# Soraka Counters, Matchups & Tips | Baron Buff See Soraka counters, hardest matchups, and tips to play against or draft around Soraka in League of Legends. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/soraka/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/soraka.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - Soraka ## Page Content Enchanter · Healer · Support Prepare for battle with Soraka — master their strengths and exploit their weaknesses before the game starts. ## Playstyle Profile Soraka is a protector — defends carries by neutralizing incoming threats Teamfight Role Backline Protector Power Spike Mid game Split Threat None Backline Access Low ## Soraka's Strengths - Keeps carries alive through burst — Soraka's peel makes hyper-carries nearly unkillable in teamfights ## How to Play Soraka Champion-specific pre-match tips ### Lane Phase Cast Q to strike an enemy before using W to negate the health cost and transfer the healing buff to your ally. ### Lane Phase Target your Q directly under an enemy the moment they are locked into an auto-attack animation for a last hit. ### Lane Phase Hold E until an enemy gap closes to force an engage, then drop it directly beneath them to guarantee the silence and disrupt their combo. ### Mid Game Monitor allied health bars across the map and cast your ult only when a teammate drops below 40 percent health to maximize the bonus healing. ### Mid Game Place E covering narrow jungle chokepoints or incoming teleport locations to instantly silence and root arriving enemies. ### Mid Game Use your passive movement speed boost to quickly close the gap to low-health allies during rotations, then immediately retreat behind them before casting W. ### Late Game Remain entirely out of enemy vision when teams group for major objectives, stepping forward to heal only after the enemy team commits their primary engage tools. ### Late Game Alternate casting W and Q continuously during extended fights to sustain your health pool, prioritizing Q hits on frontline targets to fund your W costs. ### Late Game Drop E directly at your own feet or on your primary carry the exact moment an enemy diver commits to deny their follow-up burst damage. For matchup-tailored tips, download Baron Buff's AI Coach & Companion App. ## Core Build Ranked from real ranked-match itemization We look at ranked games after each item was bought. If the player or team gained ground in gold, we rate that item higher. - Redemption — 2,300 - Ionian Boots of Lucidity (Boots) — 900 - Moonstone Renewer — 2,200 - Ardent Censer — 2,200 - Dawncore — 2,500 - Shurelya's Battlesong — 2,200 total: 12,300 ## How to Counter Soraka Counter strategies and draft context apply grievous wounds, dive past the frontline, or burst through their shields before they stack - Struggles against multi-angle pressure — Soraka can't peel multiple threats at once - All-in engage supports that outpressure in lane - Champions with anti-heal in their kit or builds - Assassins that delete carries before shields apply ### Soraka's Weaknesses - Multiple dive threats at once — Soraka can only peel one target, and coordinated dives overwhelm the backline ## Best Synergies with Soraka Team synergies and draft context - Hyper-carry ADCs that thrive behind Soraka's protection — the longer fights last, the more value you get - Hyper-carry ADCs that scale with your shields and heals - Bruisers and fighters that become unkillable with your buffs - Late-game compositions that benefit from your scaling support ### Draft Context - Drafts only squishies — Soraka can peel, but there's nothing to absorb damage in the frontline ## Learning Curve [Based on 1.2M+ matches](https://baronbuff.com/blog/mastery_by_tier/) across all ranked elos, showing how Soraka's win rate changes with mastery level Soraka has a typical skill ceiling, but getting results takes patience. Expect lower win rates early while building the experience to unlock this champion's potential. Skill Cap Medium Cost of Learning High Win Rate Delta by Mastery Mastery Level | Win Rate | 1-2 | 41.5% | 3-4 | 48.7% | 5-6 * | 53.9% | 7-8 | 53.9% | 9-12 | 53.9% | 13-16 | 53.9% | 17+ | 53.9% | [← Champions](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)