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Sona vs Irelia

How to Beat Irelia as Sona in LoLSona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Irelia as Sona

based on 2,390 Sona vs Irelia matchups
Win Rate
51.8 %
K/D/A
3.13
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of ranked LoL rounds every week. Within our data, Sona fought Irelia in 2390 matches. Having so many games with Sona versus Irelia gives us faith in our capability to produce actionable stats and a supported build to wreck Irelia. This champ matchup is somewhat rare. Sona has to counter Irelia in only 2.6% of her rounds.

Sona vs Irelia Matchup Summary

Sona does a decent job of countering Irelia. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.8% of the time the champions battle one another in. In Sona versus Irelia matches, Sona’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Irelia.

Best Sona vs Irelia Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteTear of the Goddess

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerStaff of Flowing WaterDawncore

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceArdent CenserShurelya's BattlesongEchoes of Helia

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sona to level upw
>
Second ability for Sona to level upq
>
Last skill for Sona to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Sona's passive ability p
Sona's q ability q
Sona's w ability w
Sona's e ability e
Sona's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
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E
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W
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W
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R
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Irelia

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 Irelia

Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.

Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.

Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.

Sona vs Irelia Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
51.8 %
VS
Win Rate
48.2 %
Irelia Image
2.2
< Kills >
7.1
5.3
< Deaths >
6.8
14.4
< Assists >
4.7
0.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
28
< Minions Killed >
201
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.58
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,644
< Physical Damage >
15,688
7,995
< Magic Damage >
5,874
590
< True Damage >
668
10,230
< Damage Dealt >
22,232
18,084
< Damage Taken >
30,139
8,450
< Gold Earned >
12,548
2.37
< Towers >
2.28
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
12,422
< Total Healing >
10,346
10,555
< Experience >
14,527
53
< Vision Score >
16
23
< Wards Placed >
8
46
< Time Dealing CC >
108

How to Counter Irelia with Sona in LoL

The stats shown on this page feature some important Sona vs. Irelia matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Irelia’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Irelia. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Sona often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Irelia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sona and Irelia

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Irelia
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Irelia

Who is Better, Sona or Irelia?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when playing against Irelia, with a 51.8% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a good counter for Irelia.

While Sona does have a higher win rate than Irelia, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Irelia.

Additionally, Sona has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This 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 Irelia matchups, Sona is the better champ with a higher 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 Irelia. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sona against Irelia.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sona

Sona Loses Against

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune45.4% winrateTrundleTrundle46.6% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser46.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai46.9% winrate

Sona Wins Against

LeBlancLeBlanc57.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante56.7% winrateKarthusKarthus56.4% winrateJayceJayce56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 54.3% 12638 GamesNilahNilah+ 54.3% 1958 GamesSingedSinged+ 54.8% 2050 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55% 5108 Games

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Irelia Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Irelia as Sona, we analyzed 2,390 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 Irelia 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 learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Irelia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona usually racks up a lot less CS relative to Irelia. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Sona versus Irelia build consist of Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Dawncore. When Sona used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when facing Irelia than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Irelia with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of defeating Irelia as Sona, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Sona vs Irelia LoL games, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.8% winrate overall.

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