Soraka vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Soraka
based on 1,897 Soraka vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Talon Counter Build
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Core Soraka Items
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Guide to Countering Talon as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Soraka vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several valuable Soraka against Talon counter stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Talon’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Talon. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Soraka often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Talon. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Talon
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Who is Better, Soraka or Talon?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Soraka usually wins when playing against Talon, with a 51.2% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes a good counter for Talon.
While Soraka does have a higher winrate compared to Talon, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Talon.
Moreover, Soraka has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Talon matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a 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 decent counter to Talon. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Soraka against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Soraka in order to counter Talon during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into 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 often accumulates a lot less CS relative to Talon. Champions who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Soraka versus Talon build consist of Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Soraka included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Talon than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 51.2% when playing against Talon with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Talon as Soraka, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Soraka vs Talon battles, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Talon as Soraka are presented for all ranked divisions. To narrow the stats and builds to a distinct division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.