Nunu & Willump vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Nunu & Willump
based on 2,128 Nunu & Willump vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Sona
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
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.
Nunu & Willump vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stats shown here show some valuable Nunu & Willump versus Sona matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sona..
Nunu & Willump normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he takes more damage than Sona. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Sona?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Sona, with a 48.4% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter to Sona.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate than Sona, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nunu & Willump into Sona.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nunu & Willump against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump in order to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump most often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sona. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Nunu & Willump versus Sona build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Sona than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 48.4% when countering Sona with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Sona as Nunu & Willump, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Nunu & Willump vs Sona clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.4% winrate overall.
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