Soraka Champion Strategy and Item Build Guide

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Soraka

Basic Information

Soraka – The Starchild
Class	Mage	Role	Enchanter
Secondary Bar	Mana	IP/RP	450 / 260

Champion Stats

	Lv1	Per Lv	Lv18
Health	529.04	+78	1855
Health Regen	2.5	+0.5	11
Mana	350.8	+60	1371
Mana Regen	11.5	+0.4	18.3
Attack Damage	50.04	+3	101
Armor	23.384	+3.8	88
Attack Speed	0.625	+2.14%	0.625
Magic Resist	30	+0.5	38.5
Movement Speed	325	–	325
Range	550	–	550

Lore

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A healer gifted with the magic of the stars, Soraka holds all living creatures close to her heart. She was once a celestial being, but she sacrificed her immortality and entered the world of mortals. So long as evil threatens life in Valoran, Soraka will not allow herself peace.Soraka lived for centuries in an enchanted grove. A being of the stars, she healed the wounded and sick that sought her out. One man called Warwick came to her grove and begged her to heal his wife, who lay lifeless in his arms. His despair touched Soraka’s heart. Though it was too late to save his wife, she offered to help heal the pain of his loss. Unwilling to let go of his grief Warwick ran from the grove, but returned over the following days to hear Soraka’s guidance. She began to grow attached to the grieving man. One day Warwick told her he had found the men who killed his wife. He believed revenge would heal his pain – and if he died fighting, he would at least find peace. Though she pleaded with him, Warwick ignored her and left the grove. The voices of the stars warned her not to follow him, but Soraka had to intervene.

She stepped into the mortal world for the first time, and soon found Warwick desperately fighting a group of men. She tried to heal him, but for every wound she closed, the men inflicted two more. Soraka realized that she would have to fight to save her friend. The stars screamed in her mind, telling her not to use her powers for harm. Ignoring their warning, she struck the attackers with a flash of brilliant light. Crying out in terror and shielding their eyes from her divine radiance, they fled. Soraka’s celestial form faded and the stars fell silent – for her transgression, she became mortal. She still felt the power of the stars within her, but they no longer offered her guidance. She took comfort in Warwick’s safety, gently healing his wounds, but the man she had called her friend slipped a dagger between her ribs. As her blood spilled, Soraka realized he had fooled her, and everything he had done was a complicated ruse. Feeling humiliated and betrayed she called once more on the power of the stars, searing his flesh and cursing his cruelty. He retreated with an agonized howl, leaving Soraka to reflect upon her fate. Though her life had changed, she felt empowered and renewed with a singular purpose. No longer bound to the grove, Soraka set out into the mortal world, vowing to heal the wounded and protect the helpless.

(Source: http://gameinfo.na.leagueoflegends.com/en)

Skills

Icon	Description
	Salvation (Effect Radius: 2500)
	Starcall (Target Range: 800, Effect Radius: 235, Cost: 40/45/50/55/60 Mana, Cooldown: 5) ACTIVE: Calls down a star from Soraka to a target location. Enemies standing in the explosion radius take 70/110/150/190/230 (+35% Ability Power) magic damage and are slowed by 30% for 2 seconds. If Starcall hits a champion Soraka gains Rejuvenation for 4 seconds, which restores 14/16/18/20/22 (+0) health per second and grants 10% movement speed when not moving toward enemy champions.
	Astral Infusion (Target Range: 550, Cost: 10% Maximum Health + 50/55/60/65/70 Mana, Cooldown: 8/6.5/5/3.5/2)ACTIVE: Restores 80/110/140/170/200 (+60% Ability Power) health to another champion ally.If cast while affected by Rejuvenation, Soraka will grant her target its benefits for 0 seconds.Cannot be cast if Soraka is below 5% Health.
	Equinox (Target Range: 925, Cost: 70 Mana, Cooldown: 24/22/20/18/16)ACTIVE: Creates a zone at target location for 1.5 seconds, dealing 70/110/150/190/230 (+40% Ability Power) magic damage to enemy Champions in the cast radius. Enemy Champions standing in the zone are silenced until they leave. When the zone disappears, all enemy Champions still standing in the zone are rooted for 1/1.25/1.5/1.75/2 second(s) and are dealt 70/110/150/190/230 (+40% Ability Power) magic damage.
	Wish (Effect Radius: Global, Cost: 100 Mana, Cooldown: 160/145/130)ACTIVE: Calls upon divine powers to restore 150/250/350 (+55% Ability Power) Health to all allied Champions. Wish’s power is increased by 50% on each Champion below 40% Health.

Strategy

Soraka is a very squishy support, always stay behind in the laning phase and team fights.
Always take note of your health bar when using (W) Astral Infusion, especially when you are low on health. you must always juggle your (Q) Starcall and (W) Astral Infusion, so you can get your health back in return while healing your teammates at the same time.
The best time to use your (W) Astral Infusion is when you successfully land a (Q) Starcall on an enemy champion. This is to fully maximize the Rejuvenation passive.
Time your (E) Equinox as to utilize the stun after the duration of the skill. When engaging in a team fight, try to place it not on where they are, but where you think they are going. It can also be casted directly on mages to silence and prevent them from using their skill.
Be mindful when looking at the arrow below your character. This means that there is a team mate nearby who has low health and might need assistance.
Always check your allies’ health on the minimap, so when your team mate on the other side of the map is in danger, you can cast your global ultimate, (R) Wish.

Runes & Masteries

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Summoner Spells

Support		Support

Exhaust	Flash	Ignite	Flash

Exhaust – use exhaust if you want your ADR to secure kills early on in the game. It also gives you more security with the reduced movement speed.

Ignite – Pick ignite if you want to be more aggressive in the lane. Also, be careful when igniting enemies when they are low on health, as to not steal the kill of the carries.

Item Builds

Support

Starter Items

Spellthief’s Edge	Total Biscuit of Rejuvenation	Warding Totem

Spellthief’s Edge – Spellsthief’s Edge is a good item for Soraka. She has a poke with her (Q) Starcall that has a lot of pressure in the laning phase because of the slow and the damage it brings. Opting for Spellthief’s Edge as your gold income item gives you more AP and the ability to spam most of your skills with the added mana regeneration.

Core Items

Redemption	Sightstone	Frostfang

Ionian Boots of Lucidity	Control Ward

Redemption – Redemption is a good item for Soraka since it gives her more healing power in the game. This item also grants her more health and mana regeneration, something she really needs since she is squishy and needs a lot of mana to cast her spells.

Ionian Boots of Lucidity – This is the optimal boots for Soraka since she doesn’t scale well with defensive boots such as Ninja Tabi and Mercury’s Treads. She won’t also benefit that much from building Sorcerer’s Shoes since she doesn’t also need the extra magic penetration. She needs to heal her team mates as often as possible and Ionian Boots of Lucidity fill that part.

Full Build

Full Build

Frost Queen’s Claim	Ionian Boots of Lucidity	Athene’s Unholy Grail

Ardent Censer	Redemption	Rabadon’s Deathcap

Frost Queen’s Claim – Frost Queen’s Claim is the better item compared to Eye of the watchers. This item can slow down two enemies at once, giving you a better opportunity to successfully stun someone with your (E) Equinox or slow them even more with (Q) Starcall.

Ardent Censer – This item greatly complements most Soraka abilities, especially (Q) Starcall, (W) Astral Infusion, and (R) Wish. This is due to Ardent Censer’s item skill that buffs any champion Soraka heals, including herself, with an Attack Speed boost and a flat lifesteal for a couple of seconds. With this, she can give her team the buffs with a well-timed (R) Wish.

Athene’s Unholy Grail – Athene’s Unholy Grail compliments the kit of Soraka really well since she can stack with her (Q) Starcall and have more heal in her (W) Astral Infusion. She will be an unstoppable healing machine if you maximize the use of the stacks.

Rabadon’s Deathcap – Build this item last as it is more effective when all of your core items are already present. This item gives a huge AP boost that scales well with all of your abilities.

Situational Items

Situational Items

Mikael’s Crucible	Locket of the Iron Solari	Banner of Command

Seraph’s Embrace

Mikael’s Crucible – This item is very effective when up against a team with many stuns and disables.

Locket of the Iron Solari – Locket is very effective in team fights. This item is perfect against a team of high burst damage champions.

Banner of Command – Banner of command is very situational because the active forces you to aggressively push in lanes. The active provides a strong minion with increased attributes. Build this if you think the team values tower kills over everything else.

Seraph’s Embrace – This item takes time to build, and as a support, your main goal is to protect the carries whenever possible. Also, the active on this item gives a shield on yourself at the expense of your mana. A Soraka must prioritize healing and provide soft crowd control for his team mates, and this item may not be beneficial to your team mates. Otherwise, build this item if you think you can fully upgrade the item and if you think you are the main priority of the enemy team.

Playing Against

Soraka is very squishy, yet she is one of the better supports in the game because of her healing abilities. Focus her down in team fights.
Building items with grievous wounds against a team with Soraka is effective, as any healing received by the enemy team is reduced by 40%.
As a solo laner either in the top or middle, do not engage with your lane matchup when Soraka has not used her ultimate (R) Wish yet.
Immediately stay away from Soraka’s (E) Equinox. It will stun you if you are still within the circle after 1.5 seconds of casting it.
Soraka’s skills, (Q) Starcall and (E) Equinox, are area-based skills. Don’t stay close with one another in a team fight.

Hard Counter

Thresh – Thresh’s kit mainly consists of crowd controls and gap closers. Soraka has no decent escape and mobility, making her very susceptible to Thresh’s Death Sentence, Flay, and The Box. Advanced Thresh players also can use Death Sentence while throwing Dark Passage to a teammate, causing Thresh to pull himself to Soraka with another team mate.

Blitzcrank – Soraka must take extra precaution when facing against a Blitzcrank in a lane. His Rocket Grab can hinder Soraka from making aggressive moves, causing her to fall back and stay behind ally minions. Soraka will also have a hard time landing Starcall and Equinox because of Blitzcrank’s Overdrive. Lastly, his ultimate, Static Field, is an AoE silence that stops Soraka from using her skills.

Varus – Varus can also be a good counter pick against Soraka. Varus has a crowd control and a long poke from his Piercing Arrow. His Hail of Arrows is a small AoE that slows enemies and apply Grievous wounds, countering Soraka’s healing capabilities. He also has an AoE stun, which forces Soraka to either back away really far or stay and try to heal in the circle where the stun will spread.

High Burst Damage Champions – One combo from a high burst damage champion will be difficult for Soraka. Soraka’s Starcall is not a fast-acting heal, so a huge amount of damage will kill a squishy Soraka in an instant.

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