Sona vs Yasuo
How to Beat Yasuo as Sona
based on 6,227 Sona vs Yasuo matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Yasuo Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Yasuo Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yasuo as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Yasuo
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 Yasuo
Yasuo's shield from Resolve lasts only 2 seconds. Dealing damage to him will trigger it. Wait it out, then engage.
Steel Tempest is very narrow. Dodge laterally if possible.
Yasuo is at his weakest just after he has launched a whirlwind. Engage at that point.
When Yasuo lands two Steel Tempests in a row, his next will fire a tornado. Watch and listen for the associated sound to prepare to dodge.
Sona vs Yasuo Counter Stats
How to Counter Yasuo with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some important Sona versus Yasuo matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Yasuo’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Yasuo. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Sona usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Yasuo. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Yasuo
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Who is Better, Sona or Yasuo?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually loses when facing off against Yasuo, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Sona makes a poor counter for Yasuo.
While Sona does have a lower win rate than Yasuo, when facing one another, Sona also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes her a less complex champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Yasuo.
Furthermore, Sona has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yasuo. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Yasuo matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Yasuo. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Sona against Yasuo.
Other Champion Matchups Against Sona
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How We Calculated Our Sona vs Yasuo Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Yasuo during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona usually accumulates a lot less CS relative to Yasuo. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Sona versus Yasuo build include Seraph's Embrace, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Yasuo than with many other typical builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 48.8% when countering Yasuo with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Yasuo as Sona, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Revitalize, and Conditioning runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Sona vs Yasuo matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.8% winrate overall.
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