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How to Win Soraka vs Garen Counter MatchupSoraka is in the a tier of champions

Soraka vs Garen

How to Beat Garen as Soraka in LoLSoraka is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Garen as Soraka

based on 3,103 Soraka vs Garen matchups
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.9
Pick Rate
3.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends games that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Garen as Soraka came out of an analysis of 3103 ranked rounds where both champs battled one another. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Soraka fights Garen in only 3.5% of her games.

Soraka vs Garen Matchup Summary

Soraka has done a decent job of beating Garen. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.0% of the time the champions face off with one another in. In Soraka vs Garen rounds, Soraka’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood, implying that she probably will be able to get first blood against Garen.

Best Soraka vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteBandleglass Mirror

Core Soraka Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongDawncoreStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Soraka to level upw
>
Second ability for Soraka to level upq
>
Last skill for Soraka to max oute

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingRevitalize
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Soraka's passive ability p
Soraka's q ability q
Soraka's w ability w
Soraka's e ability e
Soraka's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Garen as Soraka

Tips for Playing as Soraka against Garen

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 Garen

Be careful about attacking Garen in brush. It often will lead to taking full damage from Judgment.

Stack armor items to lower the large amount of physical damage that Garen deals out.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. If getting out of its radius isn't possible, move through allied minions to reduce damage taken.

Try to run away from Garen as your health gets lower, as he can execute you quickly with Demacian Justice.

Soraka vs Garen Counter Stats

Soraka Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Garen Image
0.9
< Kills >
5.6
5.1
< Deaths >
4.9
13.9
< Assists >
3.8
0.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
25
< Minions Killed >
174
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.6
613
< Physical Damage >
14,321
4,910
< Magic Damage >
214
373
< True Damage >
4,523
5,896
< Damage Dealt >
19,058
15,705
< Damage Taken >
30,770
7,933
< Gold Earned >
11,844
2.11
< Towers >
2.72
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
23,087
< Total Healing >
3,185
10,355
< Experience >
14,897
52
< Vision Score >
17
23
< Wards Placed >
8
209
< Time Dealing CC >
141

How to Counter Garen with Soraka in LoL

The stats provided here feature some strategic Soraka versus Garen matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Garen’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Garen. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Soraka usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Garen. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Soraka and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Soraka
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Soraka
Garen

Who is Better, Soraka or Garen?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Soraka usually wins when playing against Garen, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes a good counter to Garen.

While Soraka does have a higher win rate compared to Garen, when facing one another, Soraka also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Garen.

Furthermore, Soraka also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Garen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Garen matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Soraka is a decent counter for Garen. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Garen.

Additional Information for Soraka Players

How We Calculated Our Soraka vs Garen Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Garen as Soraka, we analyzed 3,103 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Garen as Soraka comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Soraka to counter Garen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Soraka most often gets a lot less CS as Garen. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Soraka versus Garen build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Soraka bought at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Garen than with most other common builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 51.0% battling Garen with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Garen as Soraka, Soraka players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Soraka vs Garen matchups, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.0% win rate overall.

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