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How to Win Sona vs Ziggs Counter MatchupSona is in the a tier of champions

Sona vs Ziggs

How to Beat Ziggs as Sona in LoLSona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Ziggs as Sona

based on 1,314 Sona vs Ziggs matchups
Win Rate
53 %
K/D/A
3.29
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our counter statistics from the millions of recently rated LoL matches that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Ziggs as Sona came out of an evaluation of 1314 ranked games where both champs faced each other. This champ matchup is fairly rare. Sona has to counter Ziggs in only 1.4% of her games.

Sona vs Ziggs Matchup Summary

Sona does a good job of countering Ziggs. On average, she wins a terrific 53.0% of matches the champs face off with one another in. In Sona against Ziggs games, Sona’s team is 0.0% more likely to obtain first blood. This indicates that she most likely will be able to get first blood against Ziggs.

Best Sona vs Ziggs Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTear of the Goddess

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreStaff of Flowing WaterEchoes of HeliaArdent Censer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sona to level upw
>
Second ability for Sona to level upq
>
Last skill for Sona to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Sona's passive ability p
Sona's q ability q
Sona's w ability w
Sona's e ability e
Sona's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
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Q
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W
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Q
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Ziggs

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 Ziggs

Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.

Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.

Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.

Sona vs Ziggs Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
53 %
VS
Win Rate
47 %
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2.3
< Kills >
4.7
5.2
< Deaths >
5.5
14.8
< Assists >
7.6
0.45
< Killing Sprees >
1.08
29
< Minions Killed >
168
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.08
0.65
< Inhibitors >
0.57
1,643
< Physical Damage >
761
8,126
< Magic Damage >
23,854
591
< True Damage >
344
10,361
< Damage Dealt >
24,960
20,362
< Damage Taken >
17,038
8,753
< Gold Earned >
11,303
2.33
< Towers >
2.93
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
14,774
< Total Healing >
1,467
11,086
< Experience >
13,276
54
< Vision Score >
21
24
< Wards Placed >
10
48
< Time Dealing CC >
254

How to Counter Ziggs with Sona in LoL

The stats provided here feature several influential Sona versus Ziggs counter statistics that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ziggs’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Ziggs. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Sona normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she receives more damage than Ziggs. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sona and Ziggs

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Ziggs
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Ziggs

Who is Better, Sona or Ziggs?

Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sona usually wins when trying to fight Ziggs, with a 53.0% win rate. As a result, Sona makes a good counter for Ziggs.

While Sona does have a higher winrate than Ziggs, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sona into Ziggs.

Furthermore, Sona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Ziggs matchups, Sona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Sona is a good counter for Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sona against Ziggs.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sona

Sona Loses Against

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Sona Wins Against

LeBlancLeBlanc57.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante56.7% winrateKarthusKarthus56.4% winrateJayceJayce56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Ziggs Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Ziggs as Sona, we analyzed 1,314 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Ziggs as Sona comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Sona Build Ziggs Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Sona to counter Ziggs during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona typically accumulates a lot less CS as Ziggs. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Sona versus Ziggs build include Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Ziggs than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 53.0% when playing against Ziggs with this build.

To have the highest chance of vanquishing Ziggs as Sona, Sona players should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Sona vs Ziggs battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.0% winrate overall.

If you want to see Sona vs Ziggs tips and builds for a a specific rank, please select one from the selection menu above. At first, the stats and guides displayed are computed using every game finished with both champs.