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Sona vs Vayne

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How to Beat Vayne as Sona

based on 4,714 Sona vs Vayne matchups
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
3.07
Pick Rate
5.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we analyze every week. Our guide on how to beat Vayne as Sona resulted from an evaluation of 4714 ranked games where both champions faced off against one another. This counter matchup is relatively uncommon. Sona has to counter Vayne in only 5.2% of her matches.

Sona vs Vayne Matchup Summary

Sona does a decent job of beating Vayne. On average, she wins a acceptable 51.4% of the time the champs oppose each other in. In Sona versus Vayne matches, Sona’s team is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood. This implies that she probably won't get first blood against Vayne.

Best Sona vs Vayne Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerEchoes of Helia

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceDawncoreStaff of Flowing WaterRedemption

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 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 Vayne as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Vayne

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 Vayne

Deny Vayne the opportunity to pin you against walls.

Vayne is fragile - turn the pressure up on her and she will be forced to play cautiously.

Sona vs Vayne Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
Vayne Image
2.3
< Kills >
7.1
5.4
< Deaths >
5.9
14.3
< Assists >
5.2
0.46
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
27
< Minions Killed >
162
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.48
1,731
< Physical Damage >
14,707
8,575
< Magic Damage >
1,439
542
< True Damage >
4,057
10,848
< Damage Dealt >
20,204
18,187
< Damage Taken >
20,890
8,656
< Gold Earned >
11,829
2.64
< Towers >
2.24
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.06
12,119
< Total Healing >
5,868
10,647
< Experience >
12,565
54
< Vision Score >
17
24
< Wards Placed >
8
49
< Time Dealing CC >
67

How to Counter Vayne with Sona in LoL

The stats shown here clarify some critical Sona versus Vayne counter stats that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vayne’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vayne. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.

Sona usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Vayne. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sona and Vayne

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Vayne
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Vayne

Who is Better, Sona or Vayne?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sona usually wins when playing against Vayne, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Sona makes a good counter for Vayne.

While Sona does have a higher win rate compared to Vayne, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Vayne.

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

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

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

Other Champion Matchups Against Sona

Sona Loses Against

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune45.4% winrateTrundleTrundle46.6% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser46.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai46.9% winrate

Sona Wins Against

LeBlancLeBlanc57.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante56.7% winrateKarthusKarthus56.4% winrateJayceJayce56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Vayne Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Vayne as Sona, we analyzed 4,714 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 Vayne 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

Sona Build Vayne Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Vayne during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Vayne. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions 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 several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Sona versus Vayne build consist of Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Echoes of Helia. When Sona bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Vayne than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 51.4% when playing against Vayne with this counter build.

To have the best chance of beating Vayne as Sona, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Revitalize, and Conditioning runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Sona vs Vayne counters, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.

If you need to get Sona x Vayne tips and counter stats for a a distinct player tier, please select one from the selection menu provided above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and guides given are computed using all games played with these champs.