Jayce vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Jayce
based on 1,311 Jayce vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jayce vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Jayce vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Jayce
Tips for Playing as Jayce against Sona
For increased range and damage, try casting Shock Blast through the Acceleration Gate.
If you find yourself taking lots of damage, try using Jayce's Hammer Stance, as it grants you additional defenses.
Be sure to switch stances often. It will enhance your attacks and grant you quick bursts of speed.
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.
Jayce vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Jayce in LoL
The stats shown here show some valuable Jayce vs. Sona matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between these two champions. For instance, Jayce’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Jayce may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Jayce typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Sona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jayce and Sona
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Who is Better, Jayce or Sona?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Jayce usually loses when playing against Sona, with a 43.9% win rate. As a result, Jayce makes a poor counter for Sona.
While Jayce does have a much lower win rate compared to Sona, when they face off with one another, Jayce also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Jayce into Sonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Jayce has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jayce 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 teammates during team fights.
Jayce is a garbage counter for Sona. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Jayce against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Jayce 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jayce on average racks up much more CS compared to Sona. Champs who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They 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 need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Jayce versus Sona build consist of Muramana, Eclipse, and Serylda's Grudge. When Jayce included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Sona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Jayce boasted an average winrate of 43.9% when countering Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Sona as Jayce, you should use the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Gathering Storm, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Jayce vs Sona LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 43.9% winrate overall.
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