Vi vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Vi
based on 2,365 Vi vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Soraka
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
Advice to Win Against Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Vi vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Vi in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some valuable Vi against Soraka matchup stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between this pair of champions. As an example, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Vi often has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she takes more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vi and Soraka
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Who is Better, Vi or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vi usually wins when taking on Soraka, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Vi makes a good counter to Soraka.
While Vi does have a higher winrate compared to Soraka, when on opposite teams, Vi also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Vi into Soraka.
Additionally, Vi has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vi vs Soraka matchups, Vi is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Vi is a decent counter to Soraka. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Vi against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vi to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Soraka. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Vi versus Soraka build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Vi bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better against Soraka than with most other common builds. In fact, Vi had an average winrate of 51.9% when playing against Soraka with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Soraka as Vi, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Triumph, and Legend: Alacrity runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Vi vs Soraka clashes, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.9% winrate overall.
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