Caitlyn vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Caitlyn
based on 8,821 Caitlyn vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Soraka
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Caitlyn in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several critical Caitlyn versus Soraka counter statistics that can help you explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Soraka. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Caitlyn often has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Soraka
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually fairs equally well when taking on Soraka, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes an ok counter to Soraka.
While Caitlyn does have a lower win rate than Soraka, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Soraka.
Moreover, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter to Soraka. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn to counter Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often picks up much more CS relative to Soraka. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Caitlyn versus Soraka build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Caitlyn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Soraka than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 49.3% battling Soraka with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Soraka as Caitlyn, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Caitlyn vs Soraka clashes, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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