Sylas vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Sylas
based on 2,763 Sylas vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Soraka
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Advice to Win Against Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Sylas vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Sylas in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several strategic Sylas against Soraka matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between the two. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Sylas usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sylas and Soraka
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Who is Better, Sylas or Soraka?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually fairs equally well when taking on Soraka, with a 50.2% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes an ok counter to Soraka.
While Sylas does have a higher win rate than Soraka, when on opposite teams, Sylas also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sylas into Soraka.
Furthermore, Sylas also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Soraka matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Sylas is a decent counter to Soraka. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sylas against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to counter Soraka during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas on average picks up much more CS relative to Soraka. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Sylas versus Soraka build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus Soraka than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sylas had an average win rate of 50.2% battling Soraka with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Soraka as Sylas, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Scorch, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Sylas vs Soraka matchups, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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