Jhin vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Jhin
based on 9,821 Jhin vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jhin vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Jhin vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Jhin
Tips for Playing as Jhin against Soraka
Your ultimate deals significantly less damage to enemies with full health. Look to pick off weakened targets as they run away.
Deadly Flourish has incredible range. When approaching a fight be sure to look ahead for enemies that could be rooted.
You can still cast your spells while reloading. Use them to fill the down time.
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.
Jhin vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Jhin in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some influential Jhin versus Soraka matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Jhin’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jhin may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Jhin often has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Jhin and Soraka
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Who is Better, Jhin or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jhin usually wins when taking on Soraka, with a 51.7% win rate. Therefore, Jhin makes a good counter to Soraka.
While Jhin does have a higher winrate compared to Soraka, when on opposite teams, Jhin also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Jhin into Soraka.
Furthermore, Jhin also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This 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 Jhin vs Soraka matchups, Jhin is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Jhin is a decent counter for Soraka. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Jhin against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Jhin in order to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jhin on average accumulates much more CS relative to Soraka. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Jhin versus Soraka build include Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Stormrazor. When Jhin bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Soraka than with most other common item sets. In fact, Jhin boasted an average winrate of 51.7% when playing against Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Soraka as Jhin, Jhin players should equip the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Celerity, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Jhin vs Soraka counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% win rate overall.
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