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How to Win Soraka vs Irelia Counter MatchupSoraka is in the a tier of champions

Soraka vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Soraka in LoLSoraka is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Soraka

based on 2,336 Soraka vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
2.91
Pick Rate
2.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League rounds each week. Within our dataset, Soraka battled Irelia in 2336 rounds. Including so many games with Soraka versus Irelia gives us a lot of confidence in our capability to produce useful stats and a recommended build to suppress Irelia. This particular champ pairing is relatively rare. Soraka has to counter Irelia in only 2.7% of her matches.

Soraka vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Soraka has done a below average job of countering Irelia. On average, she wins a lowly 48.2% of matches the champions battle each other in. In Soraka against Irelia games, Soraka’s team is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood, implying that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Irelia.

Best Soraka vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsIonian Boots of Lucidity

Core Soraka Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionMoonstone RenewerDawncore

Optional Items

Staff of Flowing WaterArdent CenserSolstice SleighDream Maker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Soraka to level upw
>
Second ability for Soraka to level upq
>
Last skill for Soraka to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
ResolveBone PlatingRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Soraka's passive ability p
Soraka's q ability q
Soraka's w ability w
Soraka's e ability e
Soraka's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Irelia as Soraka

Tips for Playing as Soraka against Irelia

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 Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Soraka vs Irelia Counter Stats

Soraka Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
Irelia Image
0.9
< Kills >
7
5.3
< Deaths >
6.6
14.5
< Assists >
4.7
0.11
< Killing Sprees >
1.59
26
< Minions Killed >
206
0.02
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.5
621
< Physical Damage >
16,647
4,861
< Magic Damage >
6,220
397
< True Damage >
750
5,879
< Damage Dealt >
23,617
15,773
< Damage Taken >
30,444
7,877
< Gold Earned >
12,728
1.97
< Towers >
2.39
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
22,904
< Total Healing >
10,716
10,329
< Experience >
14,740
53
< Vision Score >
17
23
< Wards Placed >
8
204
< Time Dealing CC >
111

How to Counter Irelia with Soraka in LoL

The stats shown here clarify several important Soraka versus Irelia matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Irelia. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Soraka typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives less damage than Irelia. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Soraka and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Soraka
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Soraka
Irelia

Who is Better, Soraka or Irelia?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually loses when playing against Irelia, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Soraka makes a bad counter for Irelia.

While Soraka does have a lower win rate than Irelia, when facing one another, Soraka also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Soraka into Irelia.

Furthermore, Soraka has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Irelia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Irelia matchups, Irelia 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 for Irelia. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Soraka against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Soraka

Soraka Loses Against

TrundleTrundle45% winrateSingedSinged45.5% winrateMaokaiMaokai45.6% winrateBlitzcrankBlitzcrank45.9% winrate

Soraka Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee55.6% winrateSejuaniSejuani55.4% winrateYuumiYuumi54.9% winrateEzrealEzreal54.8% winrate

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Additional Information for Soraka Players

How We Calculated Our Soraka vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Soraka, we analyzed 2,336 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Irelia as Soraka comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Soraka Build Irelia Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Soraka to counter Irelia during both the early game 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 above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Soraka on average gets a lot less CS relative to Irelia. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to prioritize in your Soraka versus Irelia build include Redemption, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Soraka bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better countering Irelia than with many other common builds. In fact, Soraka boasted an average win rate of 48.2% battling Irelia with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Irelia as Soraka, Soraka players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Soraka vs Irelia battles, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.

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