Nocturne vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Nocturne
based on 4,910 Nocturne vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nocturne vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Nocturne vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Nocturne
Tips for Playing as Nocturne against Sona
Use Shroud of Darkness in tandem with Paranoia's dash. Your opponents may panic and waste a critical disable on your spell shield.
Using Paranoia at a critical moment is well worth it even if you cannot use the dash.
Duskbringer isn't only an offensive ability. It can be used to close distance out of combat or escape from certain death.
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.
Nocturne vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Nocturne in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several vital Nocturne versus Sona matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Nocturne’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nocturne may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Nocturne typically has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Sona. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nocturne and Sona
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Who is Better, Nocturne or Sona?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nocturne usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sona, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Nocturne makes an ok counter for Sona.
While Nocturne does have a higher winrate compared to Sona, when on opposite teams, Nocturne also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nocturne into Sona.
Additionally, Nocturne also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nocturne vs Sona matchups, Nocturne is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nocturne is a decent counter to Sona. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nocturne against Sona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Nocturne
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nocturne to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nocturne often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Sona. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nocturne versus Sona build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Eclipse, and Axiom Arc. When Nocturne included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Sona than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nocturne boasted an average win rate of 50.5% when playing against Sona with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Sona as Nocturne, Nocturne players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Nocturne vs Sona counters, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.5% win rate overall.
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