Matchup

High sustain

Build vs Soraka

Build adapted to this matchup

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Trinity Force
1DPS
Black Cleaver
2vs Tank
Sundered Sky
3Bruiser

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Death's Dance
5vs AD

Anti AD

Plated Steelcaps
4vs AD
Death's Dance
5vs AD
Guardian Angel
vs AD

Anti AP

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC
Maw of Malmortius
5vs AP

Anti Tank

Youmuu's Ghostblade
5vs Tank

Other options

Sterak's Gage
Survival

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Early (0-15)
Mid (15-30)
Late (30+)
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Neutral
Neutral
Neutral

Soraka's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Salvation (P)

Soraka runs faster towards nearby low health allies.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
38s6s20s
66s6s20s2m30
94s5s20s2m30
114s4s20s2m15
164s2s18s2m
184s2s16s2m

Playing against Soraka

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

1

Focus Soraka FIRST in teamfights: as long as she's alive, she heals her team indefinitely.

2

Grievous Wounds is MANDATORY against Soraka — reduces her heals by 40-60%.

3

Engage on her directly: she's squishy and has no mobility.

4

Her E silences the zone: don't stay inside it and don't channel abilities within the area.

Source: op.gg + LTL Engine · Patch 16.9.1 · May 9, 2026