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Katarina with Soraka

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How to Synergize Katarina and Soraka

based on 3,060 Katarina with Soraka pairs
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.46
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of League games straight from Riot Games each week. Katarina has gone into battle with Soraka in 3060 recently played, ranked matches. By accumulating so much relevant data straight from the creators of League of Legends, we are sure that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Katarina play with Soraka. It is relatively rare for Katarina to play with Soraka as allies. This has only taken place in about 2.3% of games with Katarina.

Katarina Soraka Synergy Summary

Katarina has done a decent job of teaming up with Soraka. Normally, she wins an acceptable 51.0% of matches the champs fight alongside one another. If you want to win more matches as Katarina when fighting on the same team as Soraka by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Katarina vs Soraka Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandFiendish Codex

Core Katarina Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneShadowflame

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassVoid StaffRiftmakerStormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Katarina to level upq
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Second ability for Katarina to level upe
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Last skill for Katarina to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
DominationSudden ImpactRelentless Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Katarina's passive ability p
Katarina's q ability q
Katarina's w ability w
Katarina's e ability e
Katarina's ultimate ability r
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Q
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E
3
W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Katarina and Soraka

Tips for Playing as Katarina with Soraka

Picking up Daggers will significantly reduce Shunpo's cooldown.

Try waiting until the other team is distracted with fighting your team, and use Shunpo to teleport into the fray and unleash a devastating Death Lotus.

Using Shunpo on an allied Champion, Dagger, or minion can be a great escape tactic.

Advice to Understand How Soraka Will Play

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.

Katarina Soraka Synergy Stats

Katarina Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Soraka Image
10.2
< Kills >
9.7
6.3
< Deaths >
6.9
5.3
< Assists >
5.7
2.21
< Killing Sprees >
2.17
158
< Minions Killed >
156
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.35
2,245
< Physical Damage >
2,139
22,614
< Magic Damage >
21,329
996
< True Damage >
975
25,855
< Damage Dealt >
24,444
26,129
< Damage Taken >
24,981
12,301
< Gold Earned >
12,273
1.61
< Towers >
1.48
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,865
< Total Healing >
3,393
13,950
< Experience >
14,170
16
< Vision Score >
16
8
< Wards Placed >
8
37
< Time Dealing CC >
36

How to Play with Soraka as Katarina in LoL

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

Overall, Katarina sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Soraka. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Soraka helps Katarina perform not as well in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Katarina plays on the same team as Soraka, she observes a small increase in her full damage dealt. This change may signal that Soraka supports by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Katarina is played with Soraka on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Soraka. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Soraka.

Moreover, when Katarina plays with Soraka on the same side, she typically takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Soraka does a poor job of covering Katarina in team fights.

Synergies between Katarina and Soraka

Damage Types Compared

Katarina
Soraka
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Katarina
Soraka

Is Katarina better when played alongside Soraka?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Katarina that will always be her #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Soraka is a pretty good teammate for Katarina. By being on the same side as Katarina, she raises their win rate by 2.2% to 51.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a good strategic relationship between Katarina and Soraka that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.

Soraka has a much lower diffuclty than Katarina. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Soraka teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

When playing together, Katarina players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. When paired, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by bringing Katarina and Soraka together, you will not be granting your other teammates a great deal of AD. Make sure to include other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their potential.

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

Additional Information for Katarina Players

How We Calculated Our Katarina Soraka Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Katarina and Soraka, we analyzed 3,060 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 Katarina with Soraka 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

To truly master Katarina to synergize with Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to have in your Katarina and Soraka synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Shadowflame. When Katarina included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Soraka than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Katarina boasted an average winrate of 51.0% helping carry Soraka with this build.

To have the highest chance of beating your oponents, Katarina players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Relentless Hunter, and Sudden Impact runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Katarina and Soraka pairings, this order of runes yielded the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Soraka with Katarina are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.