Yone vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Yone
based on 5,644 Yone vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yone vs Sona Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Sona as Yone
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.
Yone vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Yone in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several significant Yone vs. Sona matchup statistics that may help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Yone’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Yone may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Yone usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Sona. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yone and Sona
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Who is Better, Yone or Sona?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yone usually loses when playing against Sona, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Yone makes a bad counter to Sona.
While Yone does have a lower winrate compared to Sona, when they face off with one another, Yone also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Yone into Sonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yone has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yone vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Yone is a somewhat poor counter to Sona. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yone against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yone to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yone often accumulates much more CS relative to Sona. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Yone versus Sona build consist of Infinity Edge, Blade of The Ruined King, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Yone used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Sona than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Yone had an average win rate of 48.4% when playing against Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Sona as Yone, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players used for Yone vs Sona counters, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.4% win rate overall.
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