Sona vs Nocturne
How to Beat Nocturne as Sona
based on 4,910 Sona vs Nocturne matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Nocturne Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Nocturne Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nocturne as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Nocturne
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 Nocturne
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
Sona vs Nocturne Counter Stats
How to Counter Nocturne with Sona in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Sona versus Nocturne counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nocturne’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nocturne. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona typically has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nocturne. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Nocturne
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Who is Better, Sona or Nocturne?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nocturne, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes an ok counter to Nocturne.
While Sona does have a lower win rate compared to Nocturne, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Nocturne.
Furthermore, Sona has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nocturne. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Nocturne matchups, Nocturne is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Nocturne. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sona against Nocturne.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sona to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona most often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Nocturne. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Sona versus Nocturne build include Redemption, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when facing Nocturne than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Nocturne with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Nocturne as Sona, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Revitalize, and Conditioning runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Sona vs Nocturne clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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