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

Soraka vs Naafiri

How to Beat Naafiri as Soraka in LoLSoraka is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Naafiri as Soraka

based on 1,154 Soraka vs Naafiri matchups
Win Rate
48.4 %
K/D/A
2.74
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. Within our dataset, Soraka battled Naafiri 1154 times. Including so many games with Soraka versus Naafiri provides us confidence in our capability to provide useful stats and a solid build to shatter your opposition. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Soraka fights Naafiri in only 1.3% of her matches.

Soraka vs Naafiri Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Soraka has done a below average job of beating Naafiri. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.4% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Soraka vs Naafiri games, Soraka’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Naafiri.

Best Soraka vs Naafiri Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmGlowing Mote

Core Soraka Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

DawncoreStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone RenewerShurelya's Battlesong

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash 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

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
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
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Soraka

Tips for Playing as Soraka against Naafiri

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.

Soraka vs Naafiri Counter Stats

Soraka Image
Win Rate
48.4 %
VS
Win Rate
51.6 %
Naafiri Image
0.8
< Kills >
7.7
5.4
< Deaths >
6.3
14
< Assists >
5.4
0.09
< Killing Sprees >
1.78
24
< Minions Killed >
148
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.34
580
< Physical Damage >
22,330
4,599
< Magic Damage >
100
321
< True Damage >
1,217
5,501
< Damage Dealt >
23,647
15,801
< Damage Taken >
24,608
7,790
< Gold Earned >
12,120
1.98
< Towers >
1.52
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
22,213
< Total Healing >
6,015
10,107
< Experience >
13,564
52
< Vision Score >
17
22
< Wards Placed >
8
239
< Time Dealing CC >
56

How to Counter Naafiri with Soraka in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize several valuable Soraka versus Naafiri counter stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Naafiri. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Soraka normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Naafiri. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Soraka and Naafiri

Damage Types Compared

Soraka
Naafiri
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Soraka
Naafiri

Who is Better, Soraka or Naafiri?

Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Soraka usually loses when facing off against Naafiri, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes a poor counter for Naafiri.

While Soraka does have a lower win rate than Naafiri, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Naafiri.

Moreover, Soraka also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Naafiri matchups, Naafiri is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Soraka is a somewhat poor counter for Naafiri. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Naafiri.

Other Champion Matchups Against Soraka

Soraka Loses Against

TrundleTrundle45% winrateSingedSinged45.5% winrateMaokaiMaokai45.6% winrateBlitzcrankBlitzcrank45.9% winrate

Soraka Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateSejuaniSejuani55.4% winrateYuumiYuumi54.9% winrateEzrealEzreal54.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Soraka Players

How We Calculated Our Soraka vs Naafiri Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Naafiri as Soraka, we analyzed 1,154 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 Naafiri 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.

Other Useful Resources

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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 Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Soraka often picks up a lot less CS as Naafiri. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Soraka versus Naafiri build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Soraka used at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better against Naafiri than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average win rate of 48.4% when playing against Naafiri with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Naafiri as Soraka, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Soraka vs Naafiri clashes, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.4% winrate overall.

If you need to see Soraka x Naafiri tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual player tier, please choose one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and guides displayed are computed using all matches with data with these champions.