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.
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
The Soraka Heimerdinger synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Heimerdinger, 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 very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Heimerdinger. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Heimerdinger helps Soraka perform worse in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Soraka tries to synergize with Heimerdinger, she observes a barely noticable drop in her total damage output. This difference may signal that Heimerdinger doesn't help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Soraka is played alongside Heimerdinger on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Heimerdinger. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Heimerdinger.
Additionally, when Soraka plays with Heimerdinger on the same side, she typically takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may mean that Heimerdinger does a poor job of protecting Soraka during teamfights.
There is no perfect ally for Soraka that will 100% of the time be her ideal ally. However, Heimerdinger is a very typical ally for Soraka. By playing on the same side as Soraka, he lowers their win rate by -0.2% to 49.2%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Soraka and Heimerdinger that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Heimerdinger has a much greater difficulty compared to Soraka. That means Soraka players should be cautious when finding Heimerdinger teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a much higher level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Combined, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by bringing Soraka and Heimerdinger together, you may not be granting your side much AD. Plan to have other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Heimerdinger ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Soraka to synergize with Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to have in your Soraka and Heimerdinger synergy build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Soraka used at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better when paired up with Heimerdinger than with many other typical builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average win rate of 49.2% helping carry Heimerdinger with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Soraka and Heimerdinger pairings, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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