Contaminate has a large range; apply as many stacks of Deadly Venom as possible before using it.
You can catch up to an enemy out of attack range with Venom Cask.
Twitch's Attack Speed is among the highest in the game; try purchasing items with on-hit effects such as Black Cleaver or Wit's End.
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.
The stats shown on this page underscore some significant Twitch against Soraka counter stats that can help you understand the differences between the two. As an example, Twitch’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Twitch may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Twitch typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Twitch usually fairs equally well when taking on Soraka, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Twitch makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Twitch does have a higher winrate compared to Soraka, when they face off with one another, Twitch also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Twitch into Soraka.
Additionally, Twitch has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Twitch vs Soraka matchups, Twitch is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Twitch is a decent counter for Soraka. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Twitch against Soraka.
To truly master Twitch in order to counter Soraka during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Twitch usually accumulates much more CS compared to Soraka. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 best items to prioritize in your Twitch versus Soraka build include Infinity Edge, Runaan's Hurricane, and Kraken Slayer. When Twitch bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Soraka than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Twitch boasted an average win rate of 50.4% battling Soraka with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Soraka as Twitch, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Twitch vs Soraka battles, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.
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