Sona vs Qiyana
How to Beat Qiyana as Sona
based on 1,241 Sona vs Qiyana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Qiyana Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Qiyana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Qiyana as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Qiyana
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.
Sona vs Qiyana Counter Stats
How to Counter Qiyana with Sona in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some valuable Sona vs. Qiyana matchup statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Qiyana’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Qiyana. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Sona typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Qiyana. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Qiyana
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Who is Better, Sona or Qiyana?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when taking on Qiyana, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a good counter for Qiyana.
While Sona does have a higher win rate compared to Qiyana, when facing one another, Sona also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Qiyana.
Additionally, Sona also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Qiyana. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Qiyana matchups, Sona is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sona is a decent counter for Qiyana. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against Qiyana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Qiyana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on 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.
Sona most often picks up a lot less CS as Qiyana. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sona versus Qiyana build include Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Qiyana than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Qiyana with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Qiyana as Sona, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Sona vs Qiyana counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.6% winrate overall.
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