Skarner vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Skarner
based on 303 Skarner vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Sona Counter Build
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Core Skarner Items
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Guide to Countering Sona as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Sona
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
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.
Skarner vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Skarner in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some strategic Skarner vs. Sona matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between the pair. As an example, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sona..
Skarner usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Sona. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Sona
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Who is Better, Skarner or Sona?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Skarner usually wins when playing against Sona, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Skarner makes a good counter to Sona.
While Skarner does have a higher winrate than Sona, when facing one another, Skarner also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Skarner into Sona.
Furthermore, Skarner also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Sona matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a decent 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 hold your own as Skarner against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Skarner to counter Sona during both the early game 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 tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Sona. Champs who typically don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Sona build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs Sona than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Skarner had an average win rate of 51.8% battling Sona with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Sona as Skarner, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Skarner vs Sona fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sona as Skarner are presented for every ranked division. To narrow the stats and builds to a specific division, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.