Sona vs Mordekaiser
How to Beat Mordekaiser as Sona
based on 6,128 Sona vs Mordekaiser matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Mordekaiser Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Mordekaiser Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Mordekaiser as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Mordekaiser
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 Mordekaiser
Mordekaiser builds up a powerful damage aura when fighting champions, so keep your distance.
Realm of Death will cut you off from your teammates completely. Try to save mobility spells to escape Mordekaiser once inside
Damage he deals can be converted into a large shield, and consumed for health
Sona vs Mordekaiser Counter Stats
How to Counter Mordekaiser with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several significant Sona versus Mordekaiser matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences between the pair. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Mordekaiser’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Mordekaiser. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Mordekaiser. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Mordekaiser
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Who is Better, Sona or Mordekaiser?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually loses when trying to fight Mordekaiser, with a 46.9% win rate. Thus, Sona makes a poor counter to Mordekaiser.
While Sona does have a lower win rate compared to Mordekaiser, when facing one another, Sona also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Sona into Mordekaiser.
Additionally, Sona also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Mordekaiser. This often 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 overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Mordekaiser matchups, Mordekaiser is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Sona is a terribly counter for Mordekaiser. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against Mordekaiser.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Mordekaiser 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 mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Mordekaiser. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Sona versus Mordekaiser build include Seraph's Embrace, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Mordekaiser than with many other typical builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 46.9% when countering Mordekaiser with this build.
To have the highest chance of crushing Mordekaiser as Sona, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Revitalize, and Conditioning runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Sona vs Mordekaiser counters, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.9% winrate overall.
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