Ryze vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Ryze
based on 784 Ryze vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Ryze vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Ryze vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Ryze
Tips for Playing as Ryze against Sona
Spell Flux's short cooldown allows it to be used to spread Flux to many enemies.
Use Overload's passive to optimize for maximum damage or maximum speed.
Ryze can move and cast other spells while Realm Warp is charging without cancelling the portal.
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.
Ryze vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Ryze in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some strategic Ryze vs. Sona counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between these two champs. Ryze’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Ryze may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sona. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Ryze typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Sona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Ryze and Sona
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Who is Better, Ryze or Sona?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Ryze usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sona, with a 49.9% win rate. Thus, Ryze makes an ok counter for Sona.
While Ryze does have a lower winrate than Sona, when they face off with one another, Ryze also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Ryze into Sonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Ryze also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Ryze vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Ryze is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Ryze against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Ryze 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 suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Ryze on average gets much more CS relative to Sona. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Ryze versus Sona build include Seraph's Embrace, Rabadon's Deathcap, and Rod of Ages. When Ryze included at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Sona than with most other common builds. In fact, Ryze boasted an average winrate of 49.9% when countering Sona with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Sona as Ryze, you should take the Phase Rush, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Ryze vs Sona counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.9% win rate overall.
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