Sona vs Poppy
How to Beat Poppy as Sona
based on 1,384 Sona vs Poppy matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Poppy Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Poppy Counter Build
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Core Sona Items
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Guide to Countering Poppy as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Poppy
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 Poppy
Poppy can stop nearby enemies from dashing with Steadfast Presence.
When Poppy starts to spin her hammer, she is charging Keeper's Verdict.
You can step on Poppy's shield to deny it from her.
Sona vs Poppy Counter Stats
How to Counter Poppy with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Sona versus Poppy matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Poppy’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Poppy. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Sona typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Poppy. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Poppy
Damage Types Compared
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Who is Better, Sona or Poppy?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when playing against Poppy, with a 50.1% win rate. As a result, Sona makes an ok counter for Poppy.
While Sona does have a higher win rate than Poppy, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Poppy.
Furthermore, Sona also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Poppy. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Poppy matchups, Sona is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sona is a decent counter for Poppy. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Poppy.
Other Champion Matchups Against Sona
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How We Calculated Our Sona vs Poppy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Poppy during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona typically racks up less CS as Poppy. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Sona versus Poppy build include Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Sona used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better when facing Poppy than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 50.1% when playing against Poppy with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Poppy as Sona, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Sona vs Poppy counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.1% winrate overall.
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