Wouldn’t say it’s underestimated, karma just does it better than the others to the point where she out shines them to the point of them being “off meta”
@@ket5818 The problem really is, this only works if your team is doing good. You're not gonna ever carry the game as soraka top. All you'll ever do with this is cement a game you're already winning.
That's how that usually goes. I play Soraka top a lot and while you can easily go 2/0 or 3/0 early, once the enemies start to get tanky, fun is over. You can't kill them anymore and the game gets so boring it makes you want to Alt+F4.
A lot of people forget/don't know that the speed of Soraka's Q depends on how close to herself she places it. Up close it's super quick, at far ranges it's fairly reactable.
Its so cool how you're getting so big on yt now, I play euw and every time you play a weird top pick I see it the day after in my games (for like the first time) half the time, first this then Senna
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I'd love to see a Soraka player go top with her. You have to stop using E for harass, it costs too much mana and has a long cooldown and leaves you vulnerable. And always cast Q to slow before putting E down to silence, so they have less movespeed to move out of E. They'll be silenced longer and potentially rooted at the end.
I'm a Soraka main (usually Support), and after watching this video I decided to try her out top lane. I'm not the best player, I'm currently Masters but I'll share the build I took. First Strike > Cash Back > Triple Tonic > Jack of All Trades Manaflow Band > Celerity I disagree with Pekin's rune page since I don't think Resolve tree is the best option for solo lane Soraka. While Revitalize benefits yourself, it's primarily taken to benefit your allies in the case of Soraka. If you are top lane you aren't interacting with your teammates as often and won't benefit much from the bonus healing. Manaflow band is a lot better and allows you to skip biscuits for Triple Tonic, which can help with CSing early game. As well as it is more useful as the game goes on. You can take Transcendence or Gathering Storm if you want, I go Celerity because Soraka benefits a lot from the bonus MS with her Q and Passive and it's hidden OP on her. Cosmic Insight is fine, however I went for Jack of All Trades since the build has a bunch of unique stats if you build both enchanter and AP items. As for the actual build, I went Boots of Swiftness > Seraph's (I prefer it over RoA, just a preference) > Moonstone > Dawncore > Redemption > Deathcap. You can also buy a support item if you want, but I didn't since I didn't stop farming. Pretty much at 3 items you are 10x more useful than support Soraka. Skill order is Q > E > W, but you can put 2-3 points in W before maxing E if you are roaming a lot since E doesn't do that much more damage with points and it doesn't give you wave clear.
I used to love Soraka Top. It's such an obnoxious lane for the enemy to deal with. And they *have* to deal with you. Then Korea came around and made it popular.
Soraka can be like a ranged warwick, but with less damage, decent zoning, and your strenght helps your team, even is top ends up in an iland that the junglers never touch The last game, I wonder if a bit earlier ultimates would have worked. In high elo, I know players are more aware, probably banking in your R and have everything better measured, but in low elo, may be some plays could be made if the team knew they had the resource aviable earlier, to play more confidently
I tried Soraka with enchanters. Best game was off those one with a Lulu. We could pin down the enemy carries and we could turn tides of teamfights. Lulu and Soraka damage is nothing to snicker at either. I played APless Raka. Only support and tank stuff. (This was back in ten or eleven I think?) Game with a Yuumi botside and Raka mid was awful though. Enemy had a lot if grievous. Soraka bot and Janna top was awesome. Shields and heals galore. I used to have a locket as a core for the increased shield (I built HealnShieldPower) and the resists.
You need to combo your Q and E more, if you can predict that the Q hits with like 70% chance or whatever, just put the E below them as well, so they can't avoid the snare. Could have netted you some kills on that Urgot and saved you on a 2v1 chase from them
Idk why Pekin is surprised enemy junglers spam gank Soraka top every game, she's literally a free kill - a squishy immobile champion. It's also a shame we didn't get an ap Soraka with like Liandry's and stuff. And I don't think we ever will, he was so sick of playing Soraka he even wanted to ff the last game! I don't think I ever seen him start a surrender vote! But it also goes to show that the "never surrender games, people make mistakes and throw all the time, especialy in low elo" mentality can only go so far. Sure, everyone will say that, but everybody has their limit. Sometimes a game is just too much. Even if not physically and you could still win if all of you play well, then emotionally - you just can't, it's too miserable and you feel like you can't carry and have no influence over the game and you would rather just go next. Happens to everybody.
I get the idea of them, but I'm not a fan of the "preview" plays at the start of videos. I'd rather come across those awesome random plays as they happen instead of constantly expecting and looking for it, and just knowing that it's going to occur. Just my opinion, for whatever it's worth. I always skip over it if I can in time before spoiling myself
If you skip over them then that's still fine? I'm pretty sure if they got him worse viewer retention/watch time statistics over time he wouldn't be using them, same with overexaggerated thumbnails and all other view hustle stuff. I'm not saying your preference is not relevant, but the relationship with the algorithm kind of puts more priority on getting views and not always trying to make the most enjoyable veiwing experience, would you really want him to stop using them knowing it gives him better statistics when he's been mentioning recently that his channel is dying
@@boba7288 The problem is that I often times can't skip it in time if I'm not ready. I assume I'm watching a super early game fight or something before he does his intro and instead I'm spoiling the best clip of the whole video. I understand the logistics of TH-cam, I'm just giving my $.02 as an extremely long time viewer of the channel.
Maybe that Urgot plays Heroes of the Storm since his name is Malthael OTP. Malthael is a solo laner like Urgot and one of his ults is an execute like Urgot's.
A little disappointed with the Urgot gameplay. His rune setup was fine, but he was not playing with the right mindset. He was acting as if he was PTA + ignite Urgot, not fleet Urgot with no damage summ. He just does not have damage to all in much early. It's a scaling setup, not a lane setup 😅
You're using the abilities wrong. Silence either to land your Q on someone who can't dodge since they have no abilities, or defensively to peel/zone between you and the opponent. You are trying to use it like a Chogath Q for some reason when it takes much more time to activate. Once the Q lands, then you auto and back up. Have used her with Grasp quite a lot, and yes, she will get solo or even 1v2 kills. But she's a support. So you take her top when you have a tank bot, or your want double squishy support. And set up kills. She can also do Mid Lane for the same reasons. And make sure to tap the R button more for your teammates. Also, get Exhaust and Ghost. Renekton shouldn't be killing you under tower. Waiting for him to land on you to use your abilities is NOT how to play her. Also, get anti heal and DO NOT let minions crash into your tower. That's basic shit man, you keep them away so you can't be jumped. Clear your waves.
@@Felik18Nah that's mega dead but Malz is pretty aight into bruiser and tank lanes, not ideal clearly but it can work it's.just if you get ganked well............
@@robertharp16 I think he'd be interesting to watch with liandry's and the new burn item, or maybe some tech I haven't considered. I think top sucks in general if you get camped.
People understimate enchanters in farming lanes, if they get their cheap items faster the whole team gets stronger
Wouldn’t say it’s underestimated, karma just does it better than the others to the point where she out shines them to the point of them being “off meta”
Soraka is a troll pick and he's doing well because he's smurfing.
@@stochastic42weak opinion.
Not based enough.
@@stochastic42 While Soraka top is not good by any means, I wouldnt call it a troll pick, I meant enchanters as a whole class
@@ket5818 The problem really is, this only works if your team is doing good.
You're not gonna ever carry the game as soraka top.
All you'll ever do with this is cement a game you're already winning.
SORAKA TOP is a HIDDEN SOLO KILLING BEAST
1 HOUR LATER : THANKS FOR WATCHING GUYS I WILL NEVER PLAY SORAKA AGAIN
That's how that usually goes. I play Soraka top a lot and while you can easily go 2/0 or 3/0 early, once the enemies start to get tanky, fun is over.
You can't kill them anymore and the game gets so boring it makes you want to Alt+F4.
stop screaming bro smh
He's good at mages
@@miriamkapeller6754 soraka is support play it as support , stop trolling matches :)
@@unicoffe IM NOT SCREAMING IM POINTIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACTTTTSS
I feel like Taric is a slightly more functional version of this. He can stat check basically everyone if you go Q lvl 1.
Taric is a juggernaut mislabeled as a support. ;p
@@nerdicusdorkum2923he’s thanos with hair
A lot of people forget/don't know that the speed of Soraka's Q depends on how close to herself she places it. Up close it's super quick, at far ranges it's fairly reactable.
1:01:04 ...Pekin pressing yes? That's a rare sight...
Watching your videos lately has been great. Multiple games in one video, good gameplay, and your attitude/commentary is great!
Pretty sure I had a guy come straight from this video and play Soraka top in my game yesterday. Unfortunately he smashed, and it was an enemy Soraka.
The urgot and graves must have been pretty tilted.
Commiting so hard so many times and getting so little in return vs. a soraka top.
I enjoyed this alot dude, watched the whole thing. All us Soraka players enjoyed it; all 10 of us
Who gave this zigzagoon a banana?
Oh for off meta top laner you should totally play Xin zhao, surprisingly viable with strong early game. Need to be careful with your mana early though
Its so cool how you're getting so big on yt now, I play euw and every time you play a weird top pick I see it the day after in my games (for like the first time) half the time, first this then Senna
fancy feet at 10:00 damn
I was NOT expecting the 3-game Soraka top commentary video. I am PLEASED.
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It's warm everywhere bro. Global warming.
Indiana cold
@@jesseplouvier6374goofball alert
YOU DID SORAKA TOP!!!! THIS IS A DREAM!!!
I havent even started it and I know its gonna be a blast. I'm gonna enjoy this so much!!
I'd love to see a Soraka player go top with her. You have to stop using E for harass, it costs too much mana and has a long cooldown and leaves you vulnerable.
And always cast Q to slow before putting E down to silence, so they have less movespeed to move out of E. They'll be silenced longer and potentially rooted at the end.
I'm a Soraka main (usually Support), and after watching this video I decided to try her out top lane. I'm not the best player, I'm currently Masters but I'll share the build I took.
First Strike > Cash Back > Triple Tonic > Jack of All Trades
Manaflow Band > Celerity
I disagree with Pekin's rune page since I don't think Resolve tree is the best option for solo lane Soraka. While Revitalize benefits yourself, it's primarily taken to benefit your allies in the case of Soraka. If you are top lane you aren't interacting with your teammates as often and won't benefit much from the bonus healing. Manaflow band is a lot better and allows you to skip biscuits for Triple Tonic, which can help with CSing early game. As well as it is more useful as the game goes on. You can take Transcendence or Gathering Storm if you want, I go Celerity because Soraka benefits a lot from the bonus MS with her Q and Passive and it's hidden OP on her. Cosmic Insight is fine, however I went for Jack of All Trades since the build has a bunch of unique stats if you build both enchanter and AP items.
As for the actual build, I went Boots of Swiftness > Seraph's (I prefer it over RoA, just a preference) > Moonstone > Dawncore > Redemption > Deathcap. You can also buy a support item if you want, but I didn't since I didn't stop farming. Pretty much at 3 items you are 10x more useful than support Soraka. Skill order is Q > E > W, but you can put 2-3 points in W before maxing E if you are roaming a lot since E doesn't do that much more damage with points and it doesn't give you wave clear.
FINALLY. THE SORAKA TOP GAMEPLAY I WAS WANTING TO SEE SO BAD
10:50 that Karthus really waited in that brush for a whole ass 30 seconds +
xin deciding to clear scuttle before rotating was tragic
am I the only one that skips the preview cause I don't wanna be spoiled lol
I do that too
I hope this is the beginning of pekin being a soraka main 💜
Love soraka top! Great vid
I used to love Soraka Top. It's such an obnoxious lane for the enemy to deal with. And they *have* to deal with you.
Then Korea came around and made it popular.
1:00:42 tristana jumps on you when youre not looking xD
10:00 you out-pizza'd the hut.
Love watching you picking up toplane, I would like to see you play some gangplank one day!
good shit mr pekin
edit: pekinwoof lasthit a cannon challenge level impossible
soraka only to challenger after top to chall???
OMG! Yes, loved this!
Been waiting for this video, i like to run Grasp on her in aram and she feels unstoppable
Ggs little bro.
I never considered soraka ult to be the karthus uno reverse card up until today but hey, here we are
Soraka can be like a ranged warwick, but with less damage, decent zoning, and your strenght helps your team, even is top ends up in an iland that the junglers never touch
The last game, I wonder if a bit earlier ultimates would have worked.
In high elo, I know players are more aware, probably banking in your R and have everything better measured, but in low elo, may be some plays could be made if the team knew they had the resource aviable earlier, to play more confidently
I tried Soraka with enchanters. Best game was off those one with a Lulu. We could pin down the enemy carries and we could turn tides of teamfights. Lulu and Soraka damage is nothing to snicker at either. I played APless Raka. Only support and tank stuff. (This was back in ten or eleven I think?)
Game with a Yuumi botside and Raka mid was awful though. Enemy had a lot if grievous. Soraka bot and Janna top was awesome. Shields and heals galore. I used to have a locket as a core for the increased shield (I built HealnShieldPower) and the resists.
Would also love to see bruiser Braum top if you're willing
Or Taric top. That sounds funny.
In the preview It would be great if u hide your score and items, so u dont spoil part of the content. Greetins from Spain. I love ur content
you should play renata glasc top because I want renata glasc to top me
3:20 Aw. Poor dude thought Xin got the kill when he really did.
Soraka can run some crazy lanes through midgame. I love watching this shite.
I think he was saying that if he didn't step up, xin gets a free kill, but instead he steps up and they trade.
No he meant that Zhao would have gotten a free kill if he didn't step up
You need to combo your Q and E more, if you can predict that the Q hits with like 70% chance or whatever, just put the E below them as well, so they can't avoid the snare.
Could have netted you some kills on that Urgot and saved you on a 2v1 chase from them
The Xin in game 3...wow...just wow.
Wait till he finds out the Phase Rush Soraka top tech against Kled
for my item build i made for soraka. i chose cosmic drive then moonstone. for the haste hp and ap
i would've loved seen you go liandrys 2nd item
Idk why Pekin is surprised enemy junglers spam gank Soraka top every game, she's literally a free kill - a squishy immobile champion.
It's also a shame we didn't get an ap Soraka with like Liandry's and stuff. And I don't think we ever will, he was so sick of playing Soraka he even wanted to ff the last game! I don't think I ever seen him start a surrender vote!
But it also goes to show that the "never surrender games, people make mistakes and throw all the time, especialy in low elo" mentality can only go so far. Sure, everyone will say that, but everybody has their limit. Sometimes a game is just too much. Even if not physically and you could still win if all of you play well, then emotionally - you just can't, it's too miserable and you feel like you can't carry and have no influence over the game and you would rather just go next. Happens to everybody.
You saw how well that strategy worked. Aka not that well at all
Does the raka q take longer to land based on distance?
HE LISTENED TO MY PRAYERS. Your shrine will be bountiful this evening
great job
That xin from the last game was dropped on the head as a child more than once…
I get the idea of them, but I'm not a fan of the "preview" plays at the start of videos. I'd rather come across those awesome random plays as they happen instead of constantly expecting and looking for it, and just knowing that it's going to occur. Just my opinion, for whatever it's worth. I always skip over it if I can in time before spoiling myself
If you skip over them then that's still fine? I'm pretty sure if they got him worse viewer retention/watch time statistics over time he wouldn't be using them, same with overexaggerated thumbnails and all other view hustle stuff. I'm not saying your preference is not relevant, but the relationship with the algorithm kind of puts more priority on getting views and not always trying to make the most enjoyable veiwing experience, would you really want him to stop using them knowing it gives him better statistics when he's been mentioning recently that his channel is dying
@@boba7288 The problem is that I often times can't skip it in time if I'm not ready. I assume I'm watching a super early game fight or something before he does his intro and instead I'm spoiling the best clip of the whole video. I understand the logistics of TH-cam, I'm just giving my $.02 as an extremely long time viewer of the channel.
THANKS PEKIN
the best part is always when you get ganked a billion times without break and your team helps you how many times? 2-3 times maybe if lucky.
Wow, game two they really sent 3 top to gank a Soraka... that's just sad
Maybe that Urgot plays Heroes of the Storm since his name is Malthael OTP. Malthael is a solo laner like Urgot and one of his ults is an execute like Urgot's.
i cant believe pekin did in the second game what master yi did in the first 😭
Great uploads ❤
A little disappointed with the Urgot gameplay. His rune setup was fine, but he was not playing with the right mindset. He was acting as if he was PTA + ignite Urgot, not fleet Urgot with no damage summ. He just does not have damage to all in much early. It's a scaling setup, not a lane setup 😅
Pekin, try void rift lissandra top with liandries and archangels❤❤❤❤
Wooooooo new vid
Can we pretty please get some Skayle action during your climb?
i miss the old tank raka top
3:08 Actually you got the kill there and Xin got no assist
Every day, we get closer to AD Lulu top. Soon.
Hey, Mister Woof. Please consider dual streaming on yt + twitch so we youtube premium chads can watch you live with no ads.
They see a gurl, they go unga bunga. That's all they do in top lane. As the bots say, we need to band together as women.
time to go back to top lane Soraka.
does her spell still scale with use?
Try red kayn top and proxy the early waves
All hail the algorithm!
Entirely embarrassing that Urgot couldn't cs with Graves zoning you 90% of the lane.
i love soraka and playing her but i doubt my skills to do this.
Day 7 of asking for Yorick top
Malthael is a Diablo 3 boss, if memory serves.
Banana attack!!!
This guy has no Flash
Can you try Lillia top? Plzthx
iirc he said he wouldn't because he already knows lillia or something like that
id love to see a lillia top video!
YERP YERP YERP
Should've gone blackfire/liandri's. Stronger or not, it's more fun.
Sure soraka is a fun pick but Ziggs top is just evil :))
36:28 these guys hate you so much lmao
Warwicks Q auto heals him? And his autos lol
pretty sure you played with that neeko before
Please play malzahar
Sleep simulator
Why?
pog
Next up, crittlesticks
Can I have a cass top?
You autoattacked so many times tbh I think nashors or that other burst AA item (even with movement) would've been a good item
Ap Xin Zhao is actually not that bad you should try it
please do a house tour
You're using the abilities wrong. Silence either to land your Q on someone who can't dodge since they have no abilities, or defensively to peel/zone between you and the opponent. You are trying to use it like a Chogath Q for some reason when it takes much more time to activate. Once the Q lands, then you auto and back up. Have used her with Grasp quite a lot, and yes, she will get solo or even 1v2 kills. But she's a support. So you take her top when you have a tank bot, or your want double squishy support. And set up kills. She can also do Mid Lane for the same reasons. And make sure to tap the R button more for your teammates. Also, get Exhaust and Ghost. Renekton shouldn't be killing you under tower. Waiting for him to land on you to use your abilities is NOT how to play her. Also, get anti heal and DO NOT let minions crash into your tower. That's basic shit man, you keep them away so you can't be jumped. Clear your waves.
3rd love to see it
well yes
Rengar top please
bets ona win
Play Jayce!
rakan top is a bully in lane
Hey everybody welcome to the next commentary in our unranked to challenger climb. Uh. Toplane.
Playing Soraka? Such an easy champ. Play someone with skill, like Yone.
Yuh
MARBLE MONDAY WOOO
Malzahar top WHEN?!?!!
is AD Malz still a thing?
@@Felik18Nah that's mega dead but Malz is pretty aight into bruiser and tank lanes, not ideal clearly but it can work it's.just if you get ganked well............
@@robertharp16 I think he'd be interesting to watch with liandry's and the new burn item, or maybe some tech I haven't considered. I think top sucks in general if you get camped.