Riven vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Riven
based on 2,731 Riven vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Riven vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Riven vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Riven
Tips for Playing as Riven against Soraka
Riven lacks a source of healing or strong defense and must compensate with burst combos. Lead into fights with Broken Wings and Ki Burst, while using Valor to escape and absorb counter-harass.
Riven's Broken Wings locks onto the champion your cursor is over at the time of cast. If you want to move past your opponent, make sure that your cursor is past your opponent as well.
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.
Riven vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Riven in LoL
The stats shown on this page feature several strategic Riven versus Soraka matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Riven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Riven may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Soraka. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Riven typically has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives more damage than Soraka. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Riven and Soraka
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Who is Better, Riven or Soraka?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Riven usually wins when taking on Soraka, with a 52.7% win rate. As a result, Riven makes a good counter for Soraka.
While Riven does have a higher winrate than Soraka, when on opposite teams, Riven also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Riven into Sorakaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Riven has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Soraka. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Riven vs Soraka matchups, Riven is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Riven is an above average counter to Soraka. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Riven against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Riven to counter Soraka during both the laning 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Riven often picks up much more CS compared to Soraka. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Riven versus Soraka build include Maw of Malmortius, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Riven included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better versus Soraka than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Riven boasted an average win rate of 52.7% battling Soraka with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Soraka as Riven, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Nimbus Cloak, and Transcendence runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Riven vs Soraka fights, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.7% winrate overall.
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