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Akali vs Sona

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How to Beat Sona as Akali

based on 5,304 Akali vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our database, Akali fought Sona 5304 times. Having so many games with Akali versus Sona gives us a lot of faith in our ability to prepare useful data and a supported build to obliterate your rival. This champion matchup is somewhat rare. Akali is forced to battle against Sona in only 2.3% of her matches.

Akali vs Sona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Akali has done a dismal job of beating Sona. Typically, she wins a acceptable 48.7% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Akali versus Sona rounds, Akali’s team is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably will be able to get first blood against Sona.

Best Akali vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Aether WispHextech Alternator

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
Lich BaneShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassVoid StaffHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
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Second ability for Akali to level upe
>
Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Sona as Akali

Tips for Playing as Akali against Sona

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

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.

Akali vs Sona Counter Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Sona Image
8.5
< Kills >
2.2
5.7
< Deaths >
5.6
4.8
< Assists >
14.3
1.91
< Killing Sprees >
0.43
153
< Minions Killed >
28
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.62
1,329
< Physical Damage >
1,667
20,707
< Magic Damage >
8,316
687
< True Damage >
556
22,724
< Damage Dealt >
10,540
25,813
< Damage Taken >
18,538
11,407
< Gold Earned >
8,560
1.45
< Towers >
2.39
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
3,210
< Total Healing >
12,270
13,982
< Experience >
10,668
17
< Vision Score >
53
8
< Wards Placed >
23
73
< Time Dealing CC >
47

How to Counter Sona with Akali in LoL

The stats provided here underscore some important Akali versus Sona matchup statistics that may help us explain the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Sona. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.

Akali usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives more damage than Sona. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Akali and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Akali
Sona

Who is Better, Akali or Sona?

Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Akali usually loses when trying to fight Sona, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes a bad counter to Sona.

While Akali does have a lower winrate compared to Sona, when facing one another, Akali also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more time consuming champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Akali into Sonaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Akali also has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Akali vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Akali is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Akali against Sona.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Akali, we analyzed 5,304 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 Sona as Akali 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 Akali in order to counter Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akali usually gets much more CS as Sona. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Akali versus Sona build include Lich Bane, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali included at least these three items in her build, she performed much better countering Sona than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing against Sona with this build.

To have the highest probability of annihilating Sona as Akali, Akali players should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Akali vs Sona LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.

If you want to see Akali x Sona tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides given are calculated using all rounds completed with both champions.