Yone vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Yone
based on 5,347 Yone vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yone vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Yone vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Yone
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.
Yone vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Yone in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several critical Yone against Soraka counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Soraka. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Yone often has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yone and Soraka
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Who is Better, Yone or Soraka?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Yone usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Soraka, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Yone makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Yone does have a lower win rate than Soraka, when on opposite teams, Yone also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Yone into Sorakaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Yone has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yone vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Yone is a somewhat poor counter for Soraka. Focus your strategy on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Yone against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yone in order to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yone on average gets much more CS relative to Soraka. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Yone versus Soraka build include Infinity Edge, Wit's End, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yone used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when fighting Soraka than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Yone had an average win rate of 49.5% battling Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of defeating Soraka as Yone, Yone players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Yone vs Soraka LoL games, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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