Halipupu: My runes are based on my other support champ (SONA) that I play the most. I forgot about the Magic Pen. that Soraka already had. Definitely gonna have to change that. Thanks for reminding me. For the maga regen runes, I'm not sure about you, but I really do need them. (Maybe it's because I use it to silence more than I use it to return my mana, and also because I do spam my heals on my ally who always goes out and gets free hit by the other team), but I did put down alternative seals for this part so it should be alright.

Secondly masteries: You're right, support Soraka actually doesn't need that Magic pen. I'll change the 10% Magic Pen. mastery point. Thanks once again. I actually did suggest to get philsopher's/Shurelya's Reverie for Ranked. So that 3% isn't that bad. And plus, the items such as Soul Shroud and Omen etc. would benefit from that 3% (Which is now 6% since I've changed it:) I'd rather put that Magic Pen. point in Perserverence instead of Wealth. I've done the maths, if in ranked I could get 1 faerie charm + 4 wards and will be left with 40 extra coin, which is like.. 1 blue pot? If I didn't get Wealth, I can still get 3 wards (Which lasts for 540seconds = 9 minutes). By the time those 3 wards are finished, I'd probably need to head back to get my money jumping items anyway. So that's why I didn't put my masteries in wealth.

Starting items (on Ranked): Yes, I'll be changing that :)

Supports do make a huge difference, I'm only suggesting the fat unicorn theory just so people know that they're meant to give their carry all the farm ^^" I enjoy supporting too. And that's why I wrote a guide for it ^^

Thank-you for reading this guide, your comment has helped me a lot :) I can pretty much ensure you these items are original because I haven't read any Soraka guides before I wrote my guide ^^" Other than the one that I linked. (I only read that one to get an idea on how to set out a guide).

jhoijhoi: Thank-you ^^ I really liked your guide too. I'll defs change the comment to vote thing on :)

+1, very in-depth and I actually really like your item choices. I'll give it a go in-game, but I'm sure it'll work perfectly. I really liked your warding/CV image too, very helpful for new players :)

You should turn comment to vote on ^^

I like how the guide looks and I like your chosen items even though most people prefer getting Philosopher's Stone, but she can manage without. However there are a couple of things I heavily dislike on a support Soraka.

First one is runes, she doesn't need magic penetration because her Starcall gives enough and that's why I'd take it a little earlier (at lvl4, lvl7 or lvl12). Instead you should focus on getting defense for her or HP or gold/10 quints.
Also Soraka doesn't need mana regen runes, since you should be using Infuse often enough to keep your allies (and your own) mana always full and since you can't spam heal you rarely ever get OOM.

Secondly masteries: you don't benefit from the 10% magic penetration, because it is calculated AFTER the runes and items and therefore pretty much non existent. If you use those runes I'd put the last 9 points into Defensive tree for some survivability.
Why not take Wealth ? You don't think 40 extra coins early game doesn't help? Why 1 point in Perseverance instead, since 3% is a very little bonus to your regen without having Philosopher's Stone/ Shurelya's Battlesong?

Starting items (on Ranked): I'd recommend grabbing 3 wards and no potions (or 1 health potion) since you have a heal and Infuse so you should never need mana potions.

I also disagree that being a support is being a lazy fat unicorn :D Supports can make a big difference on a lane and support is an important role throughout the game even though it might seem boring early game. But that's just my opinion since I enjoy supporting ^^

Other than those things I really like your guide and if you rethink on your runes I will definitely give a +1 to this guide, because you've seen lots of effort and your items are at least someway original and the original item builds are the best as long as they work. :)

Golleitrian: I placed it in the Questions section of the guide. It'll be the section before special thanks. I realized, these are actually things that I haven't been bothered to explain :) About the mid game/late game thing, I'll make sure to change it :) Once again, thank-you for taking the time to reply and help me make this a better guide ^^

BarbJ: Thank-you for reading this guide and checking it for me. I've spent the whole day typing it up and got a bit tired so I didn't check properly. (And also because I got lazy...) Then and again, I'll make sure to fix up my spelling mistakes and my code errors ^^"

Soraka is def my fav hero. Thanks for your input. +1

Golleitrian: In the items section, it mentions several times "for ranked games you would", indicating that the guide in general would be referring to normals. In normal games, it is often difficult to go 100% support.



It shows that, when in a ranked game, the strategy changes.

culater_0726: At the start of your items section, you have a code error.



Other than a few spelling errors, it was lovely. Nicely worded, explained choices.

btw 15 min and after is not late game. its mid game. late game is when most poeple are lv 18 and have there full build.

1. Why only 1 5GP10 item? Were is that Philosophers?

2. if your support why do you have 6 items?

3. Why sacrifise supportive items to replace them by tankier items on soraka? From experience she should be AP or Support nothing else.