Annie vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Annie
based on 1,427 Annie vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Annie vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Annie vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Annie
Tips for Playing as Annie against Soraka
Molten Shield is a good spell to cast to work up to Annie's stun, so sometimes it's beneficial to grab at least 1 rank in it early.
Striking killing blows on minions with Disintegrate enables Annie to farm extremely well early in the game.
Storing a stun for use with her ultimate can turn the tide of a team fight.
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.
Annie vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Annie in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature some valuable Annie against Soraka counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Annie’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Annie may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Soraka. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Annie often has a much larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Annie and Soraka
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Who is Better, Annie or Soraka?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Annie usually wins when taking on Soraka, with a 51.4% win rate. As a result, Annie makes a good counter for Soraka.
While Annie does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when facing one another, Annie also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Annie into Soraka.
Moreover, Annie also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Annie vs Soraka matchups, Annie is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Annie is a decent counter to Soraka. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Annie against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Annie to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Annie most often accumulates much more CS compared to Soraka. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Annie versus Soraka build include Malignance, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Annie included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Soraka than with most other common builds. In fact, Annie had an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Soraka with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Soraka as Annie, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Manaflow Band runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Annie vs Soraka counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.4% win rate overall.
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