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0:00let's start with Smoker's identity in my
0:02eyes Soraka can be played like a lame
0:04bully even though the conventional
0:06healer seems like she's a passive
0:07support her healing actually allows her
0:09to constantly train throughout Laney
0:11phase and become obsessively annoying
0:12with every Auto attack whittling down
0:14the enemy's HP her goal in any phase is
0:16to hit cures get Rejuvenation her
0:19passive healing and land or attacks
0:21while her regen is ticking this not only
0:23negates enemy's damage but also does a
0:25ton of damage when done multiple times
0:28she's not really an all-in type of laner
0:30more just a massive pain in the back for
0:32enemy edcs and supports the key to
0:34playing Soraka is understanding the
0:36value of their Auto attacks in analyzing
0:39every single Minion to see if we can
0:40take a position to play without putting
0:42himself in danger
0:44let's do a quick rundown on all our
0:46abilities
0:47circus passive focuses on her movement
0:49speed towards low Health allies acting
0:51as a really good Escape tool or even
0:53just entry to the fight
0:55her Q is a bread and butter ability in
0:57the examples I showed later on in this
0:59video you're going to see that the regen
1:01gained from Landing this queue the
1:02damage it does in addition with the two
1:04other trades you can do afterwards
1:05really add up
1:07her W is a standard heel on the Ally but
1:09the gimmick is that can pass the effects
1:11of Rejuvenation from a queue to allies
1:14meaning they get extra Health Region
1:15meaning extra heal so generally I like
1:18to only heal when I land my kids
1:20is rock is only form of hard CC and you
1:23can use it as a zoning tool or pair of
1:24exhausts to slow enemies and go for a
1:27knowledge if you're looking for Ability
1:28order build or any of that Shenanigans
1:30go to Euro GG and follow that until you
1:33get his skill set down first because
1:34honestly that's more important
1:35personally I recommend level 3 Q into
1:38wmax and boost rush but that's up to you
1:41level one is by far one of the Rockers
1:44strongest levels against majority of
1:45Champions and arguably my favorite level
1:47one to play
1:49when you walk into Lane you should
1:50consider two things having the minion
1:52advantage and looking for poke
1:54right here you can see me hitting the
1:55minions staying in a position where I
1:57can put closer as she cs's or tries to
2:00push the wave and these little trades
2:02add up over time you'll see that as soon
2:03as I'm ready to hit Level 2 and I know
2:05we hit it first because of the minion
2:07Advantage I'm very happy to get hit by a
2:09hook now I don't play the rest of this
2:11fight very well because I miss my q and
2:13my e but if I had none of those two
2:15abilities this level 2 player would have
2:17been insane another thing we can talk
2:19about in Syracuse Landing phase is how
2:21we can use her e and why we should never
2:23be the one beginning quotes being able
2:26to land q and get Rejuvenation applying
2:28that to Twitch while he succeed has much
2:30more value than us getting crowd control
2:32and losing a high tree now when you're
2:34playing Counter engage with your e you
2:36want to position it so that you blocked
2:37where the enemyc will actually go in
2:39this case we know that Kaiser will want
2:40to play aggressively we can position it
2:42right in front of her and then use our
2:44exhaust to make sure she's slowed which
2:46almost guarantees a snare those two
2:48things easily witness this fight even
2:49though we should have technically lost
2:51if you've been enjoying this video so
2:53far make sure to subscribe and keep
2:55watching for the next few matchups brand
2:57and thresh so here reversing brand
2:59imagine of that many structures may be
3:01afraid of because of its intense poke
3:03and potential to only knew with WQ
3:06now level one brand is actually a lot
3:08weaker than soroku if you didn't know he
3:10only has one ability and after that he's
3:12pretty much useless so knowing that we
3:15can play quite aggressively if we land
3:16two and we can keep taking all the tough
3:18trades as long as he wants to
3:20abusing our Bloom plating and on passive
3:23region from our queue we get a lot of
3:25value in this trade and this isn't just
3:27specific to Brand it can apply to
3:29Champions like Zara for Lots where they
3:31don't have a sustainability or follow-up
3:33cc to all the new level one
3:35when you're playing any matchup you
3:37should really consider the levels of
3:38every single champion
3:40now in this case we don't get level 2
3:42first but you have to recognize that
3:44brand is also not level two so because
3:46it's only James is level two and one me
3:48and affilios both hit Level 2 in this
3:49wave we can play really aggressively in
3:51a ping my intent to pretty much all in
3:53this Shin because bran doesn't have his
3:55stun and he doesn't do as much damage so
3:57in the straight 2v2 we should win even
4:00if we get hit by everything it's really
4:01important to keep these small level
4:03advantages in your mind because it
4:05determines if you should play more
4:06aggressively or not of course you should
4:09always consider the minion wave but just
4:10remember that you will always win the
4:122v2 flat out another thing you can take
4:14away from this clip is the way I use e
4:17in the other case kaiso is moving
4:19forward and it is obvious that she
4:21wanted to do an all-in in that case I
4:22placed it in front of her in this one we
4:24know that we have the advantage and it's
4:26very unlikely that Jinx wants to walk
4:27into US silver opponent slightly behind
4:29her in the direction that she's
4:31currently going using her exhaust again
4:32to ensure that scenario happens
4:36another concept that's really important
4:38to playing Soraka in laning phase is the
4:40concept of cooldowns you should really
4:42be understanding that every time they
4:43use an ability if they miss it or if
4:45they landed they won't have the ability
4:47for at least a couple of seconds
4:49especially something like brand W or Q
4:52which has over 5 or 10 seconds or
4:54cooldown timer
4:55When Brad misses his W here I'm very
4:58confident to try and look up and Dodge
5:00the EQ combo or even just land my q and
5:03get an e off on him and as soon as he
5:05throws out Q I no longer have to be
5:07scared of his stun sucking team or
5:09attacking him as he walks out and if he
5:12ever disrespects us and tries to stay
5:14flow as you can see it just gets
5:16demolished apply this any really any
5:18Champion Hulk Champions made Champions
5:20enchanters if they have used ability too
5:23early or miss it you have a winner of
5:25opportunity to play and you have to make
5:26sure that you abuse that
5:28in this last matchup against thresh I'm
5:30going to talk about how we try to
5:32position ourselves when you're investing
5:34Champions whose abilities can be blocked
5:35by minions such as Morgana thresh Blitz
5:38Frank or Ezra you want to position
5:41yourself in a way that those Champions
5:43cannot hear you which is to keep a
5:45minion in front of you and as you're
5:47doing this if you keep applying the same
5:48logic as before using a q you order
5:50attacks to harass every single time they
5:52try to go for minions you'll find that
5:53you have a very easy time dealing with
5:55these champions
5:57the last part of this video we're
5:58finally here soraka's most important
6:01skill that I've been talking about the
6:02entire video who ordered attacks
6:05although it may not seem like much
6:06skillfully mixing orders while we learn
6:08Q or very healthy makes a difference
6:11between a good and bad Soraka you'll
6:14want to aim for when the ADC looks like
6:15they're going to hit a minion or if the
6:17enemy support looks like they want a
6:18fist fight
6:20this works because they have to choose
6:21between you or the minion and also makes
6:24your enemy feel more pressured
6:26it also becomes easier to land skill
6:28shots when they're selling still and in
6:30animation to hit something all these
6:31tips will definitely take a lot of
6:33experimenting and a lot of failure
6:35however a lot of these skills are
6:36fundamental that will apply not only to
6:38Soraka but a lot of support Champions
6:40let me know in the comments if you had
6:42any questions or if you really like this
6:44video let me know