Vladimir vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Vladimir
based on 2,629 Vladimir vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Soraka
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Vladimir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Vladimir versus Soraka counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the two. Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Vladimir often has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Soraka. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Vladimir and Soraka
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Soraka?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vladimir usually fairs equally well when taking on Soraka, with a 50.4% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Vladimir does have a higher winrate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Vladimir also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Vladimir into Sorakaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Vladimir also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Soraka matchups, Vladimir is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Vladimir is a decent counter to Soraka. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vladimir against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vladimir in order to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir on average racks up much more CS relative to Soraka. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to use in your Vladimir versus Soraka build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Void Staff, and Cosmic Drive. When Vladimir bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Soraka than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Vladimir had an average win rate of 50.4% when playing against Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Soraka as Vladimir, Vladimir players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Vladimir vs Soraka counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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