Targon

Soraka

the Starchild

Soraka gave something up before she ever set foot on Runeterra: immortality, traded away so she could stand alongside the mortal races she chose to protect from their harsher instincts.

RegionTargon
Titlethe Starchild
ClassSupport, Mage
Reading time1 min

The Story of Soraka

Soraka gave something up before she ever set foot on Runeterra: immortality, traded away so she could stand alongside the mortal races she chose to protect from their harsher instincts. She comes from the celestial reaches past Mount Targon, but her purpose has nothing to do with conquest or cosmic ambition — it’s compassion, applied without exception.

That includes healing people who would rather see her gone. She spreads mercy to everyone she meets, wound or no wound, friend or otherwise, and still hasn’t given up on the idea that the people of this world haven’t yet reached what they’re capable of — a belief that costs her nothing to hold and, given what she already sacrificed, evidently means a great deal to her.

Her presence on a battlefield keeps that same shape:

  • Salvation (passive) — she moves faster toward whichever ally is closest to dying.
  • Starcall — a falling star that damages and slows enemies, restoring her own health if it connects with a champion.
  • Astral Infusion — she spends her own health to heal someone else, a fairly literal echo of the trade she already made once.
  • Equinox — a zone that silences enemies inside it, then roots whoever is still there when it ends.
  • Wish — her ultimate, restoring health to herself and every allied champion at once.

Every part of that kit takes something — mana, positioning, her own health bar — and turns it into someone else’s survival, which is a fitting shape for a healer who has already given up more than most of the people she saves ever will. Classed as a Support and a Mage at once, she’s suited to either the bottom lane or the middle, and every spell above draws on Mana rather than any resource tied more directly to her celestial origin.

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Codex EntriesSoraka Lore FAQ

Who is Soraka in League of Legends lore?
Soraka is a guardian who empowers and shields allies and a wielder of potent magic from Targon in the League of Legends universe, known as the Starchild.
Where is Soraka from?
Soraka hails from Targon. A towering mountain that touches the stars, home to Aspects, celestial power and cosmic mystery.
What kind of champion is Soraka in the lore?
In the fiction, Soraka is a guardian who empowers and shields allies and a wielder of potent magic, tied to Targon and the events of Runeterra.