Sona vs Swain
How to Beat Swain as Sona
based on 3,455 Sona vs Swain matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Swain Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Swain Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Swain as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Swain
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 Swain
Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.
Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.
High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.
Sona vs Swain Counter Stats
How to Counter Swain with Sona in LoL
The stats shown here highlight some significant Sona against Swain counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between these two champs. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Swain. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Swain. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Swain
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Who is Better, Sona or Swain?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually loses when playing against Swain, with a 48.5% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a poor counter to Swain.
While Sona does have a lower winrate than Swain, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Swain.
Furthermore, Sona has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Swain. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against Swain.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sona in order to counter Swain during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona most often gets a lot less CS compared to Swain. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sona versus Swain build include Seraph's Embrace, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Swain than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 48.5% when countering Swain with these items in her kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing Swain as Sona, Sona players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Revitalize, and Conditioning runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Sona vs Swain clashes, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.5% win rate overall.
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