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

Soraka vs Shyvana

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

based on 1,207 Soraka vs Shyvana matchups
Win Rate
48.1 %
K/D/A
2.79
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends games every week. Within our data, Soraka faced Shyvana in 1207 rounds. Including so many games with Soraka versus Shyvana gives us faith in our ability to prepare actionable data and a solid build to suppress Shyvana. This pairing is somewhat rare. Soraka is forced to battle against Shyvana in only 1.4% of her games.

Soraka vs Shyvana Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Soraka has done a poor job of beating Shyvana. Normally, she wins a lowly 48.1% of matches the champs battle one another in. In Soraka vs Shyvana rounds, Soraka’s side is 0.1% more likely to gain first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood versus Shyvana.

Best Soraka vs Shyvana 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

Ardent CenserStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone RenewerShurelya's Battlesong

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

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingRevitalize
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
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
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W
3
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4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Soraka

Tips for Playing as Soraka against Shyvana

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 Shyvana

All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.

Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.

A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.

Soraka vs Shyvana Counter Stats

Soraka Image
Win Rate
48.1 %
VS
Win Rate
51.9 %
Shyvana Image
0.8
< Kills >
5.6
5.2
< Deaths >
5.5
13.7
< Assists >
6.1
0.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.29
25
< Minions Killed >
64
0.02
< Dragons Killed >
1.69
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.53
597
< Physical Damage >
5,439
4,803
< Magic Damage >
13,842
329
< True Damage >
1,007
5,729
< Damage Dealt >
20,290
15,785
< Damage Taken >
32,727
7,837
< Gold Earned >
11,994
2.05
< Towers >
1.82
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
22,929
< Total Healing >
12,576
10,315
< Experience >
14,042
52
< Vision Score >
22
23
< Wards Placed >
6
205
< Time Dealing CC >
204

How to Counter Shyvana with Soraka in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Soraka against Shyvana matchup statistics that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Shyvana. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Soraka often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Shyvana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Soraka and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Soraka
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Soraka
Shyvana

Who is Better, Soraka or Shyvana?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually loses when taking on Shyvana, with a 48.1% win rate. Thus, Soraka makes a bad counter for Shyvana.

While Soraka does have a lower win rate compared to Shyvana, when facing one another, Soraka also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Shyvana.

Furthermore, Soraka also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Soraka is a somewhat poor counter for Shyvana. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Soraka against Shyvana.

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

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Additional Information for Soraka Players

How We Calculated Our Soraka vs Shyvana Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shyvana as Soraka, we analyzed 1,207 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 Shyvana 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 learn all of the intricacies of Soraka to counter Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Soraka most often gets less CS compared to Shyvana. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Soraka versus Shyvana build consist of Redemption, Dream Maker, and Dawncore. When Soraka included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Shyvana than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Soraka boasted an average win rate of 48.1% battling Shyvana with this build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against Shyvana 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 used for Soraka vs Shyvana face-offs, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.1% win rate overall.

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