Akali vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Akali
based on 5,315 Akali vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Akali vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Akali vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Akali
Tips for Playing as Akali against Soraka
Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.
Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.
Advice to Win Against Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Akali vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Akali in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some important Akali versus Soraka matchup statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Akali normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Akali and Soraka
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Who is Better, Akali or Soraka?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually fairs equally well when playing against Soraka, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Akali does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when facing one another, Akali also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Akali into Sorakaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Akali has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Soraka matchups, Akali is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Akali is a decent counter to Soraka. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Akali on average accumulates much more CS compared to Soraka. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Akali versus Soraka build include Lich Bane, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Akali used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Soraka than with most other common item sets. In fact, Akali had an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Soraka with this build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Soraka as Akali, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Akali vs Soraka counters, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.2% winrate overall.
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