Soraka vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Soraka
based on 3,600 Soraka vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Soraka vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Soraka in LoL
The stats provided here feature several significant Soraka versus Varus matchup statistics that may help you understand the distinctions between the pair. Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Varus’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Varus. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Varus
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Who is Better, Soraka or Varus?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when taking on Varus, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Soraka makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Soraka does have a lower winrate compared to Varus, when facing one another, Soraka also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Varus.
Additionally, Soraka has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Varus matchups, Varus is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter for Varus. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Varus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Soraka in order to counter Varus during both the lane 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 mind the build and stats displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka often racks up a lot less CS compared to Varus. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Soraka versus Varus build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Varus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when playing against Varus with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Varus as Soraka, Soraka players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Revitalize, and Bone Plating runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Soraka vs Varus counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
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