Blitzcrank vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Blitzcrank
based on 3,320 Blitzcrank vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Blitzcrank vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Blitzcrank vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Blitzcrank
Tips for Playing as Blitzcrank against Soraka
Using Blitzcrank's grab to pull an enemy into your tower range followed by a Power Fist will allow the tower to get several hits on them.
The 1-2-3 combo of Rocket Grab, Power Fist, and Static Field can devastate an individual opponent.
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.
Blitzcrank vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Blitzcrank in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Blitzcrank against Soraka counter statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Blitzcrank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Blitzcrank may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Soraka..
Blitzcrank often has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Blitzcrank and Soraka
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Who is Better, Blitzcrank or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Blitzcrank usually wins when trying to fight Soraka, with a 54.1% win rate. Therefore, Blitzcrank makes a great counter to Soraka.
While Blitzcrank does have a much higher winrate than Soraka, when facing one another, Blitzcrank also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Blitzcrank into Soraka.
Additionally, Blitzcrank also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Blitzcrank vs Soraka matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Blitzcrank is a great counter to Soraka. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Blitzcrank against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Blitzcrank in order to counter Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Blitzcrank usually picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Soraka. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Blitzcrank versus Soraka build include Trailblazer, Zeke's Convergence, and Knight's Vow. When Blitzcrank bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Soraka than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Blitzcrank boasted an average win rate of 54.1% battling Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Soraka as Blitzcrank, you should take the Glacial Augment, Hextech Flashtraption, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Celerity, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Blitzcrank vs Soraka battles, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 54.1% win rate overall.
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