Support Matchup

Soraka vs Zilean

Patch: 15.24 (25.24)
League: Platinum+
Soraka

Soraka

the Starchild
Support
Soraka Support Overall Win Rate
52.10%

Matchup Win Rate

46.5%
Soraka vs Zilean Wins
53.5%
Zilean vs Soraka Wins
Zilean

Zilean

the Chronokeeper
Support
Zilean Support Overall Win Rate
51.61%

Soraka vs Zilean - Support Matchup Guide Patch 15.24 (25.24)

Soraka Support vs Zilean Support - Who is stronger?

Soraka Support has trouble against Zilean (46.5% win rate) based on 578 games. This is a tough matchup for Soraka players.

View detailed statistics below: items, runes, and counter builds for Soraka Support vs Zilean Support in patch 15.24 (25.24), including win rates and pick rates. With proper study, this can improve your chances of victory up to 70%+ in this matchup.

Statistical Matchup Analysis

Soraka dominates the meta (14th most popular, 5.2% pick rate) and regularly clashes with Zilean (2.3% pick rate). Understanding this common matchup forms the foundation of consistent gameplay for one of support's current powerhouses. Surprising upset: Despite Soraka's higher tier rating, Zilean wins 53.5% of encounters. This suggests Zilean's kit specifically counters Soraka's playstyle, overriding general meta strength - approach this matchup with extra caution. Strong champion, tough matchup: Despite Soraka's impressive 52.1% overall win rate, this specific matchup against Zilean presents unique challenges requiring focused practice. Every edge matters: In this tough matchup, the proven Summon Aery + Manaflow Band combination (57.0% win rate) plus optimal itemization Moonstone Renewer, Redemption, Warmog's Armor, and Ionian Boots of Lucidity boosts your chances from 46.5% to 70%+ - potentially game-changing.

Vision advantage: Despite losing the direct matchup, Soraka's superior warding (0.89 wards/min, 27th among supports) can swing team fights and objectives in your favor. Outclassed across the board: Zilean leads in both matchup win rate (53.5%) and damage (365 vs 180/min). Soraka must seek alternative win conditions through macro play and team coordination. Complete dominance by Zilean: leads in both matchup win rate (53.5%) and KDA (3.30 vs 2.90, 4th vs 11th place). Soraka players need exceptional preparation to overcome this counter-pick.

Soraka vs Zilean - Support Stats Comparison

Soraka Support
Soraka Support
Versus
Zilean Support
Zilean Support
STierA+
46.5%Matchup Winrate53.5%
52.10%Role Winrate51.61%
#6Winrate Rank#9
5.2%Pickrate2.3%
2.9Average KDA3.3
286Gold per Minute298
0.89Wards per Minute0.81
180Damage per Minute365

How to Beat Zilean as Soraka (Support)

Difficult matchup requiring deep understanding of game mechanics and flawless execution. Patience and proper macro play are the keys to victory in this confrontation.

The magic damage that Soraka deals remains relevant in the late game. Look for opportunities to initiate or counter-initiate. Meanwhile, Zilean deals primarily magic damage (78.78%), additional magic resistance may be required.

An important advantage of Soraka is superior vision control (ranked 27th among supports) (versus 42nd for Zilean), which provides better map control and safety for the team in important map areas. Meanwhile, their higher KDA (3.3 versus 2.9) suggests they participate more effectively in team fights.

Key aspects of the Soraka Support versus Zilean Support matchup

In this difficult confrontation, it is critically important for the Soraka player to avoid attempts to force trades and all-ins with the Zilean player, as the matchup requires a patient and calculated approach. Extended trades without clear tactical advantage often lead to unfavorable consequences, and ignoring opportunities to receive team support can be a fatal mistake for game progression.

Soraka vs Zilean: Support Summoner Spells

Most Popular

Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Heal
Heal Restores Health and grants Move Speed to you and target allied champion.
52.4% Win Rate83.4% Pick Rate

Highest Win Rate

Exhaust
Exhaust Slows target enemy champion and reduces their damage dealt.
Flash
Flash Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
61.5% Win Rate11.5% Pick Rate

Soraka vs Zilean: Support Runes

Most Frequent Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Summon Aery Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 - 50 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

Empowering or protecting allies with abilities sends Aery to them, shielding them for 30 - 100 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

Aery cannot be sent out again until she returns to you.

Summon Aery

Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 -…

Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

Transcendence
Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Secondary Path
Resolve
Bone Plating
Bone Plating After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you receive from them deal 30-60 (based on level) less damage.

Duration: 1.5s
Cooldown: 55s

Bone Plating

After taking damage from an enemy champion, the next 3 spells or attacks you re…

Revitalize
Revitalize Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.

Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% stronger on targets below 40% health.

Revitalize

Gain 5% Heal and Shield Power.Heals and shields you cast or receive are 10% str…

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

54.0% Win Rate75.6% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Runes

Primary Path
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Summon Aery Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 - 50 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

Empowering or protecting allies with abilities sends Aery to them, shielding them for 30 - 100 based on level (+0.05 AP) (+0.1 bonus AD).

Aery cannot be sent out again until she returns to you.

Summon Aery

Damaging enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities sends Aery to them, dealing 10 -…

Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.

After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.

Cooldown: 15 seconds

Manaflow Band

Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum ma…

Transcendence
Transcendence Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:
Level 5: +5 Ability Haste
Level 8: +5 Ability Haste
Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.

Transcendence

Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level…

Scorch
Scorch Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus magic damage based on level after 1s.

Cooldown: 10s

Scorch

Your next damaging ability hit sets champions on fire dealing 20 - 40 bonus mag…

Secondary Path
Inspiration
Biscuit Delivery
Biscuit Delivery Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until 6 min.

Biscuits restore 12% of your missing health. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health by 30.

Biscuit Delivery

Biscuit Delivery: Gain a Total Biscuit of Everlasting Will every 2 mins, until …

Cosmic Insight
Cosmic Insight +18 Summoner Spell Haste
+10 Item Haste

Cosmic Insight

+18 Summoner Spell Haste+10 Item Haste

Adaptive
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Adaptive Force

Grants 9 Attack Damage or 9 Ability Power

Scaling Health
Scaling Health Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

Scaling Health

Increases health from 10 to 180 HP across levels 1-18

57.0% Win Rate7.2% Pick Rate

Soraka vs Zilean: Support Item Builds

Most Popular Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
Health Potion
Health Potion (50 gold) Consume
Restores 120 Health over 15 seconds.
52.8% Win Rate87.1% Pick Rate
Popular Boots
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity (900 gold) 10 Ability Haste
45 Move Speed

Ionian Insight
Gain 10 Summoner Spell Haste.
53.3% Win Rate71.6% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
57.6% Win Rate14.1% Pick Rate
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
58.2% Win Rate2.8% Pick Rate
Core Build
Bandleglass Mirror
Bandleglass Mirror (900 gold) 20 Ability Power
100% Base Mana Regen
10 Ability Haste

->
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer (2200 gold) 25 Ability Power
200 Health
20 Ability Haste
125% Base Mana Regen

Starlit Grace
Healing or shielding an ally chains the effect to another ally (excluding yourself), healing 30% or shielding 35% of the original amount.
Redemption
Redemption (2300 gold) 200 Health
15 Ability Haste
100% Base Mana Regen
10% Heal and Shield Power

Intervention
Restore 200 - 400 Health to allied champions and deal 10% max Health true damage to enemy champions after 2.5 seconds.
Dawncore
Dawncore (2500 gold) 45 Ability Power
16% Heal and Shield Power
100% Base Mana Regen

First Light
Gain 2% Heal and Shield Power and 10 Ability Power per 100% Base Mana Regen.
53.0% Win Rate17.5% Pick Rate
Final Build
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade (2800 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
4% Move Speed

Haunt
Gain Move Speed while out of combat.
Wraith Step
Gain Move Speed and Ghosting for seconds.
99.9% Win Rate16.8% Pick Rate

Best Win Rate Build

Starting Items
Stealth Ward
Stealth Ward (0 gold) Active (210 - 120s, max 2 charges)
Places an Invisible Stealth Ward that grants vision for 90-120 seconds.
Control Ward
Control Ward (75 gold) Consume
Places a Control Ward that grants vision and reveals enemy Stealth Wards, traps and Camouflaged enemies.
World Atlas
World Atlas (400 gold)
79.1% Win Rate1.8% Pick Rate
Highest Winrate Boots
Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps (1200 gold) 25 Armor
45 Move Speed

Plating
Reduces incoming damage from Attacks by 10%.
66.1% Win Rate0.7% Pick Rate
Symbiotic Soles
Symbiotic Soles (900 gold) 40 Move Speed
Voidborn
Gain Empowered Recall.
Symbiosis
After traveling 150000 units of distance, transform into Synchronized Souls.
58.2% Win Rate2.8% Pick Rate
Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness (1000 gold) 60 Move Speed
Fleetfooted
Reduce the effectiveness of Slows by 25%.
57.6% Win Rate14.1% Pick Rate
Core Build
Bandleglass Mirror
Bandleglass Mirror (900 gold) 20 Ability Power
100% Base Mana Regen
10 Ability Haste

->
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer (2200 gold) 25 Ability Power
200 Health
20 Ability Haste
125% Base Mana Regen

Starlit Grace
Healing or shielding an ally chains the effect to another ally (excluding yourself), healing 30% or shielding 35% of the original amount.
Redemption
Redemption (2300 gold) 200 Health
15 Ability Haste
100% Base Mana Regen
10% Heal and Shield Power

Intervention
Restore 200 - 400 Health to allied champions and deal 10% max Health true damage to enemy champions after 2.5 seconds.
Warmog's Armor
Warmog's Armor (3100 gold) 1000 Health
100% Base Health Regen

Warmog's Heart
If you have 2000 bonus Health and have not taken damage within 8 seconds, restore Health per second.
Warmog's Vitality
Gain bonus Health equal to 12% of your Item Health (0).
100.0% Win Rate3.5% Pick Rate
Final Build
Youmuu's Ghostblade
Youmuu's Ghostblade (2800 gold) 55 Attack Damage
18 Lethality
4% Move Speed

Haunt
Gain Move Speed while out of combat.
Wraith Step
Gain Move Speed and Ghosting for seconds.
99.9% Win Rate16.8% Pick Rate
Other Items
Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer (2200 gold) 45 Ability Power
10% Heal and Shield Power
125% Base Mana Regen
4% Move Speed

Sanctify
Healing or Shielding an ally enhances you both for 6 seconds, granting 25% Attack Speed and 20 magic damageOn-Hit.
0.0% Win Rate16.7% Pick Rate
Mikael's Blessing
Mikael's Blessing (2300 gold) 250 Health
100% Base Mana Regen
12% Heal and Shield Power
15 Ability Haste

Purify
Remove all crowd control debuffs (excluding Airborne and Suppression) from an ally champion and restore 100 - 250 Health.
0.0% Win Rate16.6% Pick Rate
Rabadon's Deathcap
Rabadon's Deathcap (3600 gold) 130 Ability Power
Magical Opus
Increases your total Ability Power by 30%.
98.9% Win Rate16.5% Pick Rate

Soraka vs Zilean: Support Skill (abilities) Orders

Most Frequent Skill Order

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Q
Starcall 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.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
W
W
Astral Infusion Soraka sacrifices a portion of her own health to heal another friendly champion.
W
W
W
W
W
E
E
Equinox Creates a zone at a location that silences all enemies inside. When the zone expires, all enemies still inside are rooted.
E
E
E
E
E
R
R
Wish Soraka fills her allies with hope, instantly restoring health to herself and all allied champions.
R
R
R
Max Order: W > Q > E
44.1% Win Rate43.3% Pick Rate

Highest Win % Skill Order

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Q
Starcall 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.
Q
Q
Q
Q
Q
R
W
Astral Infusion Soraka sacrifices a portion of her own health to heal another friendly champion.
W
W
W
W
W
R
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Equinox Creates a zone at a location that silences all enemies inside. When the zone expires, all enemies still inside are rooted.
E
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E
R
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Wish Soraka fills her allies with hope, instantly restoring health to herself and all allied champions.
R
R
R
Max Order: W > E > Q
88.6% Win Rate1.5% Pick Rate

Soraka 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.

Playing Against Zilean

  • If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
  • Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.