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Kirby's Guide to a Soraka Support
Build Guide By King Kirbilogus Toadstool
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Recommended Items
Runes: Summon Aery Sorcery Resolve
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2
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Sorcery
Resolve
+8 Ability Haste
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+6 Armor
Spells:
Spells of Choice
![LoL Summoner Spell: Flash]()
![LoL Summoner Spell: Ignite]()
Flash
Ignite
Items
Standard Build
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Shurelya's Battlesong Build
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Ability Order Ability Order
Salvation (PASSIVE)
Soraka Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Threats
Synergies
Extreme
Major
Even
Minor
Tiny
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None
Low
Ok
Strong
Ideal
Extreme Threats
Ideal Synergies
Blitzcrank
One of the Dangerous Five in this Guide. Get hit by his hook and the game is over.
Synergies
Ideal
Strong
Ok
Low
None
Champion Build Guide
Introduction
Hello to all who are reading this, and welcome to my guide on how to become a better
Soraka Support. In this guide I will be walking through
Soraka's abilities, items, runes, Early-game, Mid-game, and Late-game, as well as some vital information you need to know. So without further ado.
PROS
CONS
Soraka Support. In this guide I will be walking through
Soraka's abilities, items, runes, Early-game, Mid-game, and Late-game, as well as some vital information you need to know. So without further ado.PROS
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High sustain for her and her ADC!
E is great in teamfights!
Game-changing global Ultimate!
CONS
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Very squishy…
Misuse of E can be fatal…
Susceptable to Grevious Wounds…
Chapter 1: Abilities
Let us start with
Soraka's Abilities.
Soraka's Abilities.|
Soraka's Abilities
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Soraka's Passive is
Salvation. All this passive does is give you a big burst of movement speed whenever moving towards a nearby low-health ally. | ||
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Soraka's Q is
Starcall. When cast, Soraka creates an area of effect target location that damages enemy units and slowing them a moderate amount. When it hits a champion, Soraka gains Rejuvenation, in which she heals over time. Rejuvenation is the key to
Soraka's survival | ||
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Soraka's W is
Astral Infusion. When cast,
Soraka expends her health to heals an ally. With Rejuvenation, the health cost is reduced. If
Soraka is very low on health, she cannot cast this ability. | ||
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Soraka's E is
Equinox. When cast, Soraka creates a AoE circular zone that slightly damages enemies hit scilences enemies inside it. After a brief moment, the zone detonates to deal the same damage and root all enemies still inside. | ||
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Soraka's R/Ultimate is
Wish. When cast, Soraka heals everyone on her team that is currently alive. | ||
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Soraka's abilities would be preferred in this order: Q, W, E, W, W, R, W, Q, W, Q, R, Q, Q, E, E, R, E, E. | ||
Chapter 2: Items
Now that you know about
Soraka's abilities, it's time to talk about her items.
Soraka's abilities, it's time to talk about her items.|
Soraka's Items
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Spellthief's Edge | ||
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Spellthief's Edge is
Soraka's support item you should start with, giving her additional mana regen for her early levels in-lane, It offers a Ward Quest upon buying, and to complete this quest, you got to poke the enemy champions and push turret with auto attacks and damaging abilities. Completing this "quest" upgrades
Spellthief's Edge, becoming
Frostfang. The first half of quest is completed after obtaining 500 gold from
Spellthief's Edge.
Frostfang can further be upgraded after completing the second half of the quest (by obtaining yet another 500 gold), unlocking it's full potential and becoming the
Shard of True Ice. | ||
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Moonstone Renewer | ||
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For
Soraka's Mythic item, the main choice is
Moonstone Renewer. This item increases
Soraka's Healing and Shielding Power when effecting allies or enemies and stacks up to four times with attacks or by casting abilities, and
Soraka will be casting her
W A LOT. I would get Mythic fast by getting as much gold from the Support quest as possible. | ||
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Shurelya's Battlesong | ||
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For an alternative Mythic item,
Soraka can go for
Shurelya's Battlesong instead of
Moonstone Renewer.
Shurelya's Battlesong is an active item, so when
Soraka is playing with this build, she'll have to be more active than passive in teamfights. When
Soraka heals, shields, or buffs an ally, she and that ally/allies gains a burst of movement speed that lasts a couple of seconds. When she activates it, said burst of movement speed activates and is stronger. There is an item build that features
Shurelya's Battlesong in the build list, so be sure to look at that if you want to change your playstyle. | ||
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Redemption | ||
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Redemption is an active item that works well with
Soraka, allowing her to create a beam of light to heal her allies and damage her enemies. I love to build this item after I finish my Mythic item just because of how cheap and helpful it is. | ||
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Staff of Flowing Water | ||
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Staff of Flowing Water is a good follow-up to
Soraka's main item build. It gives Ability Power and Ability Haste to you and whomever you heal.
Soraka will be able to spam her W even more thanks to the added Heal and Shield Power it gives. | ||
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Knight's Vow | ||
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Knight's Vow can be used to protect your Worthy carry further. | ||
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Mikael's Blessing | ||
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Mikael's Blessing is a really useful item
Soraka can take into CC-oriented compositions. With the proper timing, you can even cleanse yourself and do a Captain Jack-esque move. This item works wonders on shutting down enemy picks onto your carries if used correctly. | ||
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Warmog's Armor | ||
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Warmog's Armor will give Soraka some additional sustainability with extra health. | ||
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Ardent Censer | ||
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Ardent Censer is more of a situational item for
Soraka. I would only take this item if my team has 2 or more on-hit allies (like
Vayne or
Master Yi), because of how it only benefits from the extra magic damage from on-hit attacks. It's not really as good as its counterpart
Staff of Flowing Water, because the
SoFW gives Ability Haste and more damage from ablities, whereas
Ardent gives extra magic damage on auto attacks and increases attack speed. | ||
Chapter 3: Runes
With items out of the way, we can now talk about
Soraka's runes.
And that, ladies and gentleman, is Soraka's build!
Soraka's runes.|
Soraka's Runes
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KEYSTONE:
Summon Aery | ||
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To start, we will talk about
Soraka's Keystone rune,
Summon Aery. As one of 3 Keystones in the Sorcery tree,
Summon Aery utilizes empowered abilities and resource manipulation. When
Soraka affects an enemy or ally with an ability or auto attack, Aery is sent to either damage an enemy or shield an ally.. The shield can be extremely useful for last moment saves with a small shield and just protecting an ally in general. This is the main rune
Soraka will need for playing her part in the game. | ||
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ARTIFACT:
Manaflow Band | ||
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Manaflow Band helps
Soraka thrive on her Mana. With the rune, damaging enemies with abilities will give
Soraka 25 additional mana, up to a maximum of 250 Mana for full stacks the band, with consecutive procs of the rune restoring Mana after reaching max. | ||
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EXCELLENCE:
Transcendence | ||
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Transcendence is an optimal Rune from the Sorcery tree that kicks in when
Soraka hits Levels 5, 8, and 11. The rune gives her some Ability Haste at levels 5 and 8, and when getting takedowns, reduces her basic abilities' current cooldowns moderately at level 11. | ||
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POWER:
Scorch | ||
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Scorch will make
Soraka's damaging abilities burn the enemy for a single second. It is useful when poking out the enemy. | ||
| Secondary tree options??? | ||
| Resolve | ||
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RESISTANCE:
Bone Plating | ||
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To start the Resolve tree options,
Bone Plating is the way to go on
Soraka.
Bone Plating will block damage from 3 cases of damage, best for taking combo damage. | ||
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VITALITY:
Revitalize | ||
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Revitalize is an extremely helpful Rune from the Resolve tree, especially for healers like
Soraka. It gives her that extra Heal and Shield Power for the teamfights ahead. | ||
| Inspiration | ||
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TOMORROW:
Biscuit Delivery | ||
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For the Inspiration tree options, we shall start with
Biscuit Delivery. This Rune allows
Soraka to store Biscuits of Everlasting Will to amplify her Mana and help her in the early game. The less mana she has, the more mana she recovers. | ||
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BEYOND:
Cosmic Insight | ||
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Another vital rune from Inspiration tree,
Cosmic Insight shortens the cooldown of
Soraka's summoner spells. And that's all there is to
Cosmic Insight. | ||
| Domination | ||
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MALICE:
Taste of Blood | ||
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For the Domination tree options,
Taste of Blood will heal
Soraka whenever she damages an enemy. It can help with her early sustain when playing aggressively. | ||
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HUNTER:
Ultimate Hunter | ||
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With
Ultimate Hunter, Soraka's ultimate cooldown will be decreased everytime she gets a unique takedown (max is 5). She starts with 6 Ult Haste, and gains 5 more for every unique takedown, up to 25 with max UT. This can enable her to have a very short cooldown with all 5 UTs. | ||
Chapter 4: In-game—Early Game
Soraka starts off at her weakest in the early game, but she is able to handle it okay. Your playstyle may differ from mine, so do what you do normally if you wanted to. My playstyle here is to stay on the defensive and try to poke when necessary. I want to play it safe and secure, and try not to get caught out by any enemy danger. I would stay behind minions against hook champions, and try to stay out of range of any catch potential by the enemy Support. I want to poke the enemy with my
Q, and if I successfully hit an enemy champion, I can use my
W to give Rejuvenation to my AD Carry. I want to save my
E for certain scenarios; for example, I do not want to waste it if a certain cooldown (like
Miss Fortune or
Katarina
R)is online. When I reach level 6 and get the global ult, I can use it save an ally/allies from the brink of death and even get a takedown from global range. The post-6 early game depends on the enemy's momentum? If the enemy is behind, I am free to roam around the map to get other lanes ahead, so long as my ADC can endure the pain of a 1vs2. If the enemy is ahead, then I must stay within my ADC's range to keep them safe from further falling behind. If I already destroy botlane's turret first, then I can rotate to the midlane to get their turret next. Once I have
Moonstone Renewer (or
Shurelya's Battlesong if using the alternative Mythic) purchased, I will be able to effectively protect my teammates and keep them alive for longer.
Chapter 5: In-game—Mid Game
Soraka will be more in the mid-game now that she will have her mythic and some levels to spare. When I go to ward, I always try to ping my team for assistance to ensure that I am safe and secure while doing so. In teamfights, I always want to be in the backlines to heal my allies as much as possible with my
W, hitting the enemy champions with
Q to ensure I have enough health to keep healing my allies. When I am low on health/mana, I want to base to get the resources back and make sure my allies are healthy and protected. When I have my ult up, I can use it to heal all of my allies during a teamfight and perhaps save someone low on health with it. If I opt in for a
Shurelya's Battlesong as an alternative, I can use it to chase/escape the enemy team with my allies. When I set up vision, I try to use the
Oracle Lens and a
Control Ward to clear out enemy vision whenever possible, then basing as fast as possible. I try to avoid going alone as if I get caught out alone, I will get picked off really easily. Rushing
Redemption will give an active (or another one with the alternative build) for even more healing potential. Getting level 11, my ultimate becomes stronger and unless the enemy has Grievous Wounds, I should be able to heal rapidly with the Heal and Shield Power I have.
Chapter 6: In-game—Late Game
Soraka is at her strongest in the late-game. The playstyle is likewise very similar to that of the mid-game, except it is more oriented towards setting up for those epic monsters. I still need to make sure I don't die to the enemy team and leave my team in a 4vs5 against the enemy. This means I shouldn't be going alone without my allies, and stay in the backline in teamfights. But nonetheless, I should be able to effectively keep my team in the game so long as I stay alive for long enough. My last item can be anything that suits the team comps to my advantage, but normally it will be
Knight's Vow for my Worthy ally to become harder to kill when I am near them. Again, your playstyle might be different from mine, so do whatever suits you the best with your own build, or try to mimic my playstyle if you want. Everyone is different.And that, ladies and gentlemen, is my guide on how to become a better
Soraka Support!
King Kirbilogus Toadstool
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