Soraka vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Soraka
based on 3,456 Soraka vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Soraka vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Soraka in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several critical Soraka versus Xerath matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xerath. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Soraka usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Xerath. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Xerath
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Who is Better, Soraka or Xerath?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually loses when facing off against Xerath, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes a poor counter for Xerath.
While Soraka does have a lower winrate compared to Xerath, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Xerath.
Additionally, Soraka has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter for Xerath. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Soraka in order to counter Xerath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Xerath. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Soraka versus Xerath build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Xerath than with most other common builds. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 48.6% when countering Xerath with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Xerath as Soraka, Soraka players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Soraka vs Xerath face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
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