Ryze vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Ryze
based on 782 Ryze vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Soraka
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
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.
Ryze vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Ryze in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some valuable Ryze against Soraka matchup stats that can help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Soraka. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Ryze typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Soraka. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Soraka
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Who is Better, Ryze or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ryze usually fairs equally well when playing against Soraka, with a 50.8% win rate. As a result, Ryze makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Ryze does have a higher winrate compared to Soraka, when on opposite teams, Ryze also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Ryze into Sorakaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ryze has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Soraka matchups, Ryze is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Ryze is a decent counter to Soraka. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ryze against Soraka.
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How We Calculated Our Ryze vs Soraka Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ryze 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze typically racks up much more CS as Soraka. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to have in your Ryze versus Soraka build include Seraph's Embrace, Stormsurge, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Soraka than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 50.8% battling Soraka with this build.
To have the best probability of beating Soraka as Ryze, Ryze players should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Ryze vs Soraka counters, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
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