Warwick vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Warwick
based on 3,660 Warwick vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Soraka
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Warwick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show some vital Warwick versus Soraka counter stats that can help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Warwick often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Soraka. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Warwick and Soraka
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Who is Better, Warwick or Soraka?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Warwick usually loses when trying to fight Soraka, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Warwick makes a bad counter for Soraka.
While Warwick does have a lower winrate than Soraka, when facing one another, Warwick also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Warwick into Soraka.
Furthermore, Warwick also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Warwick is a somewhat poor counter to Soraka. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Warwick 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick often gets more CS as Soraka. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Warwick versus Soraka build include Experimental Hexplate, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Warwick bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better countering Soraka than with many other typical builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Soraka as Warwick, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Warwick vs Soraka counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.4% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Soraka as Warwick are presented for all ranked divisions. To filter the statistics and builds to an individual division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.