Sona vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Sona
based on 9,230 Sona vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Sona vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here feature several valuable Sona vs. Caitlyn matchup stats that may help you explain the distinctions between the two. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Sona often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she receives a similar amount of damage to Caitlyn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Sona or Caitlyn?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sona usually wins when taking on Caitlyn, with a 51.6% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a good counter for Caitlyn.
While Sona does have a higher winrate compared to Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Caitlyn.
Furthermore, Sona also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Caitlyn matchups, Sona is the better champ with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Sona is a decent counter for Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sona in order to counter Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona most often gets a lot less CS compared to Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Sona versus Caitlyn build include Seraph's Embrace, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs Caitlyn than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 51.6% when countering Caitlyn with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Caitlyn as Sona, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Presence of Mind, and Cut Down runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Sona vs Caitlyn counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.6% win rate overall.
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