How to Win Sona vs Swain Counter Matchup Sona is in the s tier of champions

Sona vs Swain

How to Beat Swain as Sona in LoL Swain is in the b tier of champions
Support Mage
Mage Fighter

How to Beat Swain as Sona

based on 3,751 Sona vs Swain matchups
Win Rate
49.1 %
K/D/A
2.85
Pick Rate
3.7 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of recently ranked LoL rounds each and every week. In our data, Sona fought Swain in 3751 rounds. Having so many matchups for Sona versus Swain provides us a lot of faith in our capacity to prepare actionable statistics and a recommended build to crush your foe. This particular champ pairing is somewhat rare. Sona is forced to battle against Swain in only 3.7% of her rounds.

Sona vs Swain Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Sona has done a dismal job of countering Swain. Typically, she wins a acceptable 49.1% of games the champions face off with one another in. In Sona versus Swain matches, Sona’s side is 0.1% less expected to gain first blood, indicating that she probably won't be able to get first blood against Swain.

Best Sona vs Swain Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionSpellthief's Edge

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmChalice of Blessing

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongShard of True IceStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceArdent CenserRedemptionChemtech Putrifier

Summoner Spells

summonerexhaust summoner spell D
summonerflash summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sona to level up w
>
Second ability for Sona to level up q
>
Last skill for Sona to max out e

Runes

Sorcery Summon Aery Manaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
Precision Presence of MindCut Down
Adaptive Force Adaptive Force Armor
Sona's passive ability p
Sona q ability q
Sona w ability w
Sona e ability e
Sona's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
W
6
R
7
W
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W
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W
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Swain as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Swain

Well-timed uses of Aria of Perseverance will grant you maximum survivability.

Save Crescendo for the game-altering moment.

Make sure to tag your allies while Sona's auras are active, but avoid getting caught out by enemies.

Advice to Win Against Swain

Swain's passive is very potent if you are immobilized. Make sure to be extra careful around enemies who have immobilizing effects.

Buying an item with Grievous Wounds will make Swain much easier to kill during his Demonic Ascension.

High mobility counters all of Swain's basic abilities: Death's Hand does more damage the closer he is, Vision of Empire has a very long delay and Nevermove must start returning back to him to be dangerous.

Sona vs Swain Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
49.1 %
VS
Win Rate
50.9 %
Swain Image
2.3
< Kills >
4.9
5.9
< Deaths >
6.1
14.5
< Assists >
10.4
0.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.1
17
< Minions Killed >
81
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.54
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,620
< Physical Damage >
1,372
8,537
< Magic Damage >
17,826
470
< True Damage >
864
10,626
< Damage Dealt >
20,063
17,907
< Damage Taken >
28,295
8,123
< Gold Earned >
9,732
2.19
< Towers >
1.81
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
12,481
< Total Healing >
8,916
10,359
< Experience >
11,680
48
< Vision Score >
34
21
< Wards Placed >
15
37
< Time Dealing CC >
333

How to Counter Swain with Sona in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several valuable Sona versus Swain matchup statistics that can help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Swain’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Swain. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Sona normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her enemy does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Swain. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sona and Swain

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Swain
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Swain

Who is Better, Sona or Swain?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when taking on Swain, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes an ok counter to Swain.

While Sona does have a lower win rate compared to Swain, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a much lower difficulty level that makes her a less difficult character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Sona into Swain.

Moreover, Sona has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Swain. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Swain matchups, Swain is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Swain. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against Swain.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sona

Sona Loses Against

Amumu Amumu 47.6% winrate Aurelion Sol Aurelion Sol 48.9% winrate Maokai Maokai 49% winrate Swain Swain 49.1% winrate

Sona Wins Against

Corki Corki 60% winrate Kalista Kalista 58.6% winrate K'Sante K'Sante 58.4% winrate Lee Sin Lee Sin 57.1% winrate

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Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Swain Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Swain as Sona, we analyzed 3,751 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 Swain 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Swain during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep 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 by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona most often picks up a lot less CS as Swain. Champs who on average don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well 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 case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The most important items to use in your Sona versus Swain build consist of Shurelya's Battlesong, Shard of True Ice, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Sona used at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Swain than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 49.1% when countering Swain with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Swain as Sona, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Presence of Mind, and Cut Down runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Sona vs Swain counter picks, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.1% winrate overall.

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