Amumu vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Amumu
based on 2,001 Amumu vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Sona
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
Advice to Win Against Sona
Spread out when you see Sona so she can't make your entire team dance.
Kill Sona first, as she will heal up her team if left alone for too long.
Amumu vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Amumu in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several vital Amumu versus Sona matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences between the pair. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sona..
Amumu typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Sona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Sona
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Who is Better, Amumu or Sona?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually wins when facing off against Sona, with a 51.0% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a good counter for Sona.
While Amumu does have a higher winrate compared to Sona, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Sona.
Additionally, Amumu also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Sona matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a decent counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Sona. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Amumu versus Sona build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Amumu bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Sona than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 51.0% when playing against Sona with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Sona as Amumu, Amumu players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Amumu vs Sona matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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