Soraka vs Orianna
How to Beat Orianna as Soraka
based on 836 Soraka vs Orianna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Orianna Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Orianna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Orianna as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Orianna
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
Advice to Win Against Orianna
Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.
Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.
Soraka vs Orianna Counter Stats
How to Counter Orianna with Soraka in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some vital Soraka versus Orianna matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Orianna’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Orianna. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Soraka normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Orianna. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Orianna
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Soraka or Orianna?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually wins when taking on Orianna, with a 54.1% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes a great counter to Orianna.
While Soraka does have a much higher win rate than Orianna, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Soraka into Orianna.
Moreover, Soraka also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Orianna. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Orianna matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Soraka is a great counter for Orianna. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Orianna.
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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 Orianna during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka most often gets a lot less CS relative to Orianna. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Orianna build include Moonstone Renewer, Chemtech Putrifier, and Shard of True Ice. When Soraka combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better vs Orianna than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average win rate of 54.1% when countering Orianna with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Orianna as Soraka, Soraka players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Soraka vs Orianna fights, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 54.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Orianna as Soraka are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.