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.
The stats provided here feature some vital Senna against Soraka counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences between the pair. As an example, Senna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Senna may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Soraka. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Senna typically has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Senna usually wins when taking on Soraka, with a 51.9% win rate. As a result, Senna makes a good counter to Soraka.
While Senna does have a higher win rate compared to Soraka, when on opposite teams, Senna also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Senna into Sorakaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Senna also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Senna vs Soraka matchups, Senna is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Senna is a decent counter to Soraka. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Senna against Soraka.
If you would like to truly master Senna in order 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 tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Senna on average picks up more CS relative to Soraka. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Senna versus Soraka build include Infinity Edge, Rapid Firecannon, and Bloodsong. When Senna included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Soraka than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Senna boasted an average winrate of 51.9% battling Soraka with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Soraka as Senna, you should use the Fleet Footwork, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Senna vs Soraka matchups, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.9% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Soraka as Senna are shown for all skill levels combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.