get the time to in the near future, though thank you for your feedback it is appreciated :P

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No problem, buddy :) Thats pretty normal, no 1st guide was perfect haha. I'm looking forward to see your next update and I'm glad you are so polite!

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I started to put the bbcodes in however Crucible is being a pain I am not sure if I need to put in something in between the two words or what I looked at the guide and that doesn't help. Also I am about to expand more on this guide so expect frequent updates.

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I'm glad to hear about the new updates you've planned more updates, because I kinda start to have pretty much fun playing soraka now :) I like your guide alot more now to be honest. It would be great if you'd try to integrate some pictures.. Thats all, good work! :P

The banana healer.

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