Jarvan IV vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Jarvan IV
based on 1,287 Jarvan IV vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Soraka
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize 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.
Jarvan IV vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature some significant Jarvan IV against Soraka matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. As an example, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Soraka. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Jarvan IV often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Soraka. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Soraka
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Soraka?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jarvan IV usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Soraka, with a 49.8% win rate. As a result, Jarvan IV makes an ok counter to Soraka.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower win rate than Soraka, when on opposite teams, Jarvan IV also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jarvan IV into Soraka.
Additionally, Jarvan IV also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jarvan IV 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 allies during team fights.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter to Soraka. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jarvan IV to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV typically gets a similar amount of CS compared to Soraka. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Jarvan IV versus Soraka build include Sterak's Gage, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV included at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Soraka than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Soraka as Jarvan IV, Jarvan IV players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Jarvan IV vs Soraka counterpicks, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.
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