Sona vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Sona
based on 4,074 Sona vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Samira
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 Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Sona in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some strategic Sona versus Samira counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between the pair. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Samira. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Sona often has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Samira. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Samira
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Who is Better, Sona or Samira?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when facing off against Samira, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Sona makes an ok counter to Samira.
While Sona does have a higher win rate than Samira, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Sona into Samira.
Furthermore, Sona has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Samira. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Samira matchups, Sona is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sona is a decent counter for Samira. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sona against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sona to counter Samira during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona most often racks up a lot less CS as Samira. Champions who typically don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions 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 require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Sona versus Samira build consist of Dream Maker, Echoes of Helia, and Dawncore. When Sona included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Samira than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 50.6% battling Samira with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Samira 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. Out of all the rune sets players used for Sona vs Samira counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.6% win rate overall.
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