Soraka Build Guide by Bobcho1

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🏆 SORAKA - MAXIMUM HEAL POTENTIAL 🏆

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Runes: STANDART

1 2 3

Resolve

Guardian

Font of Life

Bone Plating

Revitalize

Sorcery

Nimbus Cloak

Transcendence

Bonus:

++8 ability haste
+6 Armor
+6 Armor

Spells:

1 2 3 4

STANDART

Flash

Heal

Ranked #12 in
Support Role

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Items

NORMAL START

AGGRESSIVE START

CORE ITEMS

SITUATIONAL

FULL BUILD (MAX ABILITY HASTE)

MAX HEAL POWER ITEM SET

Ability Order STANDART

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Soraka Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

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Synergies

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Extreme Threats

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Zac

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Aphelios

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Champion Build Guide

Hello there!
My name is Bobcho and I am player of League of Legends since season 2.
I am main support and my favourite champion is Soraka,
so today I will give you some tips and instructions
on how to dominate with her as support.
Please notice that this build focuses on playing Soraka
passively by keeping your allies alive from behind.
This is my way of playing her and the best in my opinion.
However, some people prefer playing her aggressively.
Some tips for those people will still be included in the guide.
Thank you for reading the guide, have fun and don't forget to vote! ❤

Pros

→ Best healer in the game
→ Good CC
→ Extremely strong mid-late game
→ Not very hard to master

Cons

→ Squishy
→ Not very strong early game
→ No good escape abilities
→ Very team dependent

Salvation (Passive)
RANGE: 2500

Soraka gains 70% movement speed when moving towards allied champions below 40% of their maximum health who are outside of Astral Infusion's range.

is your passive ability, which makes become an ambulance!

Starcall (Q)
RANGE: 800
COST: 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 mana
COOLDOWN: 8 / 7 / 6 / 5 / 4

Soraka calls down a star at a target location. Enemies standing at the point of impact take 85 / 120 / 155 / 190 / 225 (+35% of ability power) magic damage and are slowed by 30% for 2 seconds.

If Soraka hits at least one enemy champion, she is also granted Rejuvenation for 2.5 seconds, which restores 50 / 60 / 70 / 80 / 90 (+30% of ability power) health and grants her a decaying 15 / 17.5 / 20 / 22.5 / 25% movement speed buff over its duration.
While Soraka is Rejuvenated she can Rejuvenate other allies with Astral Infusion, granting them the same effects for the same duration.

is your Q ability, which is the main poke and damage source has.

Astral Infusion (W)
RANGE: 550
COST: 40 / 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 mana + 10% Maximum Health
COOLDOWN: 6 / 5 / 4 / 3 / 2

Soraka heals the target ally champion (excluding herself) for 80 / 115 / 150 / 185 / 220 (+ 60% AP). If cast while Rejuvenated, the health cost will be reduced by 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100%. Astral Infusion cannot be cast if Soraka is below 5% of her maximum health.

is your main heal ability. Later in the game it becomes spamable, delivering a huge amount of heal. Make sure you have hit your (whenever that is possible and not too risky) before using as you will not sacriface as much health in order to heal.

Equinox (E)
RANGE: 925
EFFECT RADIUS: 250
COST: 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 mana
COOLDOWN: 20 / 19 / 18 / 17 / 16

Soraka creates a celestial zone at the target location, dealing 70 / 95 / 120 / 145 / 170 (+ 40% AP) magic damage to enemy champions that were inside it upon creation. The zone then persists for 1.5 seconds, silencing all enemy champions within it every 0.25 seconds. After the duration, the zone detonates, dealing the same magic damage to all enemy champions within and briefly rooting them for 1 / 1.25 / 1.5 / 1.75 / 2 seconds.

is your main CC ability. It is very useful as it is an AOE silence with almost imediate cast. It is tricky to use though- you have to predict the enemies' position in order to Root them.

Wish (R)
RANGE: GLOBAL
COST: 100 mana
COOLDOWN: 160 / 145 / 130

Soraka calls upon the stars, instantly healing all allied champions, and herself by 150 / 250 / 350 (+ 55% AP), which is increased by 50% on targets below 40% of their maximum health.

is your strongest Heal ability. It heals EVERYONE on your team greatly.

PRIMARY

RESOLVE

Currently is the best choice for , in my opinion. It grants a shield and movement speed for you and your carry, as you stay next to them or heal them, at the moment either of you receive any damage. This is extremely useful in critical situations because of the fast shield cast delivers. Very helpful if any "bursters" (like assasins... or maybe everyone in S11? o.O) jumps on your carry, the shield will ignore some of the damage momentally. Some prefer playing with and as main rune tree. In my opinion this way is even squishier and cannot react to extreme situations as effective as with .

The best choice here. activates as soon as you or an enemy champion. Now your ad carry heals even more by hitting enemies. Don't forget activates also.

gives you some defense. You need it as you will get focused a lot. Also it is very useful in damage lane trading.

is one of the main reasons you want to go for . Every heal you cast and shield (from ) will have increased power. Also it stacks well with as it increases the power even further on targets below 40% maximum health (just like ).

12 Armor is great for avoiding being so squishy. Ability Haste is prefered as this build focuses on more cooldown reduction.

SECONDARY

SORCERY

is really useful as it delivers more mobility. It increases your chances of success in situations where you use spells to escape/chase enemies. is an alternative to it. Take it only when enemy team has 4 or more ap carry champions- might be of use. increases your Ability Haste really well. The bonus provided on level 11 is really great for Soraka. Every takedown (kill/assist) reduces your basic abilities' cooldown by 20%. That way, you can spam "like crazy". Spamming is the way to go.

START ITEMS

RELIC SHIELD

SPELLTHIEF'S EDGE

Go for if you want to play safe early game. This is recommended as 's early game potential is not really impressive. Also if you are facing high poke annoying enemies at bot, is the way to go- bonus Health Regeneration, bigger sustain, easy quest completing from the backline.

Go for if you like to play aggressively. This is not recommended unless you are already a skilled player. Anyway, you get some bonus damage from as well as some bonus Mana Regeneration, so you can spam Q more often.

CORE ITEMS

MOONSTONE RENEWER
This is your best item (a must-buy). Its passive is activated each time you AFFECT any champion with an ability. Using your basic abilities will keep activating it, providing even more heals to your allies. It also gives your other Legendary Items even more Ability Haste. I even prefer rushing it.

ARDENT CENSER
You want to go for most of the times. It boosts your carry's attack speed and damage and stacks very well with .

STAFF OF FLOWING WATER
You also want to go for most of the times as it helps you and your ally survive some extreme situations. Also, the passive bonus stacks with really well as the bonus is given with each tick of 's passive.

OTHER SITUATIONAL ITEMS

ZHONYA'S HOURGLASS
is a must if enemies have champions like ,,,etc. They will most probably focus you and one shot you in every teamfight, so be sure you have this item.

LOCKET OF THE IRON SOLARI
is a great item if your team needs more defense. Good pick vs. Katarina- use it as soon as she ults. However it is not a common item for as you will be focused on Heal Power items.

BANSHEE'S VEIL
is a very good CC-protect item. Pick it against champions like: , , , or other projectile root champions as it gives more Magic Resist as well. Do not buy it if you are already using because one Active will be probably enough. If you feel good enough at dodging or enemies don't have extreme CC and you just need some more Magic Resist, buy instead. It gives you Magic Resist, Health and 30% more self heal gain from your and .

BOOTS OF MOBILITY
Pick if you are into roaming. Sometimes are useful if you want to get to an injured ally fast. This could be game-turning for a fight.

Vigilant Wardstone
Very useful late game support item. Provides tons of Ability Haste, gives Movement Speed and increases the cap amount of placed Vision AND Pink wards. Also, you can store up to 3 Pink wards inside it. Vision is an important thing in late game.

FLASH

Not much to say. It's a must because it is the best escape spell.

HEAL

By having the heal of the bot lane, you give your ad carry to have a choice between and which are a bonus of escape ability. This is important since you and your ad carry are pretty squishy and your spells have long CD early game. Later on, you will have tons of Heal Power from your items, so the Heal in your hands will be much stronger than if it was in your ad carry's hands. It also helps you survive extreme situations. is still top s' favourite pick.
If your ad carry wants to pick at any circumstances, you can take for the same results.

IGNITE

is the way to go if you want to play aggressively. Goes better with . You might even take the tree for max aggressiveness.

BARRIER

Many people decide to go with . The only reason (that I can see) for that is if your ad carry insists on taking and you need survivability (just like with ). At first look 's shield is bigger than 's heal. But don't forget that you have Heal Power from your items, so now will actually have much bigger heal than 's shield. Also gives some movement speed and heal to you AND the allies around, which is very useful sometimes.

Try to use Starcall (when possible and don't take risks) before using Astral Infusion. This way you don't sacrifice as much Health.
If your ally can wait for the heal and has Grievous Wounds, wait for its effect to finish and use Astral Infusion after. You don't have to waste twice more Health and Mana if you are in a safe position. Grievous Wounds is a de-buff effect that reduces any incoming heals by 40% and is Soraka's biggest enemy. When champions are de-buffed with it, a heart with knives appears above their head.
Salvation shows arrows around Soraka. They point to the low Health allies. In teamfight, when you see the arrows, you can imediately use Wish in order to get the max potential out of it easily.
If you are using Relic Shield, try to kill melee/siege minions. The wizard minions give less gold.
Keep an eye on your team Health indicators. They are usually placed right on top of the minimap. This way you can react faster with Wish.
Sometimes if you feel like your team is safe enough, you could use Wish just before an ally take a kill (even without a need). You take a free bonus assist and probably a stack for Ultimate Hunter. Be careful, though, this is risky - you won't have ult soon if needed.
If you are facing supports with "channel" spells (like Pyke's Hook, Varus's Arrow, Janna's ult, or even Malzahar's R, etc.), try to save your Equinox as much as possible, so you can interrupt the channeling when needed.
Do not face check bushes in order to put wards, because Soraka is squishy and that is too risky. Maybe, if you feel safe enough, use Starcall before going there, as it gives you sight over hidden enemy champions.

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RED TEAM SIDE

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And don't forget. You can ward through huge walls by just carefully placing the ward on top of them! :)

Thank you for reading my Soraka guide.

It was a great pleasure writing it.

Feel free to ask any questions you got in mind in the Discussion tab. ;]

Have a nice day and play Soraka like a PRO !

❤ BYE BYE ❤