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How to Win Jax vs Sona Counter MatchupJax is in the a tier of champions

Jax vs Sona

How to Beat Sona as Jax in LoLJax is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sona as Jax

based on 6,150 Jax vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
50.8 %
K/D/A
1.87
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked LoL games that we evaluate each and every week. This guide on how to beat Sona as Jax resulted from an evaluation of 6150 ranked rounds where both champions opposed one another. This pairing is relatively rare. Jax has to counter Sona in only 2.3% of his games.

Jax vs Sona Matchup Summary

Jax does a ok job of beating Sona. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.8% of matches the champions fight one another in. In Jax versus Sona rounds, Jax’s team is 0.1% more probable to earn first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Sona.

Best Jax vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerSheen

Core Jax Items

~22 Mins
Trinity ForceTitanic HydraSundered Sky

Optional Items

Guardian AngelSterak's GageSpear of ShojinDeath's Dance

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Jax to level upw
>
Second ability for Jax to level upe
>
Last skill for Jax to max outq

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationMagical FootwearCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Jax's passive ability p
Jax's q ability q
Jax's w ability w
Jax's e ability e
Jax's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
Q
3
W
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Sona as Jax

Tips for Playing as Jax against Sona

Jax benefits greatly from items that have both Ability Power and Attack Damage such as Guinsoo's Rageblade and Hextech Gunblade.

Jax can Leap Strike to friendly units, including wards. You can use them to plan your escape.

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.

Jax vs Sona Counter Stats

Jax Image
Win Rate
50.8 %
VS
Win Rate
49.2 %
Sona Image
6.4
< Kills >
2.1
6.1
< Deaths >
5.4
5
< Assists >
14.1
1.45
< Killing Sprees >
0.42
118
< Minions Killed >
28
0.67
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.49
< Inhibitors >
0.61
11,764
< Physical Damage >
1,598
7,704
< Magic Damage >
7,965
604
< True Damage >
551
20,073
< Damage Dealt >
10,115
29,165
< Damage Taken >
18,349
11,769
< Gold Earned >
8,502
2.15
< Towers >
2.37
0.15
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,642
< Total Healing >
12,393
14,097
< Experience >
10,568
19
< Vision Score >
53
8
< Wards Placed >
23
189
< Time Dealing CC >
47

How to Counter Sona with Jax in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here clarify several valuable Jax vs. Sona matchup stats that may help you realize the differences between these two champions. For instance, Jax’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Jax may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sona. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Jax usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Sona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Jax and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Jax
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Jax
Sona

Who is Better, Jax or Sona?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Jax usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sona, with a 50.8% win rate. Therefore, Jax makes an ok counter for Sona.

While Jax does have a higher win rate compared to Sona, when they face off with one another, Jax also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Jax into Sona.

Furthermore, Jax also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Jax vs Sona matchups, Jax is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Jax is a decent counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Jax against Sona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Jax

Jax Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.8% winrateMiss FortuneMiss Fortune47.3% winrateSingedSinged47.4% winrateBrandBrand47.5% winrate

Jax Wins Against

YuumiYuumi58.4% winrateNidaleeNidalee55.7% winrateSejuaniSejuani55.3% winrateKalistaKalista55.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

TeemoTeemo+ 55.2% 13684 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55.4% 10633 GamesMordekaiserMordekaiser+ 55.8% 9036 GamesSingedSinged+ 55.8% 2797 Games

Additional Information for Jax Players

How We Calculated Our Jax vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Jax, we analyzed 6,150 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 Jax 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.

Other Useful Resources

Jax Build Sona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Jax in order to counter Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Jax on average racks up much more CS as Sona. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The best items to have in your Jax versus Sona build include Trinity Force, Titanic Hydra, and Sundered Sky. When Jax combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Sona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Jax boasted an average win rate of 50.8% when playing against Sona with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Sona as Jax, Jax players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Jax vs Sona fights, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.8% winrate overall.

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