Champion sheet · Support

Soraka

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

3.4%#139 of 173 champions

Pick: 2.2%picked in 619 of 28,366 games
Ban: 1.2%270 bans over 23,109 games, against 1.3% in soloQ

Win rate as Support48.2% between 44.9% and 51.5% over 614 gamesSoloQ 50.1%: no clear gap

Median length29.2 minsoloQ 27.4 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.DraftLength
How to play itSummon Aery, then Protoplasm Harness, Spirit Visage, and Warmog's Armor: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compLets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 100% of supports.Lets allies carry
With / againstBetter than expected against Sion in amateur play: +26.2 pts over 32 games, range above zero.+26.2 pt32 games
In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
1.0%
SoloQ
2.2%
1.0% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.2% in soloQ.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.2 min
SoloQ
27.4 min
Median of 29.2 min in amateur play, against 27.4 min in soloQ.

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Summon Aery, then Protoplasm Harness, Spirit Visage, and Warmog's Armor: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesSummon Aery85% · 37,375

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Heal90% · 39,753

Same in amateur play

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 95% · 96 games

Core (3 legendaries)— · 1

Protoplasm Harness
Spirit Visage
Warmog's Armor

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Lets allies carry kills first: lets allies carry more than 100% of supports.

Lets allies carry killstop1%rank 100 of 100

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Lets allies carry

Like other supports

Map pressure
Plays teamfights
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

Few duels
Little damage
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 8 in lane, 1 in mid game and 1 in late game, out of 100 supports.

190-98 vs 288

161-181 vs 342

179-208 vs 388

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Sorakasupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 98% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

4.2takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 8 of 100 among supports190 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 1 of 100 among supports161 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 1 of 100 among supports179 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 9 of 100 among supports-138 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 2 of 100 among supports-227 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 43 of 100 among supports4.2 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 19 of 100 among supports244 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 68 of 100 among supports56% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 17 of 100 among supports13% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 100 of 100 among supportsrank 100 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 58 of 100 among supports1.1 · median 1
Team damage · rank 5 of 100 among supports5% · median 9%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Sion in amateur play: +26.2 pts over 32 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Sion75.0% · expected 48.8% · 32 g+26.2 ptSoloQ +1.1

Ornn48.7% · expected 47.8% · 39 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +2.8

Junglegap to expected

Sylas63.3% · expected 47.3% · 30 g+16.1 ptSoloQ +1.4

Jarvan IV57.4% · expected 49.7% · 54 g+7.7 ptSoloQ -0.7

Xin Zhao54.8% · expected 48.5% · 31 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +3.9

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

Yunara56.0% · expected 46.0% · 50 g+10.0 ptSoloQ -0.6

Sivir56.7% · expected 49.4% · 30 g+7.3 ptSoloQ +3.5

Lucian50.0% · expected 49.0% · 48 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +0.3

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus51.9% · expected 48.0% · 52 g+3.9 ptSoloQ -1.3

Karma58.1% · expected 50.9% · 31 g+7.2 ptSoloQ +0.3

Thresh51.4% · expected 47.0% · 35 g+4.4 ptSoloQ -0.8

Seraphine48.5% · expected 47.0% · 33 g+1.4 ptSoloQ -1.1

With

Topgap to expected

Ornn48.6% · expected 48.6% · 37 g+0.1 ptSoloQ -2.8

Malphite48.4% · expected 47.7% · 31 g+0.7 ptSoloQ -0.2

Junglegap to expected

Wukong54.0% · expected 50.6% · 50 g+3.4 ptSoloQ +1.4

Sylas51.4% · expected 49.1% · 37 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.0

Xin Zhao48.5% · expected 47.9% · 33 g+0.6 ptSoloQ -3.1

Midgap to expected

Syndra61.8% · expected 49.1% · 34 g+12.7 ptSoloQ -0.7

Viktor51.7% · expected 48.6% · 58 g+3.1 ptSoloQ +0.7

ADCgap to expected

Yunara53.2% · expected 50.4% · 62 g+2.8 ptSoloQ -1.2

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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