Udyr vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Udyr
based on 2,523 Udyr vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Udyr vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Udyr vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Udyr
Tips for Playing as Udyr against Soraka
Udyr is one of the best junglers in the game. Taking advantage of this can give your team a large XP advantage and map control.
Damage is applied to turtle shield post-mitigation. Therefore, buying defensive items can drastically increase your survivability.
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.
Udyr vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Udyr in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Udyr vs. Soraka matchup statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Udyr’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Udyr may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Udyr typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Udyr and Soraka
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Who is Better, Udyr or Soraka?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Udyr usually fairs equally well when facing off against Soraka, with a 50.6% win rate. Therefore, Udyr makes an ok counter to Soraka.
While Udyr does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when facing one another, Udyr also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Udyr into Sorakaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Udyr has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Udyr vs Soraka matchups, Udyr 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 teamfights.
Udyr is a decent counter for Soraka. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Udyr against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Udyr to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Udyr most often gets much more CS relative to Soraka. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Udyr versus Soraka build include Force of Nature, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Udyr included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Soraka than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Udyr boasted an average winrate of 50.6% when playing against Soraka with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Soraka as Udyr, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Udyr vs Soraka matchups, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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