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How to Win Mordekaiser vs Sona Counter MatchupMordekaiser is in the s tier of champions

Mordekaiser vs Sona

How to Beat Sona as Mordekaiser in LoLMordekaiser is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sona as Mordekaiser

based on 6,128 Mordekaiser vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
53.1 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends games each and every week. Within our database, Mordekaiser engaged Sona in 6128 matches. Including so many matchups for Mordekaiser vs Sona provides us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare enlightening stats and a recommended build to defeat Sona. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Mordekaiser encounters Sona in only 2.3% of his matches.

Mordekaiser vs Sona Matchup Summary

Mordekaiser has done a good job of beating Sona. On average, he wins a fantastic 53.1% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Mordekaiser vs Sona rounds, Mordekaiser’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Sona.

Best Mordekaiser vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsGiant's Belt

Core Mordekaiser Items

~22 Mins
Rylai's Crystal ScepterDead Man's PlateRiftmaker

Optional Items

Nashor's ToothForce of NatureSpirit VisageHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveSecond WindRevitalize
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Mordekaiser's passive ability p
Mordekaiser's q ability q
Mordekaiser's w ability w
Mordekaiser's e ability e
Mordekaiser's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Sona as Mordekaiser

Tips for Playing as Mordekaiser against Sona

Hitting multiple champions with the same ability can help quickly activate Darkness Rise.

Offense is your defense. Keep fighting to build up larger Indestructible shields.

Use Realm of Death on a low health enemy to guarantee the kill and keep their stats for the rest of a teamfight.

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.

Mordekaiser vs Sona Counter Stats

Mordekaiser Image
Win Rate
53.1 %
VS
Win Rate
46.9 %
Sona Image
7
< Kills >
2.1
5.6
< Deaths >
5.5
4.6
< Assists >
14
1.56
< Killing Sprees >
0.39
153
< Minions Killed >
28
0.22
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.56
2,755
< Physical Damage >
1,615
20,256
< Magic Damage >
8,112
583
< True Damage >
540
23,594
< Damage Dealt >
10,269
30,820
< Damage Taken >
18,658
11,670
< Gold Earned >
8,464
2.11
< Towers >
2.21
0.05
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
9,384
< Total Healing >
12,346
14,872
< Experience >
10,618
17
< Vision Score >
53
8
< Wards Placed >
23
247
< Time Dealing CC >
48

How to Counter Sona with Mordekaiser in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several valuable Mordekaiser vs. Sona counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Mordekaiser may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sona. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Mordekaiser usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Sona. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Mordekaiser and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Mordekaiser
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Mordekaiser
Sona

Who is Better, Mordekaiser or Sona?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Mordekaiser usually wins when trying to fight Sona, with a 53.1% win rate. As a result, Mordekaiser makes a great counter to Sona.

While Mordekaiser does have a higher winrate compared to Sona, when on opposite teams, Mordekaiser also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to learn. You should be be fine when picking Mordekaiser into Sona.

Additionally, Mordekaiser has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Mordekaiser is a great counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Mordekaiser against Sona.

Additional Information for Mordekaiser Players

How We Calculated Our Mordekaiser vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Mordekaiser, we analyzed 6,128 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 Mordekaiser 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

If you would like to truly master Mordekaiser in order to counter Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Mordekaiser usually racks up much more CS compared to Sona. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to have in your Mordekaiser versus Sona build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Dead Man's Plate, and Riftmaker. When Mordekaiser included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Sona than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Mordekaiser boasted an average win rate of 53.1% when playing against Sona with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating Sona as Mordekaiser, Mordekaiser players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Mordekaiser vs Sona fights, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.1% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Sona as Mordekaiser are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.