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Soraka Abilities and Combos

Abilities & combosData-drivenEasyPatch 16.19.1
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This guide is assembled by the site from match data and the game's own information — nobody wrote it by hand. Official and community guides appear alongside it when they exist.

Overview

This guide goes through Soraka's kit ability by ability. The kit brings crowd control (silence) with Equinox and sustain with Astral Infusion. Its ultimate is Wish.

Strengths

  • Crowd control: Equinox applies a silence to set up kills.
  • Long attack range (550) for safe trades in lane.
  • Sustain from Astral Infusion.

Weaknesses

  • No dash or blink in the kit: vulnerable to ganks without vision.
  • Mana-hungry early: spamming abilities leaves you empty before the fight.

Build cheat sheet

Pick the build that fits what you want to do this game.

Builds

Standard build

BalancedRecommended
Open build

When to use it

The default path: Moonstone Renewer, Echoes of Helia and Imperial Mandate give the health, ability power and mana regeneration this class relies on. Pick it when you have no reason to adapt. Built from Riot's item tags and the champion's class; Riot publishes no build statistics.

Where it's played

Picked before the game: the main lane first, then the alternatives.

Summoner's RiftRed side · bottom leftBlue side · top right
  1. SupportMain100% of matches

Starting items

World AtlasHealth Potion

Core items

  1. 1Moonstone Renewer
  2. 2Echoes of Helia
  3. 3Imperial Mandate

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity

Situational

Zhonya's HourglassAgainst heavy physical damage.Banshee's VeilAgainst heavy magic damage.MorellonomiconCuts the enemy's healing.Void StaffAgainst tanky teams.

Runes

Primary· Sorcery

PrecisionDominationSorceryInspirationResolve
Summon AeryArcane CometStormraider's SurgeDeathfire Touch
Axiom ArcanistManaflow BandNimbus Cloak
TranscendenceCelerityAbsolute Focus
ScorchWaterwalkingGathering Storm

Secondary· Resolve

PrecisionDominationInspirationResolve
DemolishFont of LifeShield Bash
ConditioningSecond WindBone Plating
OvergrowthRevitalizeUnflinching

Shards

Adaptive ForceAttack SpeedAbility Haste
Adaptive ForceMove SpeedHealth Scaling
HealthTenacity and Slow ResistHealth Scaling

Summoner spells

  • Flash
  • Exhaust

Abilities

  • SalvationPassiveSoraka runs faster towards nearby low health allies.Passive. It works on its own: play around it.
  • QStarcall8/7/6/5/4s45/50/55/60/65 mpA star falls from the sky at the target location dealing magic damage and slowing enemies. If an enemy champion is hit by Starcall, Soraka recovers Health.
    Cooldown
    8·7·6·5·4
    Cost
    45·50·55·60·65
    Range
    810
    Basic ability — slows. Part of your regular rotation.
  • WAstral Infusion6/5/4/3/2s40/45/50/55/60 mpSoraka sacrifices a portion of her own health to heal another friendly champion.
    Cooldown
    6·5·4·3·2
    Cost
    40·45·50·55·60
    Range
    550
    Basic ability — heals. Time it for the enemy's burst, not for chip damage.
  • EEquinox20/19/18/17/16s70/75/80/85/90 mpCreates a zone at a location that silences all enemies inside. When the zone expires, all enemies still inside are rooted.
    Cooldown
    20·19·18·17·16
    Cost
    70·75·80·85·90
    Range
    925
    Basic ability — applies a silence and hits an area. Save it for priority targets or to interrupt a channel.
  • RWishUltimate150/135/120s100 mpSoraka fills her allies with hope, instantly restoring health to herself and all allied champions.
    Cooldown
    150·135·120
    Cost
    100
    Range
    25000
    Ultimate. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

Strategy

1The kit

The kit brings crowd control (silence) with Equinox and sustain with Astral Infusion.

  • Salvation — Passive. It works on its own: play around it.
  • [Q] Starcall — Basic ability — slows. Part of your regular rotation.
  • [W] Astral Infusion — Basic ability — heals. Time it for the enemy's burst, not for chip damage.
  • [E] Equinox — Basic ability — applies a silence and hits an area. Save it for priority targets or to interrupt a channel.
  • [R] Wish — Ultimate. Plan your fights around its cooldown.

2Skill order

Put a point in Wish at levels 6, 11 and 16. Between the basic abilities, max first the one that does most for your lane — usually your main damage or wave clear — and keep the utility one for last.

3Combos

A simple sequence that follows from the kit: open with Equinox, follow with Starcall and Astral Infusion and finish with Wish. The disable first means everything after it lands.

4Using your ultimate

Wish is the ability the enemy plays around. Use it where it changes the fight, and remember its cooldown: after using it, you're a smaller threat for a while.

Tips

  • Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
  • You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
  • Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
  • Land Equinox first: every ability after it is easier to hit.
  • Use Astral Infusion reactively, when the enemy commits.

Changelog

  1. Guide created for patch 16.19.1.

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