Sona vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Sona
based on 2,128 Sona vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Nunu & Willump
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 Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Sona vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize several vital Sona versus Nunu & Willump matchup stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the pair. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..
Sona usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Sona or Nunu & Willump?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 51.6% win rate. As a result, Sona makes a good counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Sona does have a higher winrate compared to Nunu & Willump, when facing one another, Sona also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Nunu & Willump.
Furthermore, Sona also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Sona is the better champ with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sona is a decent counter for Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sona against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona often picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sona versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Echoes of Helia. When Sona combined at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better vs. Nunu & Willump than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 51.6% when playing against Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Nunu & Willump as Sona, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Sona vs Nunu & Willump face-offs, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.6% winrate overall.
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