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How to Win Volibear vs Soraka Counter MatchupVolibear is in the b tier of champions

Volibear vs Soraka

How to Beat Soraka as Volibear in LoLVolibear is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Soraka as Volibear

based on 1,865 Volibear vs Soraka matchups
Win Rate
46.9 %
K/D/A
1.63
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL games each and every week. In our dataset, Volibear battled Soraka 1865 times. With so many matchups for Volibear versus Soraka gives us confidence in our capability to prepare enlightening stats and a solid build to destroy your foe. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Volibear encounters Soraka in only 2.3% of his games.

Volibear vs Soraka Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Volibear has done a awful job of countering Soraka. Typically, he wins a lowly 46.9% of matches the champions fight each other in. In Volibear versus Soraka rounds, Volibear’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will get first blood against Soraka.

Best Volibear vs Soraka Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowFiendish Codex

Core Volibear Items

~22 Mins
Nashor's ToothHullbreakerRiftmaker

Optional Items

Titanic HydraJak'Sho, The ProteanSundered SkyFrozen Heart

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Volibear to level upw
>
Second ability for Volibear to level upq
>
Last skill for Volibear to max oute

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingShield BashSecond WindRevitalize
PrecisionPresence of MindLegend: Tenacity
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Volibear's passive ability p
Volibear's q ability q
Volibear's w ability w
Volibear's e ability e
Volibear's ultimate ability r
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E
2
Q
3
W
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Volibear

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.

Volibear vs Soraka Counter Stats

Volibear Image
Win Rate
46.9 %
VS
Win Rate
53.1 %
Soraka Image
5.1
< Kills >
0.9
6.3
< Deaths >
5
5.2
< Assists >
14.4
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
0.12
128
< Minions Killed >
26
0.54
< Dragons Killed >
0.02
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.54
11,109
< Physical Damage >
633
8,443
< Magic Damage >
4,948
694
< True Damage >
342
20,248
< Damage Dealt >
5,924
32,407
< Damage Taken >
15,399
11,336
< Gold Earned >
7,948
2.46
< Towers >
2.19
0.12
< Baron Takedowns >
0
8,691
< Total Healing >
23,017
13,904
< Experience >
10,350
18
< Vision Score >
52
8
< Wards Placed >
22
561
< Time Dealing CC >
207

How to Counter Soraka with Volibear in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Volibear against Soraka matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Volibear’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Volibear may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Soraka. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Volibear typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Soraka. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Volibear and Soraka

Damage Types Compared

Volibear
Soraka
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Volibear
Soraka

Who is Better, Volibear or Soraka?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Volibear usually loses when taking on Soraka, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Volibear makes a poor counter for Soraka.

While Volibear does have a lower win rate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Volibear also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Volibear into Soraka.

Furthermore, Volibear has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Volibear vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Volibear is a terribly counter for Soraka. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Volibear against Soraka.

Other Champion Matchups Against Volibear

Volibear Loses Against

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Volibear Wins Against

YuumiYuumi56.1% winrateEliseElise53.6% winrateHweiHwei53.1% winrateSejuaniSejuani52.6% winrate

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Additional Information for Volibear Players

How We Calculated Our Volibear vs Soraka Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Soraka as Volibear, we analyzed 1,865 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Soraka as Volibear comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Volibear Build Soraka Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Volibear in order to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Volibear most often gets much more CS compared to Soraka. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Volibear versus Soraka build consist of Nashor's Tooth, Hullbreaker, and Riftmaker. When Volibear combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Soraka than with most other typical builds. In fact, Volibear boasted an average winrate of 46.9% when countering Soraka with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Soraka as Volibear, you should use the Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Volibear vs Soraka LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 46.9% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Soraka as Volibear are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.