Yorick vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Yorick
based on 2,151 Yorick vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yorick vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Yorick vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Yorick
Tips for Playing as Yorick against Sona
You do not need to cast Awakening to regain the ability to cast Last Rites.
You can send the Maiden down a lane alone, be careful though, as she represents a large portion of your combat power.
The Maiden will attempt to assist you in a fight, so choose your targets well.
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.
Yorick vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Yorick in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some important Yorick vs. Sona matchup stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the pair. Yorick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Yorick may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sona..
Yorick typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Sona. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Yorick and Sona
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Who is Better, Yorick or Sona?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Yorick usually fairs equally well when taking on Sona, with a 50.3% win rate. As a result, Yorick makes an ok counter for Sona.
While Yorick does have a higher win rate compared to Sona, when they face off with one another, Yorick also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Yorick into Sona.
Moreover, Yorick also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Yorick vs Sona matchups, Yorick is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Yorick is a decent counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yorick against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Yorick to counter Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yorick most often accumulates much more CS relative to Sona. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Yorick versus Sona build include Black Cleaver, Hullbreaker, and Sundered Sky. When Yorick combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better countering Sona than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Yorick boasted an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Sona with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Sona as Yorick, Yorick players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Legend: Bloodline, and Presence of Mind runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Yorick vs Sona counterpicks, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.3% winrate overall.
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