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Soraka Support build & stats

SupportMage B 830 games · patch 16.16
Win rate
51.2%
Pick rate
3.7%
Ban rate
1.0%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.16

Solid sample

Start with

Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
43.2% 74 games

Build in this order

Moonstone Renewer 1
Moonstone Renewer
2,200 gold
Mikael's Blessing 2
Mikael's Blessing
2,300 gold
Redemption 3
Redemption
2,300 gold
6,800 gold
68.8% WR 16 games

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
69.2% 13 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
72.7% WR
11 games · 1% pick
Summon Aery
Summon Aery

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Heal
51.3% 390 games

Max order

Astral Infusion W Starcall Q Equinox E
61.3% 31 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Soraka

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Soraka wins 51.2% of games as Support on patch 16.16 (830 games).
  • Most common core: Moonstone Renewer → Redemption → Dawncore — 56% win rate over 9 games.
  • Take Summon Aery as keystone: picked in 83% of games with a 51% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Pantheon (79% over 14 games). Hardest: Karma (26% over 27 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Moonstone Renewer 1
Moonstone Renewer
Redemption 2
Redemption
Dawncore 3
Dawncore
50.0% WR
6 games · 1% pick

Starting items

Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
Health Potion
43.2% WR
74 games · 9% pick

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
50.4% WR
264 games · 32% pick
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
47.5% WR
99 games · 12% pick
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
61.1% WR
18 games · 2% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
66.7% 3% (27)
66.7% 1% (9)
66.7% 0% (3)
66.3% 11% (92)
64.3% 7% (56)
58.8% 2% (17)
53.2% 24% (203)
52.5% 46% (379)
52.4% 3% (21)
46.4% 3% (28)
33.3% 1% (6)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
44.1% WR
68 games · 8% pick
Summon Aery
Summon Aery

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
64.3% WR
14 games · 2% pick
Summon Aery Axiom Arcanist Transcendence Gathering Storm Bone Plating Revitalize
Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
72.7% WR
11 games · 1% pick
Summon Aery Axiom Arcanist Transcendence Gathering Storm Revitalize Bone Plating

Keystones

  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 50.0%40% pick
  • Guardian Guardian Guard allies you cast spells on and those that are very nearby. If you or a guarded ally would take damage based on level, you're both granted a shield. 56.0%11% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 51.3%47% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 43.8%4% pick
  • Exhaust Heal Exhaust + Heal 100.0%0% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Astral Infusion W Starcall Q Equinox E 61.3%31 games
Astral Infusion W Equinox E Starcall Q 40.0%5 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (51%), Q → E → W (35%).

  • PSalvation

    Soraka runs faster towards nearby low health allies.

  • QStarcall

    A 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.

  • WAstral Infusion

    Soraka sacrifices a portion of her own health to heal another friendly champion.

  • EEquinox

    Creates a zone at a location that silences all enemies inside. When the zone expires, all enemies still inside are rooted.

  • RWish

    Soraka fills her allies with hope, instantly restoring health to herself and all allied champions.