Sona vs Braum
How to Beat Braum as Sona
based on 954 Sona vs Braum matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Braum Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Braum Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Braum as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Braum
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 Braum
Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.
Braum must land Winter's Bite or a basic attack to start Concussive Blows. If you get marked, exit combat range before getting hit 3 more times to avoid the stun.
Braum's ultimate has a long cast time, use that extra time to dodge. Walking over the frozen ground left behind will slow you, position so that you don't need to cross it.
Sona vs Braum Counter Stats
How to Counter Braum with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several critical Sona vs. Braum counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Braum’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Braum..
Sona often has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Braum. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Braum
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Who is Better, Sona or Braum?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Braum, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Sona makes an ok counter for Braum.
While Sona does have a lower win rate than Braum, when facing one another, Sona also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to learn. You should be careful when picking Sona into Braum.
Furthermore, Sona also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Braum. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Braum matchups, Braum is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter for Braum. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Braum.
Other Champion Matchups Against Sona
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How We Calculated Our Sona vs Braum Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Braum 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 mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona on average racks up a similar amount of CS as Braum. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Sona versus Braum build include Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Sona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did much better versus Braum than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 49.3% battling Braum with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Braum as Sona, Sona players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sona vs Braum clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Braum as Sona are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.