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Sona vs Kog'Maw

How to Beat Kog'Maw as Sona in LoLSona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kog'Maw as Sona

based on 733 Sona vs Kog'Maw matchups
Win Rate
54.2 %
K/D/A
3.3
Pick Rate
0.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches every week. In our dataset, Sona fought Kog'Maw in 733 games. Using so many matchups for Sona versus Kog'Maw gives us a lot of confidence in our ability to produce informative stats and a recommended build to obliterate your opponent. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Sona fights Kog'Maw in only 0.8% of her games.

Sona vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary

Sona does a great job of countering Kog'Maw. On average, she wins a fantastic 54.2% of matches the champions fight one another in. In Sona versus Kog'Maw matches, Sona’s team is 0.0% more likely to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely will get first blood against Kog'Maw.

Best Sona vs Kog'Maw Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTear of the Goddess

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Staff of Flowing WaterSeraph's EmbraceShurelya's BattlesongEchoes of Helia

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sona to level upw
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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
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W
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W
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Kog'Maw

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 Kog'Maw

The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.

Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!

Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.

Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.

Sona vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
54.2 %
VS
Win Rate
45.8 %
Kog'Maw Image
2.2
< Kills >
6.8
5.3
< Deaths >
6.4
15.3
< Assists >
6.6
0.45
< Killing Sprees >
1.6
28
< Minions Killed >
164
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.16
0.66
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,644
< Physical Damage >
9,588
8,517
< Magic Damage >
12,836
566
< True Damage >
2,728
10,727
< Damage Dealt >
25,153
19,299
< Damage Taken >
20,892
8,751
< Gold Earned >
11,864
2.55
< Towers >
2.11
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
13,703
< Total Healing >
5,120
10,984
< Experience >
12,644
52
< Vision Score >
17
23
< Wards Placed >
8
49
< Time Dealing CC >
303

How to Counter Kog'Maw with Sona in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several valuable Sona vs. Kog'Maw counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences between the two. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Kog'Maw’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Kog'Maw. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Sona typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Kog'Maw. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sona and Kog'Maw

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Kog'Maw
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Kog'Maw

Who is Better, Sona or Kog'Maw?

Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when trying to fight Kog'Maw, with a 54.2% win rate. Thus, Sona makes a great counter to Kog'Maw.

While Sona does have a much higher winrate than Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Sona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less time consuming champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sona into Kog'Maw.

Furthermore, Sona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Kog'Maw matchups, Sona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Sona is a great counter to Kog'Maw. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Kog'Maw.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Kog'Maw Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Kog'Maw as Sona, we analyzed 733 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 Kog'Maw 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona often picks up a lot less CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champions who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, 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, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sona versus Kog'Maw build consist of Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better versus Kog'Maw than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 54.2% when countering Kog'Maw with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Kog'Maw as Sona, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Sona vs Kog'Maw matchups, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Sona are given for all skill levels combined. If you want to scope the statistics and builds to a particular skill level, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.