Sona vs Malphite
How to Beat Malphite as Sona
based on 3,556 Sona vs Malphite matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Malphite Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Malphite Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malphite as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Malphite
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 Malphite
If you're a physical damage character stay behind your allies when fighting Malphite. Ground Slam can significantly reduce your damage output.
Malphite is one of a couple tanks who are capable of jungling. Watch out if he gets Smite.
Sona vs Malphite Counter Stats
How to Counter Malphite with Sona in LoL
The stats shown here show several critical Sona vs. Malphite counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Malphite’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Malphite. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Sona typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Malphite. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Malphite
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Who is Better, Sona or Malphite?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when playing against Malphite, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Sona makes an ok counter for Malphite.
While Sona does have a lower winrate than Malphite, when facing one another, Sona also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Malphite.
Additionally, Sona has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Malphite. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Malphite matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Malphite. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sona against Malphite.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sona to counter Malphite during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Malphite. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Sona versus Malphite build include Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Dawncore. When Sona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Malphite than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 49.7% when countering Malphite with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Malphite 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 rune sets players chose for Sona vs Malphite clashes, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Malphite as Sona are displayed for all skill levels, merged. If you want to filter the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.