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Soraka with Aphelios

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How to Synergize Soraka and Aphelios

based on 2,645 Soraka with Aphelios pairs
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.72
Pick Rate
3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers pull the stats from from millions of League matches straight from Riot Games each week. Soraka has gone into battle with Aphelios in 2645 recently played, competitive matches. By pooling so much accurate data directly from the publishers of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can provide you with high-quality, insightful builds to help Soraka play with Aphelios. It is relatively rare for Soraka to play alongside Aphelios as allies. This has only occurred in approx. 3.0% of matches with Soraka.

Soraka Aphelios Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Soraka has done a poor job of teaming up with Aphelios. Normally, she wins an acceptable 49.1% of rounds the champions appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Soraka when playing alongside Aphelios by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Soraka vs Aphelios Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmAmplifying Tome

Core Soraka Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionMoonstone RenewerDawncore

Optional Items

Ardent CenserStaff of Flowing WaterShurelya's BattlesongCelestial Opposition

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Soraka to level upw
>
Second ability for Soraka to level upq
>
Last skill for Soraka to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Soraka's passive ability p
Soraka's q ability q
Soraka's w ability w
Soraka's e ability e
Soraka's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Soraka and Aphelios

Tips for Playing as Soraka with Aphelios

Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.

You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.

Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.

Advice to Understand How Aphelios Will Play

Each of Aphelios' weapons have different strengths, so try to find the right situation for your current weapons.

Soraka Aphelios Synergy Stats

Soraka Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Aphelios Image
0.8
< Kills >
0.9
5.3
< Deaths >
5.3
13.6
< Assists >
14.2
0.09
< Killing Sprees >
0.11
24
< Minions Killed >
26
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.51
544
< Physical Damage >
604
4,538
< Magic Damage >
4,844
315
< True Damage >
355
5,397
< Damage Dealt >
5,803
15,427
< Damage Taken >
15,890
7,800
< Gold Earned >
7,924
2.06
< Towers >
2.05
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
21,866
< Total Healing >
23,337
10,143
< Experience >
10,315
53
< Vision Score >
53
23
< Wards Placed >
23
192
< Time Dealing CC >
203

How to Play with Aphelios as Soraka in LoL

The Soraka Aphelios synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Aphelios, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Soraka sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Aphelios. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Aphelios helps Soraka perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Soraka tries to synergize with Aphelios, she observes a little drop in her full damage dealt. This could signal that Aphelios doesn't help cover for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Soraka is played with Aphelios on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Aphelios. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Aphelios.

Additionally, when Soraka plays with Aphelios on the same side, she often receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Aphelios does a decent job of covering Soraka during team fights.

Synergies between Soraka and Aphelios

Damage Types Compared

Soraka
Aphelios
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Soraka
Aphelios

Is Soraka better when played alongside Aphelios?

There is no one best companion for Soraka that will no matter what be her #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Aphelios is a very typical teammate for Soraka. By being on the same team as Soraka, he drops their win rate by -0.3% to 49.1%. This demonstrates that there is a weak bond between Soraka and Aphelios that results in them performing worse together than alone.

Aphelios has a much greater difficulty compared to Soraka. That means Soraka players need to be careful when enlisting Aphelios teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a much higher level of skill to cooperate well with you.

Working together, Soraka players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.

Conversely, by bringing Soraka and Aphelios together, you probably will not be granting your side a great deal of engage potential. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative hole in their capabilities.

Regardless of your Aphelios ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Soraka Players

How We Calculated Our Soraka Aphelios Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Soraka and Aphelios, we analyzed 2,645 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Soraka with Aphelios comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Soraka to work well with Aphelios during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The most important items to have in your Soraka and Aphelios synergy build include Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Soraka used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Aphelios than with most other common builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Aphelios with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Soraka players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Soraka and Aphelios pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Aphelios with Soraka are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.