Soraka vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Soraka
based on 8,821 Soraka vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Caitlyn
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.
Advice to Win Against Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Soraka vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Soraka in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some valuable Soraka against Caitlyn counter statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Caitlyn. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Soraka or Caitlyn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when taking on Caitlyn, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes an ok counter to Caitlyn.
While Soraka does have a higher winrate compared to Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Caitlyn.
Moreover, Soraka also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Caitlyn matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Soraka is a decent counter for Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Soraka in order to counter Caitlyn 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Caitlyn. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Soraka versus Caitlyn build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Caitlyn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Caitlyn with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of defeating Caitlyn as Soraka, you should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Soraka vs Caitlyn clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
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