Irelia vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Irelia
based on 1,981 Irelia vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Sona
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
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.
Irelia vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some influential Irelia vs. Sona counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between these two champions. For instance, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Sona. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.
Irelia usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives more damage than Sona. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Sona
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Who is Better, Irelia or Sona?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sona, with a 49.2% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes an ok counter for Sona.
While Irelia does have a lower winrate compared to Sona, when facing one another, Irelia also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Sona.
Additionally, Irelia has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Irelia is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Irelia against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Irelia in order to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia usually gets much more CS relative to Sona. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Irelia versus Sona build include Goredrinker, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Sona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average winrate of 49.2% battling Sona with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Sona as Irelia, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Irelia vs Sona face-offs, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
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