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.
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several influential Soraka vs. Shaco counter stats that can help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shaco’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Shaco. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she takes less damage than Shaco. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shaco, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes an ok counter to Shaco.
While Soraka does have a higher win rate compared to Shaco, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Shaco.
Moreover, Soraka also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Shaco matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Soraka is a decent counter to Shaco. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Shaco.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Soraka to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka usually accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Shaco. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Shaco build include Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Shaco than with many other common item sets. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 50.5% when playing against Shaco with this build.
To have the greatest chance of beating Shaco as Soraka, Soraka players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Revitalize, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Soraka vs Shaco counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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