Yasuo vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Yasuo
based on 6,051 Yasuo vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Soraka
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Yasuo in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Yasuo against Soraka matchup statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. As an example, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Yasuo typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Soraka. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yasuo and Soraka
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually fairs equally well when facing off against Soraka, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes an ok counter to Soraka.
While Yasuo does have a higher win rate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Yasuo also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Sorakaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yasuo also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Soraka matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Yasuo is a decent counter to Soraka. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yasuo against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yasuo in order to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo on average gets much more CS relative to Soraka. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Yasuo versus Soraka build include Infinity Edge, Blade of The Ruined King, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yasuo bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Soraka than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average winrate of 50.4% when playing against Soraka with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Soraka as Yasuo, Yasuo players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Yasuo vs Soraka counter picks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.4% winrate overall.
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