Sona vs Kassadin
How to Beat Kassadin as Sona
based on 1,239 Sona vs Kassadin matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Kassadin Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Kassadin Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kassadin as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Kassadin
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 Kassadin
It takes 6 spell casts for Kassadin's slow, Force Pulse, to become castable. If he levels up that ability, judiciously use your own skills while laning against him.
Kassadin deals mostly magic damage. If he's doing well consider buying magic resist items like Mercury's Treads and Banshee's Veil.
Each time Kassadin consecutively uses Riftwalk, he pays more and more mana. Keep this in mind as you chase him.
Sona vs Kassadin Counter Stats
How to Counter Kassadin with Sona in LoL
The stats provided here show several significant Sona versus Kassadin matchup stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kassadin’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Kassadin. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Sona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Kassadin. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Kassadin
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Who is Better, Sona or Kassadin?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually wins when taking on Kassadin, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Sona makes a good counter to Kassadin.
While Sona does have a higher win rate compared to Kassadin, when facing one another, Sona also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Kassadin.
Additionally, Sona also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kassadin. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Kassadin 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 for Kassadin. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against Kassadin.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Kassadin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Kassadin. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Sona versus Kassadin build include Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Sona used at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better against Kassadin than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 52.0% battling Kassadin with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Kassadin as Sona, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Sona vs Kassadin fights, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.0% win rate overall.
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