Heimerdinger vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Heimerdinger
based on 1,285 Heimerdinger vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Soraka
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some valuable Heimerdinger against Soraka counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Heimerdinger usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Soraka
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually fairs equally well when playing against Soraka, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes an ok counter to Soraka.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate compared to Soraka, when on opposite teams, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Heimerdinger into Sorakaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Soraka matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Heimerdinger is a decent counter to Soraka. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Heimerdinger against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger often gets much more CS relative to Soraka. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Heimerdinger versus Soraka build include Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Liandry's Torment. When Heimerdinger incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Soraka than with most other typical builds. In fact, Heimerdinger had an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Soraka as Heimerdinger, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Heimerdinger vs Soraka LoL games, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.5% winrate overall.
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