Sona vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Sona
based on 2,001 Sona vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Amumu
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 Amumu
Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.
Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.
Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.
Sona vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Sona in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some vital Sona vs. Amumu matchup stats that may help you realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Amumu’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Amumu. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Sona typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Amumu. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Amumu
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Who is Better, Sona or Amumu?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Amumu, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Sona makes an ok counter for Amumu.
While Sona does have a lower winrate than Amumu, when facing one another, Sona also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Amumu.
Moreover, Sona has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Amumu matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Amumu. Focus your play on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sona to counter Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Amumu. Champs who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Sona versus Amumu build include Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Echoes of Helia. When Sona incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better vs. Amumu than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 49.0% when playing against Amumu with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Amumu as Sona, Sona players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Sona vs Amumu face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.0% winrate overall.
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