Brand vs Soraka — Support Matchup Guide

How to win lane as Brand against Soraka · 51.6% win rate over 1,810 Emerald+ games · Updated 2026-07-27

Verdict: Brand is favoured — Brand owns 7 of the 7 game windows. Brand wins 51.6% of games vs Soraka in support (1,810 Emerald+ games analysed).

Favour timeline — who owns each window

StageFavouredWhy
Level 1BrandYou out-poke a self-damaging healer at level 1 with W-passive trades.
Level 2BrandYour level-2 W-Q burst beats a full Soraka heal cycle.
Level 3BrandAt 3 her slow Q root can't punish you while you keep poking.
Levels 4-5BrandThrough 4-5 anti-heal poke drains her faster than she can sustain.
Level 6BrandLevel-6 Pyroclasm kills through her heals, especially with Grievous Wounds.
First itemBrandFirst-item Torch plus anti-heal turns your poke into pure heal-negation.
Two+ itemsBrandYour R one-shot on her squishy body keeps you ahead even as she scales.

Early game (levels 1–5)

You dominate levels 1-2. Soraka has to sacrifice her own health with Astral Infusion to sustain, so every time she heals her ADC you W-Q her face and out-trade the exchange. She has no CC to punish you and no escape from your poke.

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The full Brand vs Soraka report continues with the mid-game plan, the late-game and teamfight plan, every power spike to play around, and the win conditions for both sides — plus cooldown tracking and the live enemy-jungle tracker inside the app.

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