Soraka vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Soraka
based on 2,568 Soraka vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Soraka vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several critical Soraka vs. Kayle matchup stats that may help you understand the differences between the two. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayle. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Kayle. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Kayle
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Who is Better, Soraka or Kayle?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Kayle, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes an ok counter to Kayle.
While Soraka does have a lower win rate than Kayle, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Kayle.
Additionally, Soraka has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayle. 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Kayle matchups, Kayle 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 somewhat poor counter to Kayle. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Soraka in order to counter Kayle 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka often picks up a lot less CS as Kayle. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. 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, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Soraka versus Kayle build include Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Soraka bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Kayle than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Soraka boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Kayle with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of beating Kayle as Soraka, you should use 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 picked for Soraka vs Kayle clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
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