Naafiri vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Naafiri
based on 1,217 Naafiri vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Sona Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Sona as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Sona
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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.
Naafiri vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Naafiri in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some influential Naafiri versus Sona matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capability than Sona. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Naafiri often has a much larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. On average, they receives more damage than Sona. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Sona?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Naafiri usually fairs equally well when playing against Sona, with a 49.1% win rate. As a result, Naafiri makes an ok counter to Sona.
While Naafiri does have a lower winrate compared to Sona, when they face off with one another, Naafiri also has a lower level of difficulty that makes them a less difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Naafiri into Sona.
Furthermore, Naafiri also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a somewhat poor counter to Sona. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Naafiri 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri most often accumulates much more CS relative to Sona. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Naafiri versus Sona build consist of Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge, and Opportunity. When Naafiri incorporated at least these three pieces in their build, they did much better when facing Sona than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Naafiri had an average winrate of 49.1% battling Sona with these items in their kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Sona as Naafiri, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Naafiri vs Sona face-offs, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.
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