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Soraka Build Guide by HeadinPants

Support Soraka- Keeping Your Team in Business

Support Soraka- Keeping Your Team in Business

Updated on May 26, 2013
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Coyoteofwid (2) | July 30, 2013 5:40am
Voted +1
Great guide great detail
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JeffStrife (10) | May 31, 2013 12:31am
Voted +1
Thumbs up for this guide~
It has potential and it is obviously worked-hard for~
+1
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HeadinPants (24) | May 26, 2013 1:57pm
sirell wrote:



Wrong. Real feedback is anything. If you disregard what is said just because they don't give a reason without checking it out, you sure as hell deserve downvotes for such a bad attitude. And if you require it sugar-coated for you as well, so it doesn't hurt your feelings, you're about as naive as you sound.


False. I say that because I do not have all the time in the world to look into these things- I have a life. I ask for good manners because 1: they disappear very fast when people move from real life to the internet and 2: because I have a scrap of decency. My goal is to be a good person, not to make people hate me. Good to know those seem to go hand in hand though.

I did look into the things you suggested.
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HeadinPants (24) | May 26, 2013 12:21pm

Wrong masteries


Soon to be fixed.
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HeadinPants (24) | May 26, 2013 12:20pm

Hmmmmm in general I like the build, but there are quite a few items you listed I disagree with:
  • DFG is a big no-no. Expensive as hell and gives you nothing but damage, which is not what you're needed for.
  • Getting chalice so early is not ideal. You shouldn't be spamming starcall that much so all you're using mana for is heal. It is very easy to manage mana on Soraka especially with philo stone. Not to mention the MR is wasted early on. Buy it after kindlegem and sightstone.
  • Ohmwrecker has its uses, but not on a Soraka. You would build this item on a support with diving capabilities only.
  • NO THORNMAIL. EVER. EVEREVEREVEREVEREVEREVER
  • I am of the opinion that bulwark should be reserved solely for the jungler in season 3. It is far too expensive for a support to afford and its passive will naturally push your lane which may be a bad thing. Leave it as situational, but I think people need to stop thinking of it as a support only item like it was in season 2.
  • I would replace Rylai's Crystal Scepter with Twin Shadows as core. It is much cheaper and works well in combination with shurelyia's. Being able to cleanse an ally, speed up your entire team, and slow two enemies in a teamfight using only your actives is incredibly useful. Not to mention your silence, MR shred, heal/armor buff, and global heal from abilities.

    Other than items, whats up with all the ignore me **** in your guide....and your coding could use some prettying up, but that takes time and practice. Also exhaust ain't hard CC bud.

    No vote for now, I'll keep an eye on this one.


I will look into everything you suggest but I have two things to point out- with the chalice late game you can siege their base until the cows go home. I know you shouldn't be building that immediately- the item set is what you should be getting, and the priorities of what you get first is largely based on what is currently happening in your lane.

The other is that DFG is a valuable tool in very specific places. I don't think it should be an all game item, by no mean should it be. The point is sometimes you will have the issue of the enemy having too much mr as your team is heavy on magic damage. Picking up DFG will allow your team to focus down key tages who have mr despite how high it is. I'll take it and the Ohmwrecker ouut of the cheat section when I get to it, but I'll leave it in the chapters about optional items.
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HeadinPants (24) | May 26, 2013 12:15pm


Now I read my comment again, I didn't mean that you should use the offence tree although it might have been read like that, I meant that I wouldn't suggest running offence at all.Direct link)Something like this perhaps?
I also meant to say that your masteries section contains a notice about Nimbleness , while I think you mean Wanderer . I've never dodged something lately, did you? :P I wouldn't take a point in wanderer though, there are better choices.

My computer doesn't hang when I open the spoiler by the way, but I believe everyone who loads your page has to load everything in those spoilers too, even if they don't open them. So perhaps it's not the fault of the processor but of the internet connection(or the browser). Either way it's not good for your readers I think.


Much thanks I'll fix it as soon as I am able.
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Latest Legend (149) | May 26, 2013 2:51am

The masteries coded in are the ones I prefer personally. In the chapter about them I talk about which ones are still viable. Is there a specific set you were thinking that tends to be run more often? Please tell and I'll adjust.

Now I read my comment again, I didn't mean that you should use the offence tree although it might have been read like that, I meant that I wouldn't suggest running offence at all.Direct link)Something like this perhaps?
I also meant to say that your masteries section contains a notice about Nimbleness , while I think you mean Wanderer . I've never dodged something lately, did you? :P I wouldn't take a point in wanderer though, there are better choices.

My computer doesn't hang when I open the spoiler by the way, but I believe everyone who loads your page has to load everything in those spoilers too, even if they don't open them. So perhaps it's not the fault of the processor but of the internet connection(or the browser). Either way it's not good for your readers I think.
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sirell (400) | May 26, 2013 1:57am
Voted -1
Quoted:
Real feedback consists of three parts:
Things I should change
The reason(s) why
Good manners


Wrong. Real feedback is anything. If you disregard what is said just because they don't give a reason without checking it out, you sure as hell deserve downvotes for such a bad attitude. And if you require it sugar-coated for you as well, so it doesn't hurt your feelings, you're about as naive as you sound.

Not that it matters, since people are going to ignore what was written there anyway.

Your second start is stupid, you don't ever get anywhere near enough ward coverage and if the opponents have the sense to start with a Vision Ward, then you technically start with 1 full ward and they start with 25 extra gold.

No mention of the Faerie Charm, 2 sight wards and 1 Vision Ward start.

Masteries are indeed wrong. I especially love the bit where you talk about how Wealth is a wasted stat to spec into because it's better to spec into Biscuiteer . It IS possible to spec into both, y'know.

The Spoiler tab for 'all about Soraka, lores, emotes, etc' was not completely thought through. Whenever I click on it, it freezes my computer (and my computer is pretty damn good) just because it's loading out all the **** you jam-packed in there. Separate it into multiple spoilers to avoid this.

Questionable items here and there.

Some of the pictures are helpful. Others just get in the way. I think you know which ones are getting in the way.
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Laggermeister (242) | May 25, 2013 10:51pm
Voted -1
Wrong masteries
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SmokedCarpenter (53) | May 25, 2013 8:58pm
Hmmmmm in general I like the build, but there are quite a few items you listed I disagree with:
  • DFG is a big no-no. Expensive as hell and gives you nothing but damage, which is not what you're needed for.
  • Getting chalice so early is not ideal. You shouldn't be spamming starcall that much so all you're using mana for is heal. It is very easy to manage mana on Soraka especially with philo stone. Not to mention the MR is wasted early on. Buy it after kindlegem and sightstone.
  • Ohmwrecker has its uses, but not on a Soraka. You would build this item on a support with diving capabilities only.
  • NO THORNMAIL. EVER. EVEREVEREVEREVEREVEREVER
  • I am of the opinion that bulwark should be reserved solely for the jungler in season 3. It is far too expensive for a support to afford and its passive will naturally push your lane which may be a bad thing. Leave it as situational, but I think people need to stop thinking of it as a support only item like it was in season 2.
  • I would replace Rylai's Crystal Scepter with Twin Shadows as core. It is much cheaper and works well in combination with shurelyia's. Being able to cleanse an ally, speed up your entire team, and slow two enemies in a teamfight using only your actives is incredibly useful. Not to mention your silence, MR shred, heal/armor buff, and global heal from abilities.

    Other than items, whats up with all the ignore me **** in your guide....and your coding could use some prettying up, but that takes time and practice. Also exhaust ain't hard CC bud.

    No vote for now, I'll keep an eye on this one.
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HeadinPants (24) | May 25, 2013 8:29pm

Your masteries section seems a bit odd to me(offense tree not used, Nimbleness ). Perhaps it's nice to mention that in lane-phase fights(adc vs adc) it's good to use your W as early as possible for the armor buff in the abilities section too. Also, in the all about Soraka chapter in the abilities spoiler your filler text is visible(black on grey background from spoiler). I also suggest you put the items in the cheat sheet in some sort of a order to viability, I already see all those Sorakas with a standard Banner of Command and Deathfire Grasp ^^. I'm not sure if the lore and skins actually add up to the guide content, same for all those images. They definitely are nice, but there are that much that to me it starts to look like a image wall ^^. To much scrolling for my dear finger. I'm mostly referring to the early game strategies section. Perhaps you can scale the images down to a smaller size. I think it would be awesome if the items section would elaborate a bit more too.

Personally I would also spend those points you put in Expanded Mind in Mastermind and Artificer . I would also take Summoner's Insight instead of that bit of extra ms when out of combat.

Regardless of all the nitpicks, I like the content and the nice details like the "what to silence" list.



The masteries coded in are the ones I prefer personally. In the chapter about them I talk about which ones are still viable. Is there a specific set you were thinking that tends to be run more often? Please tell and I'll adjust.

I'll fix the filler text soon.

And yes, the standard and dfg are very situational picks, so you're right i should likely prioritize an order instead of just going alphabeticaly xD

I'll probs add the skins to the spoiler section if I haven't already.

I'll see what I can do about the images being too big.

Thanks for the advice!

~HeadinPants

Edit: I probs won't get to that until I start working on the Table of Contents.
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HeadinPants (24) | May 25, 2013 8:24pm

Nica guide. but remove the Deathfire Grasp


Thanks!
On the whole, most people will say DFG isn't viable. I say it's situational. Sometimes you will find yourself in a situation where your single team member who does consistent magic damage is being shut out by mr, even with Void Staff. In places like this, if you have DFG you can buff the damage to a target you want them to burst down, and the target will drop quickly. It's a VERY situational pick, but a dobale one.
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