Swain vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Swain
based on 3,455 Swain vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Swain vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Swain vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Swain
Tips for Playing as Swain against Sona
While laning, try to use Death's Hand's piercing damage to damage opponents from a safe distance.
Vision of Empire is quite difficult to land on its own, look for skirmishes around the map where enemies may be distracted or crowd controlled so you can land it more easily.
If you're having trouble rooting an enemy with Nevermove, try throwing it at opponents when they are near their minions so the explosion surprises them.
Demonic Ascension may make Swain very hard to kill but he's pretty easy to get away from. Try building items that can slow opponents to keep them in range if their mobility is overwhelming.
Advice to Win Against Sona
Spread out when you see Sona so she can't make your entire team dance.
Kill Sona first, as she will heal up her team if left alone for too long.
Swain vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Swain in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some vital Swain vs. Sona counter stats that may help you explain the differences between this pair of champs. Swain’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Swain may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sona..
Swain normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Sona. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Swain and Sona
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Who is Better, Swain or Sona?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Swain usually wins when trying to fight Sona, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Swain makes a good counter to Sona.
While Swain does have a higher winrate compared to Sona, when on opposite teams, Swain also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Swain into Sonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Swain also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Swain vs Sona matchups, Swain is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Swain is a decent counter to Sona. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Swain against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Swain in order to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Swain usually racks up much more CS compared to Sona. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Swain versus Sona build consist of Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Riftmaker, and Liandry's Torment. When Swain combined at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better versus Sona than with many other common item sets. In fact, Swain boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when countering Sona with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Sona as Swain, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Swain vs Sona matchups, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 51.5% winrate overall.
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