Sona vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Sona
based on 1,217 Sona vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Naafiri
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 Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several significant Sona versus Naafiri matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the two. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Naafiri. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Sona often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Naafiri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Sona or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when facing off against Naafiri, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Sona makes an ok counter for Naafiri.
While Sona does have a higher win rate compared to Naafiri, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Naafiri.
Moreover, Sona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Naafiri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Naafiri matchups, Sona is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Sona is a decent counter for Naafiri. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Naafiri during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona often picks up a lot less CS relative to Naafiri. Champs who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Sona versus Naafiri build include Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Naafiri than with most other common builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when countering Naafiri with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Naafiri 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 used for Sona vs Naafiri fights, this mix of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.
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