Sona vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Sona
based on 3,676 Sona vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Sona vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several important Sona vs. Xerath counter statistics that may help us interpret the differences between the two. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Xerath. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes more damage than Xerath. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Xerath
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Who is Better, Sona or Xerath?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually wins when playing against Xerath, with a 52.9% win rate. As a result, Sona makes a good counter for Xerath.
While Sona does have a higher winrate than Xerath, when facing one another, Sona also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sona into Xerath.
Moreover, Sona has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Xerath matchups, Sona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Sona is an above average counter for Xerath. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sona against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona on average accumulates a lot less CS as Xerath. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Sona versus Xerath build include Dream Maker, Echoes of Helia, and Dawncore. When Sona included at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Xerath than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 52.9% when playing against Xerath with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Xerath as Sona, you should use 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 used for Sona vs Xerath face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Xerath as Sona are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.