Xerath vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Xerath
based on 3,456 Xerath vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Soraka
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Xerath in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several valuable Xerath versus Soraka matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences between this pair of champions. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Soraka. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Xerath normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Soraka
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Who is Better, Xerath or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when taking on Soraka, with a 51.4% win rate. Therefore, Xerath makes a good counter for Soraka.
While Xerath does have a higher win rate than Soraka, when on opposite teams, Xerath also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Xerath into Sorakaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Soraka matchups, Xerath is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Xerath is a decent counter to Soraka. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath in order to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath usually accumulates much more CS as Soraka. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Xerath versus Soraka build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Soraka than with many other common item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 51.4% when playing against Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Soraka as Xerath, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Xerath vs Soraka fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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