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Lillia vs Sona

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How to Beat Sona as Lillia

based on 5,276 Lillia vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
52.8 %
K/D/A
2.8
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League matches that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Sona as Lillia resulted from an examination of 5276 ranked matches where both champions opposed each other. This matchup is fairly rare. Lillia is forced to battle against Sona in only 2.3% of her matches.

Lillia vs Sona Matchup Summary

Lillia does a good job of countering Sona. Typically, she wins a terrific 52.8% of the time the champions battle each other in. In Lillia vs Sona rounds, Lillia’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This implies that she most likely will get first blood against Sona.

Best Lillia vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Blasting WandHaunting Guise

Core Lillia Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapRylai's Crystal ScepterLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveRiftmakerZhonya's HourglassMalignance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Lillia to level upq
>
Second ability for Lillia to level upw
>
Last skill for Lillia to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Lillia's passive ability p
Lillia's q ability q
Lillia's w ability w
Lillia's e ability e
Lillia's ultimate ability r
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Q
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Sona as Lillia

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.

Lillia vs Sona Counter Stats

Lillia Image
Win Rate
52.8 %
VS
Win Rate
47.2 %
Sona Image
6.2
< Kills >
2.1
5.1
< Deaths >
5.4
8.1
< Assists >
14.1
1.41
< Killing Sprees >
0.4
44
< Minions Killed >
28
1.39
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.57
806
< Physical Damage >
1,707
15,559
< Magic Damage >
8,452
4,642
< True Damage >
525
21,007
< Damage Dealt >
10,685
39,732
< Damage Taken >
18,969
11,852
< Gold Earned >
8,501
1.41
< Towers >
2.32
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
23,012
< Total Healing >
13,207
13,891
< Experience >
10,608
21
< Vision Score >
54
6
< Wards Placed >
24
422
< Time Dealing CC >
48

How to Counter Sona with Lillia in LoL

The stats shown here highlight some strategic Lillia vs. Sona matchup stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. Lillia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Lillia may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Sona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Lillia usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives more damage than Sona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Lillia and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Lillia
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Lillia
Sona

Who is Better, Lillia or Sona?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Lillia usually wins when facing off against Sona, with a 52.8% win rate. Thus, Lillia makes a good counter for Sona.

While Lillia does have a higher winrate compared to Sona, when facing one another, Lillia also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Lillia into Sonaas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Lillia has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Lillia vs Sona matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Lillia is a good counter for Sona. Focus your gameplay 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 Lillia against Sona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Lillia

Lillia Loses Against

FizzFizz49.4% winrateTeemoTeemo50.3% winrateBriarBriar50.6% winrateSennaSenna50.6% winrate

Lillia Wins Against

SejuaniSejuani61% winrateZeriZeri60.7% winrateRammusRammus59.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante59.3% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Lillia Players

How We Calculated Our Lillia vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Lillia, we analyzed 5,276 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 Lillia 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.

Other Useful Resources

Lillia Build Sona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Lillia to counter Sona during both the lane 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 mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Lillia often picks up more CS compared to Sona. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to use in your Lillia versus Sona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Liandry's Torment. When Lillia included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Sona than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Lillia had an average win rate of 52.8% when playing against Sona with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Sona as Lillia, Lillia players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Lillia vs Sona matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.8% winrate overall.

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