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Rengar vs Sona

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How to Beat Sona as Rengar

based on 3,294 Rengar vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.07
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL games that we analyze each week. This guide on how to beat Sona as Rengar resulted from an analysis of 3294 ranked matches where both champs clashed against each other. This counter matchup is relatively rare. Rengar encounters Sona in only 2.5% of his matches.

Rengar vs Sona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Rengar has done a below average job of beating Sona. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.7% of the time the champions oppose each other in. In Rengar versus Sona rounds, Rengar’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This implies that he most likely will get first blood versus Sona.

Best Rengar vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsLong Sword

Core Rengar Items

~22 Mins
Axiom ArcHubrisProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Lord Dominik's RegardsEdge of NightThe CollectorYoumuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

DominationElectrocuteSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearFuture's Market
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Rengar's passive ability p
Rengar's q ability q
Rengar's w ability w
Rengar's e ability e
Rengar's ultimate ability r
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W
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E
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Q
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Q
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R
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Guide to Countering Sona as Rengar

Tips for Playing as Rengar against Sona

Make sure to take paths through brush when chasing opponents to take advantage of Rengar's passive.

Use Rengar's ultimate to find and assassinate high priority targets in team fights and skirmishes.

A lot of Rengar's power comes from empowered abilities he uses at the right moment - choose wisely!

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.

Rengar vs Sona Counter Stats

Rengar Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Sona Image
8
< Kills >
2.2
6.7
< Deaths >
5.7
5.9
< Assists >
14.4
1.82
< Killing Sprees >
0.43
42
< Minions Killed >
29
1.33
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.61
17,284
< Physical Damage >
1,626
1,197
< Magic Damage >
8,017
1,057
< True Damage >
461
19,539
< Damage Dealt >
10,104
33,153
< Damage Taken >
18,752
12,789
< Gold Earned >
8,598
1.33
< Towers >
2.43
0.3
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
16,042
< Total Healing >
12,564
13,825
< Experience >
10,749
21
< Vision Score >
55
5
< Wards Placed >
24
235
< Time Dealing CC >
48

How to Counter Sona with Rengar in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some important Rengar vs. Sona matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Rengar’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Rengar may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sona. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Rengar often has a much larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he takes more damage than Sona. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rengar and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Rengar
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rengar
Sona

Who is Better, Rengar or Sona?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Rengar usually loses when taking on Sona, with a 48.7% win rate. As a result, Rengar makes a bad counter for Sona.

While Rengar does have a lower winrate compared to Sona, when facing one another, Rengar also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Rengar into Sonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Rengar also has almost no 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Rengar 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.

Rengar is a somewhat poor counter to Sona. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rengar against Sona.

Additional Information for Rengar Players

How We Calculated Our Rengar vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Rengar, we analyzed 3,294 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 Rengar 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Rengar in order to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rengar often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Sona. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Rengar versus Sona build consist of Axiom Arc, Hubris, and Profane Hydra. When Rengar incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Sona than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Rengar boasted an average win rate of 48.7% when countering Sona with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Sona as Rengar, you should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Future's Market, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Rengar vs Sona battles, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.

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