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How to Win Soraka vs Orianna Counter MatchupSoraka is in the a tier of champions

Soraka vs Orianna

How to Beat Orianna as Soraka in LoLSoraka is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Orianna as Soraka

based on 1,218 Soraka vs Orianna matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
2.94
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each and every week. In our dataset, Soraka faced off against Orianna 1218 times. Using so many games with Soraka vs Orianna provides us a lot of faith in our capability to produce enlightening stats and a recommended build to defeat Orianna. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Soraka is forced to battle against Orianna in only 1.4% of her rounds.

Soraka vs Orianna Matchup Summary

Soraka has done a good job of beating Orianna. On average, she wins a whopping 52.1% of games the champs oppose each other in. In Soraka vs Orianna matches, Soraka’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood against Orianna.

Best Soraka vs Orianna Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGlowing Mote

Core Soraka Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionDream MakerDawncore

Optional Items

Staff of Flowing WaterArdent CenserMoonstone Renewer

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Soraka to level upw
>
Second ability for Soraka to level upq
>
Last skill for Soraka to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Soraka's passive ability p
Soraka's q ability q
Soraka's w ability w
Soraka's e ability e
Soraka's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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Q
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W
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E
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Guide to Countering Orianna as Soraka

Tips for Playing as Soraka against Orianna

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 Orianna

Orianna can only affect the area the Ball is around. Use this to your advantage.

Watch out for Orianna's Ball returning to her due to leashing. This may cause some unexpected situations.

Soraka vs Orianna Counter Stats

Soraka Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
Orianna Image
0.8
< Kills >
4.8
5
< Deaths >
5.1
13.9
< Assists >
8.4
0.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.13
27
< Minions Killed >
171
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.52
< Inhibitors >
0.53
577
< Physical Damage >
1,003
4,828
< Magic Damage >
19,437
349
< True Damage >
287
5,754
< Damage Dealt >
20,727
15,486
< Damage Taken >
18,005
7,958
< Gold Earned >
10,977
2.14
< Towers >
2.16
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
23,874
< Total Healing >
1,874
10,360
< Experience >
14,107
55
< Vision Score >
21
23
< Wards Placed >
10
203
< Time Dealing CC >
345

How to Counter Orianna with Soraka in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some strategic Soraka vs. Orianna matchup statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Orianna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Orianna. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Orianna. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet 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 Orianna

Damage Types Compared

Soraka
Orianna
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Soraka
Orianna

Who is Better, Soraka or Orianna?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually wins when facing off against Orianna, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Soraka makes a good counter to Orianna.

While Soraka does have a higher winrate compared to Orianna, when facing one another, Soraka also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Soraka into Orianna.

Moreover, Soraka also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Orianna. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Orianna matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Soraka is an above average counter to Orianna. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Orianna.

Other Champion Matchups Against Soraka

Soraka Loses Against

TrundleTrundle45% winrateSingedSinged45.5% winrateMaokaiMaokai45.6% winrateBlitzcrankBlitzcrank45.9% winrate

Soraka Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateSejuaniSejuani55.4% winrateYuumiYuumi54.9% winrateEzrealEzreal54.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Soraka Players

How We Calculated Our Soraka vs Orianna Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Orianna as Soraka, we analyzed 1,218 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Orianna as Soraka comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Soraka to counter Orianna 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 pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Soraka usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Orianna. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to have in your Soraka versus Orianna build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Dawncore. When Soraka used at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Orianna than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Soraka had an average win rate of 52.1% battling Orianna with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Orianna as Soraka, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Soraka vs Orianna counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Orianna as Soraka are given for all skill levels, merged. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.