Xayah vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Xayah
based on 1,268 Xayah vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Sona
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
Advice to Win Against Sona
Spread out when you see Sona so she can't make your entire team dance.
Kill Sona first, as she will heal up her team if left alone for too long.
Xayah vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Xayah in LoL
The stats provided here feature several influential Xayah against Sona matchup stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Xayah normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Sona. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Xayah and Sona
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Who is Better, Xayah or Sona?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xayah usually loses when taking on Sona, with a 46.6% win rate. Therefore, Xayah makes a bad counter for Sona.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate than Sona, when on opposite teams, Xayah also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Xayah into Sona.
Furthermore, Xayah has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Xayah is a bad counter to Sona. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Xayah to counter Sona during both the laning 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 pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah usually gets much more CS compared to Sona. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills 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 skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Xayah versus Sona build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Kraken Slayer. When Xayah combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Sona than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 46.6% when playing against Sona with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Sona as Xayah, Xayah players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Xayah vs Sona counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 46.6% win rate overall.
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