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Sona vs Rumble

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How to Beat Rumble as Sona

based on 1,624 Sona vs Rumble matchups
Win Rate
52.1 %
K/D/A
3.07
Pick Rate
1.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our dataset, Sona fought Rumble in 1624 rounds. Using so many matchups for Sona vs Rumble gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide enlightening stats and a solid build to smash your foe. This particular pairing is relatively rare. Sona is forced to battle against Rumble in only 1.8% of her matches.

Sona vs Rumble Matchup Summary

Sona has done a good job of countering Rumble. Normally, she wins a fantastic 52.1% of the time the champs clash against each other in. In Sona versus Rumble games, Sona’s side is 0.1% less probable to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely won't get first blood against Rumble.

Best Sona vs Rumble Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsFaerie Charm

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceShurelya's BattlesongZaz'Zak's RealmspikeMoonstone Renewer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sona to level upw
>
Second ability for Sona to level upq
>
Last skill for Sona to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionPresence of MindCut Down
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Sona's passive ability p
Sona's q ability q
Sona's w ability w
Sona's e ability e
Sona's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Rumble as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Rumble

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 Rumble

Rumble deals almost entirely magic damage. Build some Magic Resistance to reduce his damage.

Watch Rumble's Heat bar carefully. If you see him Overheat, go in for the kill while his skills are disabled.

Rumble's ultimate can deal a lot of damage if you stay inside the area of effect. When you see the missiles falling, move out of the way as quickly as possible.

Sona vs Rumble Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
52.1 %
VS
Win Rate
47.9 %
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2.2
< Kills >
6.6
5.5
< Deaths >
6.1
14.7
< Assists >
6.6
0.42
< Killing Sprees >
1.5
29
< Minions Killed >
148
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.24
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,629
< Physical Damage >
959
7,998
< Magic Damage >
22,045
498
< True Damage >
968
10,126
< Damage Dealt >
23,973
18,865
< Damage Taken >
24,660
8,629
< Gold Earned >
11,425
2.45
< Towers >
1.56
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.08
13,108
< Total Healing >
3,739
10,707
< Experience >
14,183
55
< Vision Score >
18
24
< Wards Placed >
8
47
< Time Dealing CC >
277

How to Counter Rumble with Sona in LoL

The stats shown here feature several strategic Sona vs. Rumble matchup statistics that may help you realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rumble’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Rumble. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Sona often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Rumble. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sona and Rumble

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Rumble
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Rumble

Who is Better, Sona or Rumble?

Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when playing against Rumble, with a 52.1% win rate. As a result, Sona makes a good counter for Rumble.

While Sona does have a higher winrate compared to Rumble, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sona into Rumble.

Moreover, Sona also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rumble. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Rumble matchups, Sona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Sona is a good counter for Rumble. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sona against Rumble.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Rumble Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Rumble as Sona, we analyzed 1,624 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Rumble as Sona comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Rumble during both the laning 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 mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona most often gets a lot less CS compared to Rumble. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to focus on in your Sona versus Rumble build include Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Sona bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Rumble than with most other common item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 52.1% when countering Rumble with this build.

To have the highest chance of defeating Rumble as Sona, Sona players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cut Down, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players used for Sona vs Rumble counterpicks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.1% win rate overall.

If you would like to view Sona x Rumble tips and counter stats for a a distinct skill level, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using every match finished with these champions.