Sona vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Sona
based on 2,151 Sona vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Yorick
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 Yorick
You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.
Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.
Sona vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Sona in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some significant Sona against Yorick counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Yorick. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Sona usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Yorick. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Yorick
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Who is Better, Sona or Yorick?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when taking on Yorick, with a 49.7% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes an ok counter to Yorick.
While Sona does have a lower win rate than Yorick, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less challenging champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Sona into Yorick.
Additionally, Sona has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter for Yorick. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sona against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Yorick during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona on average gets a lot less CS as Yorick. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Sona versus Yorick build include Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Yorick than with most other common builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 49.7% when countering Yorick with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of crushing Yorick as Sona, you should use 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 sets that we analyzed for Sona vs Yorick counter picks, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.7% win rate overall.
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