Sona vs Volibear
How to Beat Volibear as Sona
based on 1,894 Sona vs Volibear matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Volibear Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Volibear Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Volibear as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Volibear
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 Volibear Counter Stats
How to Counter Volibear with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some vital Sona versus Volibear counter statistics that may help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Volibear’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Volibear. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her opponent does. Typically, she takes less damage than Volibear. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Volibear
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Who is Better, Sona or Volibear?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Volibear, with a 50.4% win rate. Thus, Sona makes an ok counter to Volibear.
While Sona does have a higher winrate than Volibear, when facing one another, Sona also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Volibear.
Furthermore, Sona has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Volibear. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Volibear matchups, Sona is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Sona is a decent counter for Volibear. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Volibear.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Volibear during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona typically gets a lot less CS compared to Volibear. Champions who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sona versus Volibear build consist of Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better countering Volibear than with many other typical builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 50.4% when playing against Volibear with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Volibear as Sona, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Sona vs Volibear matchups, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.
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