Nami vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Nami
based on 2,780 Nami vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nami vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Nami vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Nami
Tips for Playing as Nami against Soraka
Nami's ultimate can come in very handy for initiating on enemies who are far away.
Using Ebb and Flow during an engagement with enemy champions will help sway the battle in your favor.
Aqua Prison has a long cooldown, make sure to use it at the right moment.
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.
Nami vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Nami in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some critical Nami vs. Soraka counter statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Nami’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nami may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Soraka..
Nami usually has a similar longest killing spree as her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nami and Soraka
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Who is Better, Nami or Soraka?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nami usually wins when playing against Soraka, with a 52.2% win rate. Thus, Nami makes a good counter for Soraka.
While Nami does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when facing one another, Nami also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nami into Soraka.
Moreover, Nami also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, 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 one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nami vs Soraka matchups, Nami is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Nami is an above average counter for Soraka. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nami against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nami 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nami often picks up a similar amount of CS as Soraka. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Nami versus Soraka build consist of Morellonomicon, Ardent Censer, and Imperial Mandate. When Nami included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Soraka than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nami boasted an average win rate of 52.2% when countering Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Soraka as Nami, Nami players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Nami vs Soraka counters, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.2% win rate overall.
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