Sona vs Kalista
How to Beat Kalista as Sona
based on 860 Sona vs Kalista matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Kalista Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kalista as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Kalista
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 Kalista
Kalista's mobility is dependent upon attacking. This means it is low when she is outside of her attack range and that Attack Speed slows reduce the amount of distance she can cover in an engagement.
If you can break line of sight from Kalista, including through brush, her basic attacks will miss you, falling harmlessly to the ground.
Kalista cannot cancel her basic attack wind up. While she is very mobile, this offers a window to land spells on her if you anticipate when she will begin attacking.
Sona vs Kalista Counter Stats
How to Counter Kalista with Sona in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several strategic Sona vs. Kalista counter statistics that can help you explain the differences between these two champs. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kalista’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Kalista. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Sona usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Kalista. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Kalista
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Who is Better, Sona or Kalista?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when taking on Kalista, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes an ok counter to Kalista.
While Sona does have a lower win rate compared to Kalista, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Kalista.
Furthermore, Sona also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kalista. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Kalista matchups, Kalista is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Kalista. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Kalista.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sona to counter Kalista during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona most often gets a lot less CS compared to Kalista. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Sona versus Kalista build include Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Kalista than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 49.7% battling Kalista with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of beating Kalista 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 we have analyed for Sona vs Kalista LoL games, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
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