Xerath with Soraka
How to Synergize Xerath and Soraka
based on 1,532 Xerath with Soraka pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Soraka Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Soraka
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Soraka
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Advice to Understand How Soraka Will Play
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.
Xerath Soraka Synergy Stats
How to Play with Soraka as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Soraka synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Soraka, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Soraka. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Soraka helps Xerath perform poorer in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Xerath is an ally to Soraka, he sees a sizeable uptick in his full damage output. This change may indicate that Soraka supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Soraka on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Soraka.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Soraka on the same team, he usually takes more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Soraka does a poor job of protecting Xerath during teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Soraka
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Soraka?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Xerath that will always be his top ally. However, Soraka is a very typical ally for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, she drops their win rate by -0.2% to 50.4%. This demonstrates that there is not really a strong bond between Xerath and Soraka that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Soraka has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be very careful when arranging Soraka teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to work well with you.
Working on the same side, Xerath players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to do a lot of AP damage. Combined, these two are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Xerath and Soraka together, you will not be providing your other allies a lot of AD. Plan to have other champs on your team that helps cover this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Soraka ally, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Xerath in order to synergize with Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Xerath and Soraka synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three great items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Soraka than with many other common builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 50.4% when playing alongside Soraka with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing your oponents, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Xerath and Soraka pairings, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.4% winrate overall.
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