Diana vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Diana
based on 3,641 Diana vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Diana vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Diana vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Diana
Tips for Playing as Diana against Soraka
Use Moonfall and Lunar Rush to stay on targets and activate Moonsilver Blade for extra damage.
Consider when to cast Lunar Rush without Moonlight and when to wait for another Crescent Strike.
Landing Crescent Strike is critically important, but don't be afraid to miss. The cooldown is short and the mana cost is low.
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.
Diana vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Diana in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several significant Diana versus Soraka matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Diana’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Diana may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Soraka. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Diana normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Soraka. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Diana and Soraka
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Who is Better, Diana or Soraka?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Diana usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Soraka, with a 50.9% win rate. Therefore, Diana makes an ok counter to Soraka.
While Diana does have a higher win rate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Diana also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Diana into Soraka.
Furthermore, Diana also has only a small 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 ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Diana vs Soraka matchups, Diana is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Diana is a decent counter for Soraka. Focus your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Diana against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Diana in order to counter Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Diana on average accumulates much more CS as Soraka. Champions who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Diana versus Soraka build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Diana combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Soraka than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Diana boasted an average win rate of 50.9% battling Soraka with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Soraka as Diana, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Diana vs Soraka fights, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.9% winrate overall.
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