Caitlyn vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Caitlyn
based on 9,230 Caitlyn vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Sona
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several influential Caitlyn versus Sona matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Sona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Caitlyn often has a much larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Sona. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Caitlyn and Sona
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Sona?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually loses when taking on Sona, with a 48.4% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes a poor counter for Sona.
While Caitlyn does have a lower winrate than Sona, when they face off with one another, Caitlyn also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Caitlyn into Sona.
Additionally, Caitlyn also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Caitlyn is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Caitlyn against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Caitlyn in order to counter Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn often racks up much more CS as Sona. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Caitlyn versus Sona build consist of Infinity Edge, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Caitlyn used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Sona than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 48.4% battling Sona with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Sona as Caitlyn, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Minion Dematerializer, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Caitlyn vs Sona battles, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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