Jarvan IV vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Jarvan IV
based on 1,313 Jarvan IV vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Jarvan IV vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Jarvan IV vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Jarvan IV
Tips for Playing as Jarvan IV against Sona
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
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.
Jarvan IV vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Jarvan IV in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some significant Jarvan IV versus Sona matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences between these two champions. As an example, Jarvan IV’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Jarvan IV may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Jarvan IV typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Sona. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Jarvan IV and Sona
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Who is Better, Jarvan IV or Sona?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Jarvan IV usually loses when playing against Sona, with a 48.4% win rate. As a result, Jarvan IV makes a poor counter for Sona.
While Jarvan IV does have a lower winrate than Sona, when facing one another, Jarvan IV also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Jarvan IV into Sona.
Moreover, Jarvan IV also has some 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 Jarvan IV 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 allies during teamfights.
Jarvan IV is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Jarvan IV against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Jarvan IV in order to counter Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Jarvan IV most often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Sona. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Jarvan IV versus Sona build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Jarvan IV combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Sona than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Jarvan IV had an average win rate of 48.4% when playing against Sona with this build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Sona as Jarvan IV, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Jarvan IV vs Sona counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.4% win rate overall.
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