Sona vs Nasus
How to Beat Nasus as Sona
based on 2,638 Sona vs Nasus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Nasus Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Nasus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nasus as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Nasus
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 Nasus
Nasus is prone to being kited. Try not to engage him at full Health.
Max rank Wither is a very effective counter to Attack Damage characters, so try to avoid getting caught alone by it.
While transformed by his ultimate, Nasus is stronger than most champions in the League. Engage him only if you have a clear advantage.
Sona vs Nasus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nasus with Sona in LoL
The stats provided here feature some strategic Sona vs. Nasus counter statistics that can help us understand the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nasus’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nasus. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Sona often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nasus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Nasus
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Who is Better, Sona or Nasus?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when playing against Nasus, with a 49.2% win rate. As a result, Sona makes an ok counter for Nasus.
While Sona does have a lower win rate compared to Nasus, when facing one another, Sona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Nasus.
Furthermore, Sona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nasus. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Nasus matchups, Nasus is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter for Nasus. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Nasus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sona in order to counter Nasus during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona on average racks up a lot less CS relative to Nasus. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Sona versus Nasus build include Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Sona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better against Nasus than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 49.2% when playing against Nasus with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of crushing Nasus as Sona, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Sona vs Nasus face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.2% win rate overall.
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