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How to Win Hwei vs Sona Counter MatchupHwei is in the b tier of champions

Hwei vs Sona

How to Beat Sona as Hwei in LoLHwei is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sona as Hwei

based on 4,303 Hwei vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
45.9 %
K/D/A
2.29
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League matches that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Sona as Hwei resulted from an analysis of 4303 ranked matches where both champs battled each other. This champ matchup is relatively rare. Hwei encounters Sona in only 2.4% of their matches.

Hwei vs Sona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Hwei does a terrible job of countering Sona. Normally, they wins a lowly 45.9% of games the champions battle one another in. In Hwei vs Sona rounds, Hwei’s side is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that they most likely will be able to get first blood against Sona.

Best Hwei vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLost Chapter

Core Hwei Items

~22 Mins
Zaz'Zak's RealmspikeShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassHorizon FocusSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Hwei to level upq
>
Second ability for Hwei to level upe
>
Last skill for Hwei to max outw

Runes

SorceryArcane CometManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Hwei's passive ability p
Hwei's q ability q
Hwei's w ability w
Hwei's e ability e
Hwei's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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E
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Guide to Countering Sona as Hwei

Tips for Playing as Hwei against Sona

Calm down, breathe, and focus.

Each stroke requires precision and intention.

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.

Hwei vs Sona Counter Stats

Hwei Image
Win Rate
45.9 %
VS
Win Rate
54.1 %
Sona Image
5.1
< Kills >
2.1
5.8
< Deaths >
5.2
8.2
< Assists >
14.6
1.19
< Killing Sprees >
0.43
140
< Minions Killed >
28
0.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.65
949
< Physical Damage >
1,609
21,642
< Magic Damage >
8,036
498
< True Damage >
525
23,090
< Damage Dealt >
10,170
17,956
< Damage Taken >
19,353
10,630
< Gold Earned >
8,641
1.9
< Towers >
2.48
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
1,624
< Total Healing >
13,939
13,169
< Experience >
10,828
26
< Vision Score >
54
12
< Wards Placed >
24
568
< Time Dealing CC >
47

How to Counter Sona with Hwei in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here underscore several valuable Hwei vs. Sona counter statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Hwei’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Hwei may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Sona..

Hwei normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their opponent does. Typically, they takes a similar amount of damage to Sona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Hwei and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Hwei
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Hwei
Sona

Who is Better, Hwei or Sona?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Hwei usually loses when facing off against Sona, with a 45.9% win rate. As a result, Hwei makes a poor counter to Sona.

While Hwei does have a much lower winrate compared to Sona, when on opposite teams, Hwei also has a much greater difficulty level that makes them a more complex character to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Hwei into Sonaas their relative depth means you may not be able to reach their full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Hwei also has some 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 ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Hwei vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Hwei is a garbage counter to Sona. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Hwei against Sona.

Additional Information for Hwei Players

How We Calculated Our Hwei vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Hwei, we analyzed 4,303 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Sona as Hwei comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Hwei to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Hwei on average racks up much more CS relative to Sona. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They 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, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.

The top items to use in your Hwei versus Sona build consist of Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Hwei bought at least these three pieces in their build, they did a lot better versus Sona than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Hwei boasted an average win rate of 45.9% when playing against Sona with these items in their kit.

To have the highest probability of defeating Sona as Hwei, Hwei players should use the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Hwei vs Sona counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.9% winrate overall.

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