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Sona vs Kai'Sa

How to Beat Kai'Sa as Sona in LoLSona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kai'Sa as Sona

based on 3,670 Sona vs Kai'Sa matchups
Win Rate
54.4 %
K/D/A
3.25
Pick Rate
4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Kai'Sa as Sona resulted from an examination of 3670 ranked games where both champs faced one another. This champ matchup is fairly uncommon. Sona has to counter Kai'Sa in only 4.0% of her rounds.

Sona vs Kai'Sa Matchup Summary

Sona has done a great job of beating Kai'Sa. Typically, she wins a whopping 54.4% of matches the champions face each other in. In Sona vs Kai'Sa rounds, Sona’s side is 0.1% less expected to obtain first blood, indicating that she probably won't get first blood against Kai'Sa.

Best Sona vs Kai'Sa Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteTear of the Goddess

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Celestial OppositionStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreArdent CenserSeraph's EmbraceBloodsong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Sona's passive ability p
Sona's q ability q
Sona's w ability w
Sona's e ability e
Sona's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Kai'Sa as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Kai'Sa

Make sure to tag your allies while Sona's auras are active, but avoid getting caught out by enemies.

Save Crescendo for the game-altering moment.

Well-timed uses of Aria of Perseverance will grant you maximum survivability.

Advice to Win Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa is very vulnerable to getting outranged by mages and long range carries.

Make sure to place wards in your blind spots so you can see Kai'Sa coming.

Kai'Sa is very good at picking off isolated enemies. Stick together against her.

Sona vs Kai'Sa Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
54.4 %
VS
Win Rate
45.6 %
Kai'Sa Image
2.3
< Kills >
6.9
5.2
< Deaths >
5.8
14.6
< Assists >
5.8
0.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.61
28
< Minions Killed >
179
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.21
0.65
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,703
< Physical Damage >
11,531
8,340
< Magic Damage >
7,447
539
< True Damage >
363
10,582
< Damage Dealt >
19,342
17,863
< Damage Taken >
19,016
8,613
< Gold Earned >
12,053
2.59
< Towers >
2.14
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
12,312
< Total Healing >
4,130
10,650
< Experience >
12,275
53
< Vision Score >
17
23
< Wards Placed >
8
49
< Time Dealing CC >
44

How to Counter Kai'Sa with Sona in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here underscore several valuable Sona versus Kai'Sa matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kai'Sa’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Kai'Sa. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Sona usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kai'Sa. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sona and Kai'Sa

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Kai'Sa
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Kai'Sa

Who is Better, Sona or Kai'Sa?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually wins when playing against Kai'Sa, with a 54.4% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a great counter for Kai'Sa.

While Sona does have a much higher winrate than Kai'Sa, when facing one another, Sona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Sona into Kai'Sa.

Furthermore, Sona has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kai'Sa. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Kai'Sa matchups, Sona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.

Sona is a great counter to Kai'Sa. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sona against Kai'Sa.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sona

Sona Loses Against

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune45.4% winrateTrundleTrundle46.6% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser46.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai46.9% winrate

Sona Wins Against

LeBlancLeBlanc57.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante56.7% winrateKarthusKarthus56.4% winrateJayceJayce56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 54.3% 12638 GamesNilahNilah+ 54.3% 1958 GamesSingedSinged+ 54.8% 2050 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55% 5108 Games

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Kai'Sa Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kai'Sa as Sona, we analyzed 3,670 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 Kai'Sa as Sona 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

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Kai'Sa. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Sona versus Kai'Sa build include Celestial Opposition, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better vs Kai'Sa than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 54.4% when playing against Kai'Sa with this build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Kai'Sa as Sona, Sona players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Sona vs Kai'Sa face-offs, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.4% win rate overall.

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