Soraka vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Soraka
based on 3,923 Soraka vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Graves
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.
Advice to Win Against Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Soraka vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Soraka in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some valuable Soraka versus Graves matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Graves’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Graves. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Graves. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Soraka and Graves
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Who is Better, Soraka or Graves?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually fairs equally well when taking on Graves, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes an ok counter for Graves.
While Soraka does have a lower winrate compared to Graves, when they face off with one another, Soraka also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Soraka into Graves.
Additionally, Soraka has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. 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 in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Soraka is a somewhat poor counter to Graves. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Soraka to counter Graves during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka on average picks up less CS as Graves. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly 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 situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Graves build include Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better countering Graves than with many other typical builds. In fact, Soraka had an average winrate of 49.1% when countering Graves with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Graves as Soraka, Soraka players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Soraka vs Graves LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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