Hecarim vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Hecarim
based on 2,222 Hecarim vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Hecarim vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Hecarim vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Hecarim
Tips for Playing as Hecarim against Soraka
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Hecarim in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several influential Hecarim versus Soraka matchup statistics that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Hecarim’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Hecarim may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Hecarim normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Hecarim and Soraka
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Hecarim or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Hecarim usually wins when trying to fight Soraka, with a 51.7% win rate. Thus, Hecarim makes a good counter to Soraka.
While Hecarim does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when facing one another, Hecarim also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Hecarim into Soraka.
Additionally, Hecarim also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, 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 is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Hecarim vs Soraka matchups, Hecarim 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.
Hecarim is a decent counter for Soraka. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Hecarim against Soraka.
Other Champion Matchups Against Hecarim
Additional Information for Hecarim Players
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim to counter Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Hecarim most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Soraka. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Hecarim versus Soraka build include Spear of Shojin, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Hecarim combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Soraka than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average win rate of 51.7% battling Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Soraka as Hecarim, Hecarim players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Hecarim vs Soraka counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Soraka as Hecarim are given for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.