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Sona vs Yone

How to Beat Yone as Sona in LoLSona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Yone as Sona

based on 5,644 Sona vs Yone matchups
Win Rate
51.6 %
K/D/A
3.06
Pick Rate
6.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked League of Legends rounds every week. In our data, Sona faced Yone in 5644 matches. With so many matchups for Sona versus Yone provides us confidence in our capability to produce informative data and a recommended build to annihilate your opposition. This champion pairing is fairly uncommon. Sona is forced to battle against Yone in only 6.2% of her matches.

Sona vs Yone Matchup Summary

Sona has done a decent job of beating Yone. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.6% of games the champions fight each other in. In Sona versus Yone rounds, Sona’s team is 0.0% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood versus Yone.

Best Sona vs Yone Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsFaerie Charm

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
RedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreSeraph's EmbraceArdent CenserMorellonomicon

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash 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 BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionPresence of MindCut Down
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
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W
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R
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Yone as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Yone

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 Yone Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
51.6 %
VS
Win Rate
48.4 %
Yone Image
2.2
< Kills >
6.5
5.4
< Deaths >
6.6
14.3
< Assists >
4.9
0.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.47
28
< Minions Killed >
178
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.15
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,632
< Physical Damage >
15,402
8,082
< Magic Damage >
4,657
552
< True Damage >
2,666
10,267
< Damage Dealt >
22,727
18,518
< Damage Taken >
25,144
8,537
< Gold Earned >
12,109
2.4
< Towers >
2.12
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
12,353
< Total Healing >
5,788
10,727
< Experience >
14,687
53
< Vision Score >
16
23
< Wards Placed >
8
48
< Time Dealing CC >
198

How to Counter Yone with Sona in LoL

The stats provided here show some important Sona versus Yone counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yone’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Yone. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Sona often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Yone. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sona and Yone

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Yone
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Yone

Who is Better, Sona or Yone?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when taking on Yone, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Sona makes a good counter to Yone.

While Sona does have a higher winrate than Yone, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Sona into Yone.

Additionally, Sona has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yone. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Yone matchups, Sona is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Sona is a decent counter to Yone. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sona against Yone.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Yone Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Yone as Sona, we analyzed 5,644 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 Yone 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Sona in order to counter Yone during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona usually gets a lot less CS relative to Yone. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Sona versus Yone build include Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Yone than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 51.6% when countering Yone with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing Yone as Sona, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cut Down, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Sona vs Yone clashes, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Yone as Sona are displayed for all ranked divisions. To filter the stats and builds to an individual skill level, you can use the selection menu earlier on the page.