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How to Win Shaco vs Sona Counter MatchupShaco is in the a tier of champions

Shaco vs Sona

How to Beat Sona as Shaco in LoLShaco is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sona as Shaco

based on 3,347 Shaco vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
2.51
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League rounds every week. In our data, Shaco fought Sona 3347 times. Including so many matchups for Shaco versus Sona provides us confidence in our capacity to provide enlightening data and a solid build to counter your opposition. This champion pairing is relatively rare. Shaco has to counter Sona in only 2.5% of his matches.

Shaco vs Sona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Shaco does a dismal job of beating Sona. Typically, he wins a lowly 48.0% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Shaco vs Sona games, Shaco’s side is 0.2% more probable to obtain first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Sona.

Best Shaco vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsThe Brutalizer

Core Shaco Items

~22 Mins
Profane HydraVoltaic CycloswordOpportunity

Optional Items

Serylda's GrudgeThe CollectorInfinity EdgeEdge of Night

Summoner Spells

summonersmite summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Shaco to level upe
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Second ability for Shaco to level upq
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Last skill for Shaco to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
PrecisionLegend: AlacrityCoup de Grace
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Shaco's passive ability p
Shaco's q ability q
Shaco's w ability w
Shaco's e ability e
Shaco's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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E
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E
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E
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R
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Guide to Countering Sona as Shaco

Tips for Playing as Shaco against Sona

Using Deceive over terrain can help you make a clean escape.

Try getting items with on-hit effects. These will also benefit your Hallucination clone.

Backstab's damage can be increased with increased Critical Damage effects like Infinity Edge.

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.

Shaco vs Sona Counter Stats

Shaco Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Sona Image
6.5
< Kills >
2.2
5.7
< Deaths >
5.6
7.8
< Assists >
14.5
1.53
< Killing Sprees >
0.43
34
< Minions Killed >
28
1.07
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.62
7,368
< Physical Damage >
1,654
8,942
< Magic Damage >
8,322
1,433
< True Damage >
532
17,744
< Damage Dealt >
10,509
24,926
< Damage Taken >
19,530
11,014
< Gold Earned >
8,757
1.18
< Towers >
2.42
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
8,887
< Total Healing >
13,508
12,588
< Experience >
10,917
31
< Vision Score >
55
10
< Wards Placed >
24
599
< Time Dealing CC >
52

How to Counter Sona with Shaco in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Shaco vs. Sona matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Shaco’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Shaco may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sona. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Shaco normally has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Sona. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Shaco and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Shaco
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Shaco
Sona

Who is Better, Shaco or Sona?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Shaco usually loses when taking on Sona, with a 48.0% win rate. Therefore, Shaco makes a poor counter for Sona.

While Shaco does have a lower winrate than Sona, when facing one another, Shaco also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Shaco into Sonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Furthermore, Shaco has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Shaco 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.

Shaco is a garbage counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Shaco against Sona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Shaco

Shaco Loses Against

NilahNilah44.2% winrateLilliaLillia45.5% winrateBriarBriar45.7% winrateZyraZyra46.1% winrate

Shaco Wins Against

YuumiYuumi55.5% winrateNidaleeNidalee54.6% winrateZeriZeri54.1% winrateZoeZoe54.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Shaco Players

How We Calculated Our Shaco vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Shaco, we analyzed 3,347 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Sona as Shaco comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Shaco 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 tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Shaco most often gets a similar amount of CS compared to Sona. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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 need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Shaco versus Sona build consist of Profane Hydra, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Opportunity. When Shaco used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better countering Sona than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Shaco boasted an average winrate of 48.0% battling Sona with this counter build.

To have the greatest probability of crushing Sona as Shaco, you should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Coup de Grace runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Shaco vs Sona clashes, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sona as Shaco are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.