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Soraka Build Guide by Spection

Support Spection's Guide to Soraka [S7 RANK #14 NA, #86 WORLDWIDE] [S11 GM]

Support Spection's Guide to Soraka [S7 RANK #14 NA, #86 WORLDWIDE] [S11 GM]

Updated on September 19, 2022
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2
Nafnegle (2) | November 20, 2021 12:33pm
Lovely guide! Thank you <3
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SirGRC | May 15, 2021 12:52am
There is no way you updated this guide in 2021 coin hasn't been an item sense season 9 and dark seal hasn't given mana sense season 10
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SarCy15 (1) | May 11, 2021 9:27pm
that revitalize on soraka so good
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BoberPogChamp | May 4, 2021 4:24pm
awesome
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JuicyJasmine | April 5, 2021 9:35pm
Hi, I'm a bit new to league, so I was wondering if the double magic resist in the runes was a troll or something that I should actually take. Wouldn't it be better to get double armor since usually the bot lane carry is physical damage?
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Spection (6) | April 6, 2021 4:37pm
Hi! Defensive runes are purely situational. It will generally depend on what type of damage you expect to take in lane (or from jungle ganks). Information apps like blitz.gg or porofessor.gg will advise you on how much magic vs physical damage dealt by opponents and which rune will serve you better.
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Wyllyum (2) | December 25, 2018 4:05pm
Great guide! I'm an avid Soraka support, so It's nice to come across a guide that's offering a different way to play her. Gonna try this build later one tonight and see how it works out. Keep up the good-work creating content that is thorough and interesting to read. If this build becomes OP for me to play, I'll definitely come back and leave another comment for you.
Vote+1

Nice job!

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Spection (6) | December 27, 2018 2:02pm
Hope you found success with it! If you didn't on the first go don't be discouraged as it can take time to find success with this playstyle because it's so different than the traditional playstyle.
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Wicked Cherry (162) | November 4, 2018 7:25am
Hey Spection,
I love that you actually spent your time with sharing all your thoughts and experiences to create this guide and help other people. Especially your Ranked section was what intrigued me the most.
However as main Nami in S8 I saw a lot of Sorakas and most of the time I could easily shut them down. Of course you may argue that I'm only playing with people ranged from Bronze to Platinum but I don't really consider a Nami as easy when playing as Soraka. When playing wisely you can easily drain out Soraka by poking her and the enemy ADC and denying her to heal up or gain enough mana again. That's why I'd put Nami somewhere into the yellow section.
Anyway very well done. :)
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Spection (6) | November 4, 2018 11:21am
Generally, as Soraka, if you play the lane properly you should never be in range for nami to use any of her abilities. Your E and Q both outrange her significantly. I'm guessing you're just an experienced nami player who knows how to take advantage of the positioning errors the enemy sorakas make. If you do play against one who positions properly, you will get poked down and will never be able to land any of your abilities.
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Wicked Cherry (162) | November 4, 2018 11:36am
It's possible but I usually use my W on my ADC when she's trying to land a Q since the range of Nami's W is kinda huge and you don't necessarily need to catch Soraka with Nami's Q because if you get the ADC, you can try to starve out Soraka or just immediately use the Ult, Tidal Wave. Even if you don't get a kill, the enemies will have to recall, allowing your ADC to get ahead in farm.
But you're probably right that I'm simply waiting for the other Sorakas to make mistakes to hunt them down then. :d Who knows.
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YomiYori | August 7, 2018 3:11am
Can you please update threat levels? I see that pyke and kai sa is missing
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Spection (6) | September 9, 2018 10:36pm
Done.
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gameboyAdv | June 29, 2018 3:00am
Hi Spection,
Why do you consider Ancient Coin to be so good? and why not start with a Spellthief's Edge as a starting item instead of Ancient Coin... is there an extra amount of gold earned comparing both the starting items ?? (with the extra gold / mana dropped by dead minions when you take Ancient Coin first)
Thank you in advance.
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Spection (6) | June 29, 2018 6:53am
Hey gameboyAdv, I was just playing Donkey Kong Country 2 on one a few days ago. Great device.

As for your question, I think ancient coin is superior because of how strongly reliable the gold generation is in almost every elo. It is very easy to get all the coins that spawn without being punished, and you can almost always get the quest done quicker than the eye of the watchers quest. In addition, ancient coin has health regen which allows you to use your W more frequently. However, in matchups where you intend to max Q and poke as much as possible, Spellthiefs is definitely quite viable and is capable of generating more gold than Ancient Coin (although you would have to be poking almost constantly to achieve this)

Hope this helped!
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gameboyAdv | June 30, 2018 9:34pm
Thank you for you feedback!
Yes I get it now, it all comes down to the play style, when aggressively poking then Spellthiefs otherwise Ancient Coin to play passive support with chance of more gold income :)
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Lexas77 | June 17, 2018 6:47am
Hello, great guide! I just wanted to ask you two things;
First; synergies with ADC
second; Detail the reason for your choice of objects individually ... and your opinion about Athenera's impure grail.

(Sorry for my English so bad)
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Spection (6) | June 17, 2018 11:39am
Hey there Lexas,

Soraka works really great with ADCs that have lack any form of innate health sustain like Caitlyn or Tristana. She really helps overcome a big weakness of those champions. ADCs that she can stay close to and heal are really good later in the game, it can be harder for her to heal a Kai'Sa or a Vayne if they dive into a teamfight and get away from you. Wish can help with this, however. If you mouse over the notes button in my build path, you can find a description of what each item offers and why you should take it. I hope this helped!
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Lexas77 | June 18, 2018 7:35am
Oh! thanks!!!!!
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Chromuro (47) | June 13, 2018 5:03pm
Hi! I was just passing by and I saw some coding mistakes:
- you missed a [/columns] at the end of pros/cons and summoner's spells
- I think there is a formatting mistake when you explain wish (+there is still a piece of information about The Ultimate Hat)
- just a wrong database linking with Manaflow Band inside the rune section

Everything else is ok, nice guide!
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Spection (6) | June 13, 2018 5:46pm
Hey there, thank you so much for catching these mistakes. Hard for me to get all of them! Appreciate your kind feedback as well.
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hinst (1) | June 13, 2018 4:28pm
%heal effect from all % heal items got reduced in latest patch 8.12 NOOOOO #notlikethis
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Joxuu (336) | November 27, 2017 8:05pm
Why do you start W? You will be useless and you generate less pressure than a scuttle crab in lane. Sorakas early levels are really good and trades really well in most lanes. Also delaying E to lvl 4 is really situational. You're better off most times taking it lvl 3.

Zhonya's is really questionable item too. Stopwatch is a thing now if you want to drop aggro.
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Spection (6) | November 27, 2017 8:12pm
Hey, I should probably have explained my choice to start W a little better. W first is a really sweet first choice because it is pretty useful to negate early cheese attempts. Q first is also really solid but it's a lot more aggressive, working in different situations where you can pressure without fear of a dangerous early gank.

Stopwatch is nice for dropping aggro as you put it, but it's one use. Zhonyas allows us to do that basically every teamfight, nullifying enemy focus if used at the right time. The stats that it grants are not half bad as well. Armor is always welcome in rough lanes and vs AD assassins.

I talk in the matchups section about matchups where you should take E level 3.

Thanks for your comments, will update with explanation behind skill leveling in a little bit.

Best, Spection
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Joxuu (336) | November 28, 2017 8:59pm
You can't contest level 2 if you go W first. You should lose level 2 contest every single game you start with W. The amount of damage from lvl 1 auto attack trades is next to nothing so most lanes just want to contest lvl 2 in order to pose a threat.

If you lose lvl 2 contest, you lose lane control which automatically turns into cs loss or unfavorable trades. You should be looking to play aggressive whenever you can.
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