Sona vs Jhin
How to Beat Jhin as Sona
based on 10,280 Sona vs Jhin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Jhin Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Jhin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Jhin as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Jhin
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 Jhin
Jhin places invisible traps around the map. Watch where you step!
Jhin's attacks are quite potent, but he runs out of ammo after the 4th shot. Use this window to jump him and burst him down.
Deadly Flourish only roots those hit by one of Jhin's basic attacks, traps, or allies within the last 4 seconds.
Sona vs Jhin Counter Stats
How to Counter Jhin with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some vital Sona vs. Jhin matchup stats that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Jhin’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Jhin. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Jhin. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Jhin
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Who is Better, Sona or Jhin?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when taking on Jhin, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Sona makes an ok counter to Jhin.
While Sona does have a lower win rate than Jhin, when facing one another, Sona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Sona into Jhin.
Furthermore, Sona has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Jhin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Jhin matchups, Jhin is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Jhin. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sona against Jhin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Jhin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona most often gets a lot less CS as Jhin. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Sona versus Jhin build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Celestial Opposition, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Jhin than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 49.5% battling Jhin with this build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Jhin as Sona, Sona players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Revitalize, and Conditioning runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Sona vs Jhin counters, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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