Graves vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Graves
based on 3,923 Graves vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Graves vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Graves vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Graves
Tips for Playing as Graves against Soraka
Smoke Screen can be used both to escape and to set up a kill.
Using Quickdraw to get into range and delivering a point blank Buckshot can do lots of damage.
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.
Graves vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Graves in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some strategic Graves vs. Soraka counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. Graves’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Graves may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Graves typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Soraka. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Graves and Soraka
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Who is Better, Graves or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Graves usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Soraka, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Graves makes an ok counter to Soraka.
While Graves does have a higher win rate than Soraka, when on opposite teams, Graves also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Graves into Soraka.
Additionally, Graves also has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Graves vs Soraka matchups, Graves is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Graves is a decent counter for Soraka. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Graves against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Graves in order to counter Soraka during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Graves typically gets more CS relative to Soraka. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Graves versus Soraka build consist of Infinity Edge, Youmuu's Ghostblade, and The Collector. When Graves included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better against Soraka than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Graves boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Soraka as Graves, Graves players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Graves vs Soraka counters, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.9% winrate overall.
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