Ziggs vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Ziggs
based on 1,273 Ziggs vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ziggs vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Ziggs vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Ziggs
Tips for Playing as Ziggs against Soraka
Even if you're far from a fight you can still help from afar with Mega Inferno Bomb.
Slowing your enemies with Hexplosive Minefield makes it easier to land other abilities.
Knocking yourself over walls with Satchel Charge can be great when chasing after or escaping from enemies.
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.
Ziggs vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Ziggs in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several important Ziggs vs. Soraka matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champs. As an example, Ziggs’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Ziggs may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Soraka. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Ziggs usually has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Soraka. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Ziggs and Soraka
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Who is Better, Ziggs or Soraka?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Ziggs usually loses when taking on Soraka, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Ziggs makes a bad counter to Soraka.
While Ziggs does have a lower winrate than Soraka, when facing one another, Ziggs also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Ziggs into Soraka.
Furthermore, Ziggs has some amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ziggs vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Ziggs is a garbage counter to Soraka. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Ziggs against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ziggs in order to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ziggs most often gets much more CS relative to Soraka. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Ziggs versus Soraka build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Ziggs used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Soraka than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Ziggs had an average winrate of 47.8% battling Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Soraka as Ziggs, Ziggs players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Ziggs vs Soraka matchups, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% win rate overall.
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