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

Soraka vs Rakan

How to Beat Rakan as Soraka in LoLSoraka is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Rakan as Soraka

based on 2,510 Soraka vs Rakan matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.82
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds each and every week. In our data, Soraka faced Rakan 2510 times. Using so many matchups for Soraka versus Rakan provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare useful data and a pro build to suppress your enemy. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Soraka fights Rakan in only 2.8% of her matches.

Soraka vs Rakan Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Soraka has done a dismal job of beating Rakan. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.0% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Soraka against Rakan games, Soraka’s side is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that she probably will be able to get first blood against Rakan.

Best Soraka vs Rakan Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmGlowing Mote

Core Soraka Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionArdent CenserDream Maker

Optional Items

Celestial OppositionStaff of Flowing WaterShurelya's BattlesongMoonstone 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
Ability HasteAdaptive 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
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W
3
E
4
W
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W
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Soraka

Tips for Playing as Soraka against Rakan

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 Rakan

Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.

Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.

Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.

Soraka vs Rakan Counter Stats

Soraka Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Rakan Image
0.8
< Kills >
1.4
5.1
< Deaths >
4.5
13.6
< Assists >
13.4
0.1
< Killing Sprees >
0.22
27
< Minions Killed >
31
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.49
658
< Physical Damage >
1,297
4,501
< Magic Damage >
5,235
347
< True Damage >
802
5,506
< Damage Dealt >
7,335
15,041
< Damage Taken >
18,397
7,755
< Gold Earned >
8,024
2.1
< Towers >
1.87
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
22,121
< Total Healing >
5,969
9,900
< Experience >
10,062
54
< Vision Score >
63
23
< Wards Placed >
30
205
< Time Dealing CC >
166

How to Counter Rakan with Soraka in LoL

The stats shown on this page show some strategic Soraka versus Rakan counter stats that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, showing that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Rakan..

Soraka normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Typically, she receives less damage than Rakan. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Soraka and Rakan

Damage Types Compared

Soraka
Rakan
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Soraka
Rakan

Who is Better, Soraka or Rakan?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Soraka usually loses when facing off against Rakan, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes a bad counter to Rakan.

While Soraka does have a lower win rate than Rakan, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Soraka into Rakan.

Moreover, Soraka also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rakan. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Rakan matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a lower 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 bad counter to Rakan. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Rakan.

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 Rakan Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rakan as Soraka, we analyzed 2,510 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 Rakan 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

To truly master Soraka to counter Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Soraka often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Rakan. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The top items to have in your Soraka versus Rakan build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Dream Maker. When Soraka included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better against Rakan than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when playing against Rakan with this counter build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Rakan as Soraka, Soraka players 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 that we analyzed for Soraka vs Rakan LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Rakan as Soraka are given for all skill levels, merged. To scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu above.