How to Win Kai'Sa vs Sona Counter Matchup Kai'Sa is in the b tier of champions

Kai'Sa vs Sona

How to Beat Sona as Kai'Sa in LoL Sona is in the s tier of champions
Marksman
Support Mage

How to Beat Sona as Kai'Sa

based on 3,528 Kai'Sa vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
44.2 %
K/D/A
2.36
Pick Rate
2.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League rounds that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Sona as Kai'Sa came out of an examination of 3528 ranked rounds where both champions faced off against one another. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Kai'Sa encounters Sona in only 2.9% of her matches.

Kai'Sa vs Sona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa does a awful job of beating Sona. On average, she wins a lowly 44.2% of matches the champs fight one another in. In Kai'Sa versus Sona rounds, Kai'Sa’s team is 0.1% more probable to gain first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood versus Sona.

Best Kai'Sa vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Kraken SlayerMortal ReminderThe Collector

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapPhantom DancerInfinity EdgeShadowflame

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level up q
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level up e
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max out w

Runes

Domination Hail of Blades Taste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Precision Presence of MindLegend: Bloodline
AttackSpeed Adaptive MagicRes
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa q ability q
Kai'Sa w ability w
Kai'Sa e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Sona as Kai'Sa

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa against Sona

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

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.

Kai'Sa vs Sona Counter Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
44.2 %
VS
Win Rate
55.8 %
Sona Image
7.2
< Kills >
2.2
5.6
< Deaths >
5.5
6
< Assists >
14.4
1.64
< Killing Sprees >
0.43
171
< Minions Killed >
17
0.23
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.7
9,933
< Physical Damage >
1,384
8,445
< Magic Damage >
6,598
1,032
< True Damage >
369
19,412
< Damage Dealt >
8,351
16,601
< Damage Taken >
15,685
12,087
< Gold Earned >
8,157
2.01
< Towers >
2.76
0.07
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
2,398
< Total Healing >
14,056
12,281
< Experience >
10,485
18
< Vision Score >
48
8
< Wards Placed >
22
27
< Time Dealing CC >
34

How to Counter Sona with Kai'Sa in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here clarify several strategic Kai'Sa against Sona matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between the two. As an example, Kai'Sa’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kai'Sa may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Sona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Kai'Sa often has a much larger longest kill spree than her matchup does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Sona. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Kai'Sa and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Kai'Sa
Sona

Who is Better, Kai'Sa or Sona?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kai'Sa usually loses when facing off against Sona, with a 44.2% win rate. Therefore, Kai'Sa makes a bad counter for Sona.

While Kai'Sa does have a much lower win rate compared to Sona, when facing one another, Kai'Sa also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Kai'Sa into Sona.

Furthermore, Kai'Sa also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Kai'Sa 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 allied champions during teamfights.

Kai'Sa is a bad counter to Sona. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kai'Sa against Sona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Kai'Sa

Kai'Sa Loses Against

Fizz Fizz 43.5% winrate Yorick Yorick 43.6% winrate Rell Rell 43.9% winrate Shyvana Shyvana 44.1% winrate

Kai'Sa Wins Against

Ryze Ryze 56.9% winrate Olaf Olaf 53.8% winrate LeBlanc LeBlanc 52.9% winrate Twisted Fate Twisted Fate 52.8% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Fizz Fizz + 51.3% 2866 Games Shyvana Shyvana + 51.9% 3057 Games Singed Singed + 52% 1720 Games Ziggs Ziggs + 52.2% 986 Games

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Kai'Sa, we analyzed 3,528 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 Kai'Sa 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

Kai'Sa Build Sona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Kai'Sa in order to counter Sona during both the lane 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 listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Kai'Sa often picks up much more CS relative to Sona. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Kai'Sa versus Sona build consist of Kraken Slayer, Mortal Reminder, and The Collector. When Kai'Sa combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Sona than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Kai'Sa boasted an average win rate of 44.2% battling Sona with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of defeating Sona as Kai'Sa, Kai'Sa players should equip the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Presence of Mind, and Legend: Bloodline runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Kai'Sa vs Sona LoL games, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 44.2% winrate overall.

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