Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.
Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some influential Soraka versus Blitzcrank matchup statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank..
Soraka normally has a similar longest kill spree as her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Blitzcrank. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Soraka usually loses when taking on Blitzcrank, with a 45.9% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes a bad counter to Blitzcrank.
While Soraka does have a much lower winrate than Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Soraka into Blitzcrank.
Furthermore, Soraka has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Soraka is a terribly counter for Blitzcrank. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Blitzcrank.
To learn all of the intricacies of Soraka in order to counter Blitzcrank during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka usually racks up a similar amount of CS as Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Blitzcrank build consist of Redemption, Dream Maker, and Dawncore. When Soraka used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Blitzcrank than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 45.9% battling Blitzcrank with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Blitzcrank as Soraka, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Soraka vs Blitzcrank matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 45.9% win rate overall.
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