Bard vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Bard
based on 2,476 Bard vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Soraka Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Soraka
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Bard against Soraka counter statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Soraka..
Bard usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Soraka. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Soraka
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Who is Better, Bard or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when taking on Soraka, with a 52.5% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter to Soraka.
While Bard does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Sorakaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Bard also has a good 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 one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Soraka matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Bard is a good counter to Soraka. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Bard against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Bard 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 lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard most often picks up a similar amount of CS as Soraka. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Bard versus Soraka build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Bard used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Soraka than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 52.5% when playing against Soraka with this counter build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Soraka as Bard, Bard players should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Conditioning, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Bard vs Soraka LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.5% win rate overall.
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