Sona vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Sona
based on 1,200 Sona vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Alistar
Make sure to tag your allies while Sona's auras are active, but avoid getting caught out by enemies.
Save Crescendo for the game-altering moment.
Well-timed uses of Aria of Perseverance will grant you maximum survivability.
Advice to Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Sona vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several critical Sona against Alistar matchup stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Alistar..
Sona normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Alistar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Alistar
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Who is Better, Sona or Alistar?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when facing off against Alistar, with a 49.8% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes an ok counter to Alistar.
While Sona does have a lower win rate compared to Alistar, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Alistar.
Additionally, Sona has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter for Alistar. Focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sona against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Alistar. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Sona versus Alistar build consist of Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Sona included at least these three items in her build, she did much better when fighting Alistar than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 49.8% when countering Alistar with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Alistar as Sona, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Sona vs Alistar counterpicks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Alistar as Sona are displayed for all skill levels combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.