How to Win Sona vs Braum Counter Matchup Sona is in the s tier of champions

Sona vs Braum

How to Beat Braum as Sona in LoL Braum is in the b tier of champions
Support Mage
Support Tank

How to Beat Braum as Sona

based on 902 Sona vs Braum matchups
Win Rate
53.7 %
K/D/A
2.96
Pick Rate
0.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Braum as Sona resulted from an evaluation of 902 ranked rounds where both champs clashed against one another. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Sona is forced to battle against Braum in only 0.9% of her rounds.

Sona vs Braum Matchup Summary

Sona does a good job of countering Braum. Typically, she wins a terrific 53.7% of the time the champions face each other in. In Sona versus Braum matches, Sona’s team is 0.1% less likely to earn first blood. This indicates that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Braum.

Best Sona vs Braum Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionSpellthief's Edge

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmRuby Crystal

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Moonstone RenewerSeraph's EmbraceShard of True Ice

Optional Items

Staff of Flowing WaterArdent CenserChemtech Putrifier

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sona to level up w
>
Second ability for Sona to level up q
>
Last skill for Sona to max out e

Runes

Sorcery Summon Aery Manaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
Resolve ConditioningRevitalize
Adaptive Force Adaptive Force Armor
Sona's passive ability p
Sona q ability q
Sona w ability w
Sona e ability e
Sona's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
11
R
12
Q
13
Q
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Countering Braum as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Braum

Well-timed uses of Aria of Perseverance will grant you maximum survivability.

Save Crescendo for the game-altering moment.

Make sure to tag your allies while Sona's auras are active, but avoid getting caught out by enemies.

Advice to Win Against Braum

Unbreakable gives Braum extremely strong directional defense, either wait until it is down or outposition the ability.

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.

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.

Sona vs Braum Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
53.7 %
VS
Win Rate
46.3 %
Braum Image
2.3
< Kills >
1.5
5.5
< Deaths >
5.1
14
< Assists >
13.4
0.45
< Killing Sprees >
0.24
16
< Minions Killed >
34
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,575
< Physical Damage >
1,317
8,368
< Magic Damage >
5,665
466
< True Damage >
524
10,410
< Damage Dealt >
7,507
16,616
< Damage Taken >
20,911
8,028
< Gold Earned >
7,629
2.4
< Towers >
1.69
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
11,778
< Total Healing >
2,639
10,024
< Experience >
9,785
50
< Vision Score >
46
22
< Wards Placed >
20
37
< Time Dealing CC >
170

How to Counter Braum with Sona in LoL

The stats shown here emphasize several vital Sona against Braum counter stats that can help us figure out the differences between the pair. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Braum’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Braum..

Sona normally has a similar longest kill spree as her counter does. On average, she takes less damage than Braum. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sona and Braum

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Braum
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Braum

Who is Better, Sona or Braum?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sona usually wins when taking on Braum, with a 53.7% win rate. As a result, Sona makes a great counter to Braum.

While Sona does have a higher win rate than Braum, when facing one another, Sona also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Sona into Braum.

Additionally, Sona has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Braum. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Braum matchups, Sona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Sona is a great counter to Braum. Focus your strategy on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sona against Braum.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sona

Sona Loses Against

Amumu Amumu 47.6% winrate Aurelion Sol Aurelion Sol 48.9% winrate Maokai Maokai 49% winrate Swain Swain 49.1% winrate

Sona Wins Against

Corki Corki 60% winrate Kalista Kalista 58.6% winrate K'Sante K'Sante 58.4% winrate Lee Sin Lee Sin 57.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Lucian Lucian + 55.2% 3869 Games Kog'Maw Kog'Maw + 55.3% 3896 Games Seraphine Seraphine + 55.7% 2305 Games Amumu Amumu + 56% 5061 Games

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Braum Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Braum as Sona, we analyzed 902 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 Braum as Sona 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

If you would like to truly master Sona in order to counter Braum during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona most often gets less CS compared to Braum. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Sona versus Braum build include Moonstone Renewer, Seraph's Embrace, and Shard of True Ice. When Sona included at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Braum than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 53.7% when playing against Braum with this counter build.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Braum 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 Braum LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.7% win rate overall.

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