Sona vs Annie
How to Beat Annie as Sona
based on 1,422 Sona vs Annie matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Annie Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Annie Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Annie as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Annie
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 Annie
Annie's summoned bear, Tibbers, burns opposing units around himself. Try to keep your distance from him after he's been summoned.
Keep an eye out for a white, swirling power around Annie. It means she's ready to unleash her stun.
Summoner Smite can be used to help take down Tibbers.
Sona vs Annie Counter Stats
How to Counter Annie with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature several important Sona against Annie counter stats that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Annie’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Annie. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Annie. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Annie
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Who is Better, Sona or Annie?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when taking on Annie, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Sona makes an ok counter for Annie.
While Sona does have a lower winrate than Annie, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Sona into Annie.
Moreover, Sona has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Annie. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Annie matchups, Annie is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter for Annie. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sona against Annie.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Annie during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Annie. Champs who typically don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Sona versus Annie build include Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Annie than with many other typical builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 49.9% battling Annie with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Annie 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. Out of all the rune builds players used for Sona vs Annie matchups, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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