Rune Setups
This is the rune setup that you will almost always run. The last two mini runes are matchup dependent. I do not like running inspiration with Soraka top because though the debt and cosmic insight runes are very nice for her, they don't really help you get through laning phase. Taste of blood works wonders for sustain. Ultimate Hunter because of the ult CD. You pretymuch use your ultimate as much as possible to get assists. Aery is good for consistent lane poke and ally shielding. Manaflow because it's good for sustain, you run out of mana fast. Transcendence because you build a lot of CDR, more AP for heals. Scorch to poke in lane. The damage fall off on scorch is negligible for Soraka. If the lane gets really tough, like vs poke heavy champs such as Kennen or Quinn you can run this page instead. Bone Plating to protect yourself from damage and revitalize to heal teammates.