Sona vs Lillia
How to Beat Lillia as Sona
based on 5,276 Sona vs Lillia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Lillia Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Lillia Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Lillia as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Lillia
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.
Sona vs Lillia Counter Stats
How to Counter Lillia with Sona in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some important Sona vs. Lillia counter statistics that may help us interpret the distinctions between these two champions. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lillia’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Lillia. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Lillia. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Lillia
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Who is Better, Sona or Lillia?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually loses when trying to fight Lillia, with a 47.2% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a bad counter for Lillia.
While Sona does have a lower winrate compared to Lillia, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Sona into Lillia.
Moreover, Sona has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lillia. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, 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 Lillia matchups, Lillia is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Sona is a garbage counter to Lillia. Focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Lillia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sona in order to counter Lillia during both the lane 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 pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona often accumulates less CS compared to Lillia. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts 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 most crucial items to have in your Sona versus Lillia build include Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when fighting Lillia than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 47.2% when playing against Lillia with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of annihilating Lillia as Sona, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Revitalize, and Conditioning runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Sona vs Lillia matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 47.2% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Lillia as Sona are presented for all ranked divisions. To scope the stats and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu earlier on the page.