Xayah vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Xayah
based on 1,325 Xayah vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Soraka Counter Build
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Starter Items
Early Items
Core Xayah Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Soraka
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Xayah in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several important Xayah against Soraka counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Soraka. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Xayah normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Soraka
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Xayah or Soraka?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when facing off against Soraka, with a 48.7% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes a poor counter for Soraka.
While Xayah does have a lower win rate compared to Soraka, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Xayah into Soraka.
Moreover, Xayah also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter for Soraka. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Soraka.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xayah
Additional Information for Xayah Players
How We Calculated Our Xayah vs Soraka Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xayah in order to counter Soraka 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah typically racks up much more CS compared to Soraka. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Xayah versus Soraka build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Xayah used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Soraka than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 48.7% when playing against Soraka with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Soraka as Xayah, Xayah players should use the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Xayah vs Soraka face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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