Gragas vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Gragas
based on 1,526 Gragas vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gragas vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Gragas vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Gragas
Tips for Playing as Gragas against Sona
Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.
Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.
The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.
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.
Gragas vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Gragas in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several valuable Gragas versus Sona counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sona. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Gragas typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Sona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Gragas and Sona
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Who is Better, Gragas or Sona?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually loses when taking on Sona, with a 46.1% win rate. Therefore, Gragas makes a poor counter to Sona.
While Gragas does have a lower winrate than Sona, when they face off with one another, Gragas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Gragas into Sona.
Furthermore, Gragas also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Gragas is a bad counter for Sona. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Gragas to counter Sona during both the early game 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 tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gragas usually picks up much more CS compared to Sona. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Gragas versus Sona build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Gragas used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Sona than with many other common builds. In fact, Gragas boasted an average win rate of 46.1% when playing against Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Sona as Gragas, Gragas players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Gragas vs Sona counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.1% winrate overall.
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