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Soraka Guide

the Starchild

Support

Mage

Tier C Support

Soraka, the Starchild, is a support and mage champion that is easy to pick up. Across our 646 analysed ranked games, Soraka is mostly played as Support (100% of its games), with a 46.1% win rate in that role: tier C among Support champions (#32 of 39, ranked by win rate). Soraka's damage is mostly magic (80%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 47.2% in medium-length games (25 to 35 min, 356 games) versus 43.2% in long games (over 35 min).

Averages measured over 646 Support games played with Soraka, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

Combos and how to play

Soraka is a healer: Astral Infusion sacrifices some of her health to heal an ally, Wish heals the whole team from afar, and her passive makes her run faster toward weakened allies. Starcall slows and heals her if it hits a champion, Equinox silences then roots those who remain.

Harassment

Q › AA AA › Q

When: An enemy is within range.

Starcall deals magic damage, slows and heals you if a champion is hit.

Control

E › Q

When: An enemy dives your carry.

Equinox creates a zone that silences all enemies, then roots those still in it when it disappears.

The global rescue

W › R

When: Your team is low on health.

Astral Infusion heals an ally by sacrificing your health; Wish instantly restores health to all allies and yourself.

Laning phase

Starcall heals you when it hits a champion: harass with it. Astral Infusion has a short cooldown but costs you health: watch yours.

Common mistakes

• Spamming Astral Infusion at low health.
• Casting the ultimate too early: it heals at the moment of use.
• Placing Equinox where the enemies will not stay.

Riot's official tips for playing Soraka

• Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
• You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
• Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore (60 games, 61.7% win rate).

Redemption+Moonstone Renewer+Dawncore

60 games · 61.7%

Redemption+Mikael's Blessing+Moonstone Renewer

21 games · 42.9%

Redemption+Locket of the Iron Solari+Moonstone Renewer

19 games · 47.4%

Summoner spells

Flash + Heal46.8% · 569 games

Exhaust + Flash44.4% · 63 games

Most-played runes

Summon Aery + Resolve

47.3% · 501 games

Primary tree · Sorcery

Axiom Arcanist50%

Transcendence75%

Scorch76%

Secondary tree · Resolve

Revitalize98%

Bone Plating81%

Shards

Adaptive force71%

Adaptive force72%

Health scaling59%

Guardian + Inspiration

51.1% · 45 games

Primary tree · Resolve

Font of Life98%

Bone Plating96%

Revitalize100%

Secondary tree · Inspiration

Cosmic Insight93%

Biscuit Delivery84%

Shards

Adaptive force84%

Adaptive force78%

Health scaling73%

Guardian + Sorcery

34.9% · 43 games

Primary tree · Resolve

Font of Life98%

Bone Plating84%

Revitalize100%

Secondary tree · Sorcery

Axiom Arcanist86%

Celerity51%

Shards

Ability haste67%

Movement speed60%

Health58%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Soraka's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team47.7% · 197 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Moonstone Renewer 48.4%

Redemption 48.8%

Dawncore 57.1%

Mikael's Blessing 46.4% ▲

Ardent Censer 47.1%

Locket of the Iron Solari 53.3%

The item that stands out most is Mikael's Blessing: 46.4% win rate, +10 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team44.1% · 179 games

Less than 35% of their damage is magic

Moonstone Renewer 45.9%

Redemption 45.2% ▼

Dawncore 52.6% ▼

Mikael's Blessing 28.0% ▼

Ardent Censer 50.0%

Locket of the Iron Solari 36.4%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Balanced enemy team46.3% · 270 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Moonstone Renewer 47.7%

Redemption 52.9% ▲

Dawncore 59.7%

Mikael's Blessing 34.4%

Ardent Censer 55.2% ▲

Locket of the Iron Solari 53.3%

The item that stands out most is Ardent Censer: 55.2% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Soraka as Support

Nami Soraka: 27.8%18 games

Nami has the edge in 72% of the 18 Support duels against Soraka. See the Nami guide.

Thresh Soraka: 34.8%23 games

Thresh has the edge in 65% of the 23 Support duels against Soraka. See the Thresh guide.

Lulu Soraka: 35.5%31 games

Lulu has the edge in 65% of the 31 Support duels against Soraka. See the Lulu guide.

Leona Soraka: 43.8%16 games

Leona has the edge in 56% of the 16 Support duels against Soraka. See the Leona guide.

Pyke Soraka: 47.1%17 games

Pyke has the edge in 53% of the 17 Support duels against Soraka. See the Pyke guide.

Who Soraka is strong against

Nautilus54.5% · 22 games

Milio54.5% · 22 games

Blitzcrank52.4% · 21 games

Seraphine50.0% · 22 games

Pyke47.1% · 17 games

How to play against Soraka

• Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
• Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
• It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Soraka's matchups.

Abilities

PassiveSalvation

Soraka runs faster towards nearby low health allies.

QStarcall

A star falls from the sky at the target location dealing magic damage and slowing enemies. If an enemy champion is hit by Starcall, Soraka recovers Health.

WAstral Infusion

Soraka sacrifices a portion of her own health to heal another friendly champion.

EEquinox

Creates a zone at a location that silences all enemies inside. When the zone expires, all enemies still inside are rooted.

RWish

Soraka fills her allies with hope, instantly restoring health to herself and all allied champions.

Frequently asked questions

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