Equinox can be used as a powerful zoning tool to keep enemies at bay.
You can use Wish on your allies from across the map to save them from otherwise fatal events.
Soraka is a powerful ally in battle, using her strong healing to keep the party moving forward.
Be wary of Cassiopeia's damage potential with Twin Fang when she has you poisoned.
Turn away from Cassiopeia when she is casting Petrifying Gaze to get slowed instead of stunned.
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some critical Soraka vs. Cassiopeia matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the two. Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Cassiopeia’s ratio of NaN, showing that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Cassiopeia. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Soraka normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Cassiopeia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually loses when facing off against Cassiopeia, with a 48.3% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes a poor counter to Cassiopeia.
While Soraka does have a lower win rate than Cassiopeia, when on opposite teams, Soraka also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Cassiopeia.
Moreover, Soraka also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cassiopeia. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Cassiopeia matchups, Cassiopeia is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter to Cassiopeia. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Soraka against Cassiopeia.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Soraka in order to counter Cassiopeia during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka most often gets a lot less CS as Cassiopeia. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Soraka versus Cassiopeia build include Redemption, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Cassiopeia than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Soraka had an average win rate of 48.3% battling Cassiopeia with this build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Cassiopeia as Soraka, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Soraka vs Cassiopeia battles, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.3% win rate overall.
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