Anivia vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Anivia
based on 1,139 Anivia vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Anivia vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Anivia vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Anivia
Tips for Playing as Anivia against Soraka
Timing Flash Frost with Frostbite can lead to devastating combinations.
It can be very difficult for enemy champions to kill her egg early in game. Seize the advantage by playing aggressively.
Anivia is extremely reliant on Mana for Glacial Storm. Try getting items with Mana or going for a Crest of the Ancient Golem buff on Summoner's Rift.
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.
Anivia vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Anivia in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some vital Anivia versus Soraka counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Anivia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Anivia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Anivia usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Anivia and Soraka
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Who is Better, Anivia or Soraka?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Anivia usually wins when taking on Soraka, with a 53.8% win rate. Thus, Anivia makes a great counter for Soraka.
While Anivia does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when facing one another, Anivia also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Anivia into Sorakaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Anivia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Anivia vs Soraka matchups, Anivia is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Anivia is a great counter for Soraka. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Anivia against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Anivia in order to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Anivia on average racks up much more CS as Soraka. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have 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, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Anivia versus Soraka build include Seraph's Embrace, Liandry's Torment, and Rod of Ages. When Anivia bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Soraka than with many other typical builds. In fact, Anivia had an average winrate of 53.8% battling Soraka with this build.
To have the best probability of annihilating Soraka as Anivia, Anivia players should use the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Anivia vs Soraka battles, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 53.8% win rate overall.
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