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Sona vs Lee Sin

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How to Beat Lee Sin as Sona

based on 2,821 Sona vs Lee Sin matchups
Win Rate
54.4 %
K/D/A
3.11
Pick Rate
3.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we evaluate each week. This guide on how to beat Lee Sin as Sona resulted from an evaluation of 2821 ranked matches where both champions opposed each other. This particular matchup is somewhat rare. Sona fights Lee Sin in only 3.1% of her rounds.

Sona vs Lee Sin Matchup Summary

Sona does a great job of countering Lee Sin. Typically, she wins a terrific 54.4% of matches the champions oppose one another in. In Sona against Lee Sin matches, Sona’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood. This implies that she most likely won't get first blood against Lee Sin.

Best Sona vs Lee Sin Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmTear of the Goddess

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
BloodsongStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceArdent CenserShurelya's BattlesongDawncore

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 ForceHealth Scaling
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
9
W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Lee Sin as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Lee Sin

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 Lee Sin

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

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

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

Sona vs Lee Sin Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
54.4 %
VS
Win Rate
45.6 %
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2.1
< Kills >
6.7
5.3
< Deaths >
5.7
14.4
< Assists >
7.6
0.4
< Killing Sprees >
1.55
28
< Minions Killed >
34
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.66
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,687
< Physical Damage >
12,940
7,978
< Magic Damage >
2,592
509
< True Damage >
854
10,175
< Damage Dealt >
16,387
18,064
< Damage Taken >
33,911
8,472
< Gold Earned >
11,341
2.56
< Towers >
1.35
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.28
12,767
< Total Healing >
16,232
10,409
< Experience >
12,651
55
< Vision Score >
24
24
< Wards Placed >
11
47
< Time Dealing CC >
431

How to Counter Lee Sin with Sona in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several influential Sona versus Lee Sin counter statistics that can help you realize the distinctions between the two. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Lee Sin’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Lee Sin. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Sona normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Lee Sin. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sona and Lee Sin

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Lee Sin
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Lee Sin

Who is Better, Sona or Lee Sin?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually wins when playing against Lee Sin, with a 54.4% win rate. Thus, Sona makes a great counter to Lee Sin.

While Sona does have a much higher winrate compared to Lee Sin, when facing one another, Sona also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Sona into Lee Sin.

Additionally, Sona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lee Sin. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Lee Sin 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 allied champions during late stage team fights.

Sona is a great counter to Lee Sin. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sona against Lee Sin.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Lee Sin Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lee Sin as Sona, we analyzed 2,821 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 Lee Sin 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 truly master Sona to counter Lee Sin during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona on average accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Lee Sin. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Sona versus Lee Sin build include Bloodsong, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better countering Lee Sin than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 54.4% when countering Lee Sin with these items in her kit.

To have the highest probability of vanquishing Lee Sin as Sona, Sona players should take 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 Lee Sin fights, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 54.4% win rate overall.

If you need to see Sona versus Lee Sin tips and counter stats for a a particular skill level, feel free to select one from the selection menu above. By default, the stats and strategies displayed are computed using all games finished with these champions.