Soraka vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Soraka
based on 2,780 Soraka vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Soraka vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Soraka vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Soraka
Tips for Playing as Soraka against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Soraka vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Soraka in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore some valuable Soraka against Nami counter stats that can help you understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. For instance, Soraka’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Soraka may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami..
Soraka often has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Nami. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Soraka and Nami
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Who is Better, Soraka or Nami?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Soraka usually loses when trying to fight Nami, with a 47.8% win rate. As a result, Soraka makes a poor counter for Nami.
While Soraka does have a lower win rate compared to Nami, when facing one another, Soraka also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Soraka into Nami.
Moreover, Soraka has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Soraka vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Soraka is a terribly counter for Nami. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Soraka against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Soraka to counter Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Soraka typically racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nami. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Soraka versus Nami build consist of Redemption, Ardent Censer, and Moonstone Renewer. When Soraka bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better versus Nami than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Soraka boasted an average winrate of 47.8% battling Nami with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Nami as Soraka, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Soraka vs Nami counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.8% win rate overall.
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