Sona vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Sona
based on 3,093 Sona vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Sona vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page emphasize some significant Sona vs. Xin Zhao counter statistics that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Xin Zhao. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Sona normally has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her foe does. On average, she takes less damage than Xin Zhao. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Sona or Xin Zhao?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually loses when trying to fight Xin Zhao, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a poor counter to Xin Zhao.
While Sona does have a lower winrate than Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Xin Zhao.
Additionally, Sona also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. 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 Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter for Xin Zhao. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Sona to counter Xin Zhao during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona typically accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Sona versus Xin Zhao build include Seraph's Embrace, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when playing against Xin Zhao with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of crushing Xin Zhao as Sona, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cut Down, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Sona vs Xin Zhao face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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