Soraka vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Soraka
based on 9,821 Soraka vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Soraka vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several significant Soraka versus Jhin counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Jhin. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Soraka usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Jhin. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Jhin
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Who is Better, Soraka or Jhin?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually loses when taking on Jhin, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes a bad counter for Jhin.
While Soraka does have a lower win rate than Jhin, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Jhin.
Furthermore, Soraka also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter to Jhin. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Soraka in order to counter Jhin during both the laning 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 suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka usually gets a lot less CS relative to Jhin. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Soraka versus Jhin build include Redemption, Mikael's Blessing, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Jhin than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 48.3% when playing against Jhin with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Jhin as Soraka, Soraka players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Font of Life, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Soraka vs Jhin fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.3% win rate overall.
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