Sona vs Evelynn
How to Beat Evelynn as Sona
based on 2,296 Sona vs Evelynn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Evelynn Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Evelynn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Evelynn as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Evelynn
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 Evelynn
Purchasing Vision Wards can help you detect Evelynn's location in order to prepare for her ambushes.
A large share of Evelynn's threat is in her charm, 'Allure.' Protect allies marked with 'Allure' or, if you are marked, make sure allies are between you and where Evelynn may attack from.
If you suspect Evelynn is about to ambush one of your teammates, let them know by pinging the minimap and typing in chat.
Sona vs Evelynn Counter Stats
How to Counter Evelynn with Sona in LoL
The stats provided here show several valuable Sona vs. Evelynn matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between these two champions. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Evelynn’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Evelynn. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Sona typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Evelynn. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Evelynn
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Who is Better, Sona or Evelynn?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when playing against Evelynn, with a 50.8% win rate. Thus, Sona makes an ok counter to Evelynn.
While Sona does have a higher win rate than Evelynn, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Evelynn.
Moreover, Sona also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Evelynn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Evelynn matchups, Sona is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Sona is a decent counter to Evelynn. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Evelynn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Evelynn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona typically racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Evelynn. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Sona versus Evelynn build consist of Staff of Flowing Water, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Sona included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better countering Evelynn than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 50.8% when playing against Evelynn with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Evelynn as Sona, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cut Down, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Sona vs Evelynn battles, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.8% win rate overall.
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