Pyke vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Pyke
based on 3,008 Pyke vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Pyke vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Pyke vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Pyke
Tips for Playing as Pyke against Sona
The Tap version of Bone Skewer is much faster and deals additional damage.
A lot of your agressive spells are also your escapes. Make sure you always have a plan to get out of the fight.
Hitting an enemy with the Hold version of Bone Skewer will always pull them the same distance. Use it in melee range to throw targets behind you.
Pyke is very fragile so don't be afraid to temporarily run from a fight. You can regenerate a significant amount of health from Gift of the Drowned Ones when enemies can't see you.
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.
Pyke vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Pyke in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several influential Pyke versus Sona matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Pyke’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Pyke may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Pyke normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Sona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Pyke and Sona
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Who is Better, Pyke or Sona?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Pyke usually loses when facing off against Sona, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Pyke makes a bad counter to Sona.
While Pyke does have a lower win rate compared to Sona, when facing one another, Pyke also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Pyke into Sonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Pyke has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Pyke vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Pyke is a somewhat poor counter to Sona. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Pyke against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Pyke 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Pyke often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Sona. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Pyke versus Sona build consist of Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, and Bloodsong. When Pyke incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Sona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Pyke boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Sona with this build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Sona as Pyke, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Zombie Ward, Ultimate Hunter, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Domination and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Pyke vs Sona battles, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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