Ultimate Guide: Soraka Support - Complete Champion Guide 2024

Ultimate Guide: Soraka Support - Complete Champion Guide 2024

By Marcus Chen

February 27, 2025 at 09:53 PM

Soraka is a potent enchanter support champion who excels at keeping allies alive through powerful healing abilities and utility.

Core Abilities Overview:

  • Passive (Salvation): Grants movement speed when moving toward low-health allies
  • Q (Star Rain): Fires projectile dealing damage and slowing enemies; heals Soraka and grants movement speed when hitting champions
  • W (Astral Infusion): Heals allies at the cost of Soraka's health
  • E (Equinox): Creates zone that silences enemies and roots them if they remain when it expires
  • R (Wish): Global heal that provides stronger healing to low-health allies

Skill Priority: R > W > Q > E

Early Skill Order:

  • Start W for lane sustain
  • Max W first for strongest healing
  • Put 2-3 points in Q early for lane pressure
  • Max E last as utility scales with team coordination

Core Build Path: Starting Items:

  • Spellthief's Edge
  • 2 Health Potions
  • Stealth Ward

Essential Items:

  • Moonstone Renewer (Mythic)
  • Boots of Lucidity
  • Redemption
  • Ardent Censer
  • Staff of Flowing Water

Situational Items:

  • Mikael's Blessing (vs CC)
  • Chemtech Putrifier (vs healing)
  • Warmog's Armor (late game sustain)

Laning Phase Tips:

  • Position behind minions to safely land Q
  • Use Q before W to reduce health cost
  • Save E for disengage or counter-engage
  • Coordinate R usage with other lanes
  • Focus on staying alive to maintain healing output

Mid-Late Game:

  • Prioritize protecting carries
  • Position safely behind frontline
  • Use R proactively for cross-map impact
  • Chain CC with E for maximum effect
  • Maintain vision control around objectives

Advanced Tips:

  • Track enemy cooldowns for optimal E placement
  • Time W usage with ally trades
  • Use passive movement speed for repositioning
  • Coordinate itemization with team composition
  • Consider Warmog's when team needs sustained healing

Core Runes: Primary (Sorcery):

  • Summon Aery
  • Manaflow Band
  • Transcendence
  • Gathering Storm

Secondary (Resolve):

  • Bone Plating
  • Revitalize

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