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Sona vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Sona in LoLSona is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Sona

based on 1,454 Sona vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
56.7 %
K/D/A
3.22
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We get our counter stats from the millions of rated League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat K'Sante as Sona came out of an analysis of 1454 ranked games where both champs faced one another. This matchup is fairly rare. Sona has to counter K'Sante in only 1.6% of her games.

Sona vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Sona has done a great job of beating K'Sante. On average, she wins a whopping 56.7% of the time the champs battle one another in. In Sona versus K'Sante matches, Sona’s team is 0.1% more expected to get first blood, implying that she most likely will be able to get first blood against K'Sante.

Best Sona vs K'Sante Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTear of the Goddess

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Echoes of HeliaArdent CenserZaz'Zak's RealmspikeStaff of Flowing Water

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
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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Q
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W
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Q
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R
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Q
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E
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R

Guide to Countering K'Sante as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against K'Sante

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 K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Sona vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
56.7 %
VS
Win Rate
43.3 %
K'Sante Image
2
< Kills >
4.3
5.1
< Deaths >
5.2
14.4
< Assists >
5.8
0.39
< Killing Sprees >
1
28
< Minions Killed >
169
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.63
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,634
< Physical Damage >
13,288
7,798
< Magic Damage >
3,079
499
< True Damage >
1,406
9,931
< Damage Dealt >
17,773
17,839
< Damage Taken >
29,283
8,371
< Gold Earned >
10,553
2.54
< Towers >
2.06
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
12,781
< Total Healing >
4,500
10,360
< Experience >
14,174
54
< Vision Score >
15
24
< Wards Placed >
8
49
< Time Dealing CC >
1,027

How to Counter K'Sante with Sona in LoL

The stats provided here highlight several important Sona vs. K'Sante counter stats that can help you figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than K'Sante’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than K'Sante. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Sona typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than K'Sante. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sona and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Sona
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
K'Sante

Who is Better, Sona or K'Sante?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when playing against K'Sante, with a 56.7% win rate. As a result, Sona makes a fantastic counter for K'Sante.

While Sona does have a much higher win rate than K'Sante, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sona into K'Sante.

Moreover, Sona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

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

Sona is a great counter for K'Sante. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against K'Sante.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Sona, we analyzed 1,454 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 K'Sante 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter K'Sante during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona typically accumulates a lot less CS as K'Sante. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Sona versus K'Sante build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting K'Sante than with many other common builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 56.7% when countering K'Sante with this build.

To have the best chance of defeating K'Sante as Sona, Sona players 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 K'Sante LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 56.7% win rate overall.

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