Soraka vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Soraka
based on 4,934 Soraka vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Soraka vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Soraka in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several significant Soraka against Nocturne matchup stats that can help you explain the differences between the two. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Soraka normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nocturne. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Soraka or Nocturne?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Soraka usually loses when taking on Nocturne, with a 47.0% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes a poor counter for Nocturne.
While Soraka does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Soraka into Nocturne.
Moreover, Soraka also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Soraka is a garbage counter to Nocturne. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Soraka against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Soraka to counter Nocturne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka often gets a similar amount of CS as Nocturne. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to use in your Soraka versus Nocturne build include Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Nocturne than with most other common builds. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 47.0% when countering Nocturne with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Nocturne as Soraka, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Revitalize, and Bone Plating runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Soraka vs Nocturne face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
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