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Sona vs Skarner

How to Beat Skarner as Sona in LoLSona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Skarner as Sona

based on 303 Sona vs Skarner matchups
Win Rate
48.2 %
K/D/A
3
Pick Rate
0.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends games that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Skarner as Sona resulted from an analysis of 303 ranked games where both champs faced one another. This matchup is relatively rare. Sona encounters Skarner in only 0.3% of her matches.

Sona vs Skarner Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Sona does a poor job of countering Skarner. Typically, she wins a lowly 48.2% of games the champions face one another in. In Sona versus Skarner matches, Sona’s side is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that she probably will be able to get first blood against Skarner.

Best Sona vs Skarner Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmGlowing Mote

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Ardent CenserEchoes of Helia

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 BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
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R
12
Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Skarner as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Skarner

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 Skarner

Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!

Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.

Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.

Sona vs Skarner Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
48.2 %
VS
Win Rate
51.8 %
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2.1
< Kills >
4.2
5.4
< Deaths >
5.5
14.1
< Assists >
8.4
0.41
< Killing Sprees >
1
28
< Minions Killed >
40
0.03
< Dragons Killed >
1.56
0.62
< Inhibitors >
0.43
1,615
< Physical Damage >
8,161
8,046
< Magic Damage >
3,175
527
< True Damage >
613
10,189
< Damage Dealt >
11,949
18,373
< Damage Taken >
29,064
8,552
< Gold Earned >
10,704
2.4
< Towers >
1.42
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
12,344
< Total Healing >
10,444
10,597
< Experience >
13,069
50
< Vision Score >
22
22
< Wards Placed >
7
49
< Time Dealing CC >
754

How to Counter Skarner with Sona in LoL

The stats provided here show several vital Sona vs. Skarner counter statistics that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Skarner. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Sona often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she receives less damage than Skarner. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sona and Skarner

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Skarner
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Skarner

Who is Better, Sona or Skarner?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually loses when trying to fight Skarner, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Sona makes a bad counter to Skarner.

While Sona does have a lower win rate compared to Skarner, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Skarner.

Additionally, Sona has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Sona is a somewhat poor counter for Skarner. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sona against Skarner.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Skarner Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Skarner as Sona, we analyzed 303 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 Skarner 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Skarner 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 pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Skarner. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sona versus Skarner build consist of Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Skarner than with many other typical builds. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 48.2% battling Skarner with these items in her kit.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Skarner as Sona, Sona players 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 sets that we analyzed for Sona vs Skarner matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Skarner as Sona are given for all skill levels, merged. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.