Samira vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Samira
based on 4,234 Samira vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Samira
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.
Samira vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Samira in LoL
The stats shown here highlight several vital Samira vs. Soraka counter statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between these two champs. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, showing that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Samira typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes more damage than Soraka. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Soraka
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Who is Better, Samira or Soraka?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Samira usually loses when playing against Soraka, with a 48.3% win rate. As a result, Samira makes a poor counter for Soraka.
While Samira does have a lower win rate compared to Soraka, when facing one another, Samira also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Samira into Soraka.
Furthermore, Samira also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Samira vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Samira is a somewhat poor counter to Soraka. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Samira against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Samira in order to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira often racks up much more CS as Soraka. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Samira versus Soraka build include Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Samira combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Soraka than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average win rate of 48.3% when countering Soraka with this counter build.
To have the best probability of crushing Soraka as Samira, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Samira vs Soraka fights, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.3% winrate overall.
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