Draven vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Draven
based on 2,948 Draven vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Draven vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Draven vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Draven
Tips for Playing as Draven against Sona
If Draven doesn't move, Spinning Axe will fall near his present location. It will fall directly on him, or just to the right or left.
If Draven does move after attacking, Spinning Axe will lead him in the direction of his movement. Use this to control where the Spinning Axe will go.
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.
Draven vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Draven in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Draven versus Sona counter statistics that may help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Draven’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Draven may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sona. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Draven typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Sona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Draven and Sona
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Who is Better, Draven or Sona?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Draven usually fairs equally well when taking on Sona, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Draven makes an ok counter for Sona.
While Draven does have a lower winrate than Sona, when on opposite teams, Draven also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Draven into Sonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Draven has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Draven vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Draven is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing 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 Draven against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Draven to counter Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Draven usually racks up much more CS compared to Sona. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Draven versus Sona build include Bloodthirster, Rapid Firecannon, and The Collector. When Draven included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Sona than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Draven boasted an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Sona with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Sona as Draven, Draven players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Draven vs Sona clashes, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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