
Ultimate Guide: Soraka Support - Complete Champion Guide 2024
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