Soraka vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Soraka
based on 2,041 Soraka vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Yorick
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 Yorick
You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.
Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.
Soraka vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Soraka in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Soraka vs. Yorick matchup statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Yorick. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Yorick. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Yorick
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Who is Better, Soraka or Yorick?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Soraka usually loses when trying to fight Yorick, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Soraka makes a bad counter for Yorick.
While Soraka does have a lower win rate compared to Yorick, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Yorick.
Additionally, Soraka also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter to Yorick. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Soraka against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Soraka in order to counter Yorick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka typically picks up a lot less CS as Yorick. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Soraka versus Yorick build include Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Soraka combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Yorick than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 48.4% when playing against Yorick with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Yorick as Soraka, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Soraka vs Yorick counters, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.4% win rate overall.
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