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Just recently been playing Soraka support and i have to say that she is an extremely underrated champion, she can sustain herself and the AD carry for a really long time early game before they have to have their first back, Soraka was the first champion i started playing but at that time i only just started LoL, i had no idea how to play. On the flip side she is very squishy, one slow or stun in bot and you're done for, also i find her movement speed early game to be a huge pain, that's why i like to wait for as long as possible before backing so i can get boots. Overall i really love Soraka and her banana's but let's hope people recognize her more in the future.
If you pick Soraka against me, I swear I will destroy you.
She is a great, underrated champ imho.
People say she is useless in late game - not true. If you go AP Soraka, your heal is insane, as well as your ulti. The Silence you provide, especially if you use it in the right moment (to cancel the ultis of annoying champs like Fiddlesticks, Nunu & Willump and such, or prevent them to iniciate a TF because of that (like if you silence Annie or Katarina before they can use their ults, and your team mates burst them down before they can do any dmg), now that is what can win a game, and make the play. Nevermiind that annoying Starcall you can spam on their heads, lowering their MR (and combine it with Rylai's Crystal Scepter that slows them all).
The problem with her is - she needs a good team, to be effective. You can't iniciate as Soraka. You just stay close, heal, give mana or silence and send in some falling stars and bananas. That's it. It helps a lot, but if your team can't get the kill, you are not able to help them. Unlike aggresive supports that can stun the escaping enemy or kill them on their own.
She is squishy, yes, but you can always get Randuin's Omen or Banshee's Veil as your only defensive item, and be fine. Just have in mind not to stay close to the enemy and you are fine.
But nowadays I don't play her at all. My gameplay changed - I become aggresive support, that can iniciate a team fight and CC people to death, or survive anything they throw at me. So my favourite right now is Thresh, Nautilus, Alistar.
I think Soraka is viable, but not in low elo games, where people don't communicate (only rage and call each other noobs) and don't play as a team. You need a team with a brain. So I guess if I can get to gold, I start playing her again. Can't be arsed by ppl calling me low support just because they are stupid themselves (fun fact - since I started to play above mentoned champs, nobody calls me noob anymore, even if I play like one!! :D).
I would recommend you to get Nami. She is nice mix between passive and aggresive support, so you can play her however you feel that day, or depending on who do ouy lane against. You get stun with her Q (so they can't cast abilities like if silenced, but as a bonus they can't even move), you still have a heal, that can also deal damage, you can boost the damage output of your allies with your E.. and that Ulti is just great. And ofc her passive - if you use your ability on an ally, he/she gains a bot of movement speed for a second :)
Whoa.... I really wrote a LONG reply... sorry mate :D