Lucian vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Lucian
based on 5,589 Lucian vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Sona
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Lucian in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some significant Lucian versus Sona counter stats that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between these two champions. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sona. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Lucian usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sona. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Sona
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Who is Better, Lucian or Sona?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Lucian usually loses when facing off against Sona, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Lucian makes a poor counter to Sona.
While Lucian does have a lower win rate compared to Sona, when they face off with one another, Lucian also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Lucian into Sona.
Furthermore, Lucian also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lucian vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Lucian is a garbage counter for Sona. Focus your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Lucian against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lucian in order to counter Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian most often gets much more CS as Sona. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Lucian versus Sona build include Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver, and Navori Quickblades. When Lucian combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Sona than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Lucian boasted an average winrate of 47.2% when playing against Sona with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Sona as Lucian, Lucian players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Lucian vs Sona battles, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.2% win rate overall.
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