Sona vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Sona
based on 1,106 Sona vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Zilean
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 Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Sona vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Sona in LoL
The stats provided here highlight some strategic Sona against Zilean counter stats that can help us grasp the differences between the pair. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Zilean..
Sona usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Zilean. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Zilean
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Who is Better, Sona or Zilean?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually loses when facing off against Zilean, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Sona makes a bad counter to Zilean.
While Sona does have a lower win rate than Zilean, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Zilean.
Additionally, Sona has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Zilean. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sona against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona typically accumulates less CS relative to Zilean. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, 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 surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sona versus Zilean build include Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Zilean than with many other common builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 48.9% when countering Zilean with this counter build.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Zilean 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 combinations players used for Sona vs Zilean face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% win rate overall.
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