Soraka vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Soraka
based on 2,476 Soraka vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Bard
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Advice to Win Against Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Soraka vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several significant Soraka vs. Bard matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Bard..
Soraka usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Bard. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Bard
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Who is Better, Soraka or Bard?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually loses when playing against Bard, with a 47.5% win rate. As a result, Soraka makes a bad counter for Bard.
While Soraka does have a lower winrate compared to Bard, when facing one another, Soraka also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Soraka into Bard.
Furthermore, Soraka also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Soraka is a trash counter for Bard. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Soraka to counter Bard during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka often picks up a similar amount of CS as Bard. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Soraka versus Bard build include Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Soraka included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Bard than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when countering Bard with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Bard as Soraka, Soraka 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 sets that we analyzed for Soraka vs Bard clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Bard as Soraka are shown for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.