Soraka vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Soraka
based on 1,870 Soraka vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Soraka vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some vital Soraka versus Gwen matchup stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Gwen. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Soraka often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes less damage than Gwen. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Gwen
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Who is Better, Soraka or Gwen?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually wins when playing against Gwen, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes a good counter for Gwen.
While Soraka does have a higher win rate than Gwen, when facing one another, Soraka also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Gwen.
Furthermore, Soraka also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gwen. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Gwen matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Soraka is a decent counter for Gwen. Focus your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Soraka against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Soraka in order to counter Gwen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka most often accumulates a lot less CS as Gwen. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Gwen build consist of Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Soraka included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Gwen than with many other typical builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average win rate of 51.2% when countering Gwen with this build.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Gwen 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 runes players chose for Soraka vs Gwen fights, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.2% win rate overall.
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