Kayn vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Kayn
based on 4,173 Kayn vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Sona
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Kayn in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several influential Kayn vs. Sona matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between this set of champs. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sona. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kayn typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Sona. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Kayn and Sona
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Who is Better, Kayn or Sona?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayn usually loses when taking on Sona, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Kayn makes a poor counter to Sona.
While Kayn does have a lower winrate than Sona, when they face off with one another, Kayn also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Kayn into Sonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayn also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kayn 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 teammates during late stage team fights.
Kayn is a somewhat poor counter to Sona. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Kayn against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kayn in order to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sona. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Kayn versus Sona build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Kayn included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Sona than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kayn boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when countering Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating Sona as Kayn, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Kayn vs Sona clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Sona as Kayn are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a specific skill level, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.