Yorick vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Yorick
based on 2,041 Yorick vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Soraka
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
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.
Yorick vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several important Yorick against Soraka matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Yorick usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Soraka
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Who is Better, Yorick or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually wins when facing off against Soraka, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Yorick makes a good counter to Soraka.
While Yorick does have a higher winrate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Soraka.
Furthermore, Yorick has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Soraka matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Yorick is a decent counter for Soraka. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Yorick against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick in order to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick most often accumulates much more CS relative to Soraka. Champions who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Yorick versus Soraka build include Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Yorick included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Soraka than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Yorick had an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Soraka with this build.
To have the highest chance of beating Soraka as Yorick, Yorick players should equip the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Yorick vs Soraka battles, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.6% win rate overall.
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