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How to Win Syndra vs Sona Counter MatchupSyndra is in the a tier of champions

Syndra vs Sona

How to Beat Sona as Syndra in LoLSyndra is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sona as Syndra

based on 2,050 Syndra vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
49.3 %
K/D/A
2.39
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends matches that we review every week. Our guide on how to beat Sona as Syndra came out of an evaluation of 2050 ranked matches where both champs faced each other. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Syndra is forced to battle against Sona in only 2.4% of her rounds.

Syndra vs Sona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Syndra does a below average job of beating Sona. On average, she wins a acceptable 49.3% of games the champs fight one another in. In Syndra versus Sona rounds, Syndra’s team is 0.1% less expected to earn first blood, indicating that she most likely won't get first blood versus Sona.

Best Syndra vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Sapphire CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Syndra Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapZhonya's HourglassLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Void StaffShadowflameStormsurgeSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Syndra's passive ability p
Syndra's q ability q
Syndra's w ability w
Syndra's e ability e
Syndra's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
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Q
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W
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Guide to Countering Sona as Syndra

Tips for Playing as Syndra against Sona

To maximize your ultimate's damage use it when there are many spheres on the battlefield.

After you hit an enemy champion with Force of Will follow up with Dark Sphere, they'll be slowed and have a hard time avoiding it.

Get one of your spells to rank 5 as quickly as possible, they gain powerful bonus effects at max rank.

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.

Syndra vs Sona Counter Stats

Syndra Image
Win Rate
49.3 %
VS
Win Rate
50.7 %
Sona Image
6.5
< Kills >
2.1
5.4
< Deaths >
5.4
6.4
< Assists >
14.2
1.51
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
182
< Minions Killed >
28
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.62
879
< Physical Damage >
1,628
20,377
< Magic Damage >
8,038
1,755
< True Damage >
496
23,012
< Damage Dealt >
10,162
17,283
< Damage Taken >
18,699
12,121
< Gold Earned >
8,590
1.89
< Towers >
2.45
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
1,661
< Total Healing >
13,154
14,358
< Experience >
10,690
20
< Vision Score >
55
10
< Wards Placed >
24
383
< Time Dealing CC >
47

How to Counter Sona with Syndra in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some significant Syndra vs. Sona counter stats that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Syndra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Syndra may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Sona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Syndra often has a much larger longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Sona. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Syndra and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Syndra
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Syndra
Sona

Who is Better, Syndra or Sona?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Syndra usually fairs equally well when playing against Sona, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Syndra makes an ok counter for Sona.

While Syndra does have a lower win rate than Sona, when they face off with one another, Syndra also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Syndra into Sonaas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Syndra has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Syndra vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Syndra is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Syndra against Sona.

Additional Information for Syndra Players

How We Calculated Our Syndra vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Syndra, we analyzed 2,050 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 Sona as Syndra 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Syndra to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Syndra usually picks up much more CS as Sona. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Syndra versus Sona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Luden's Companion. When Syndra combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better against Sona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Syndra boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Sona with this counter build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Sona as Syndra, you should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Syndra vs Sona counter picks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.

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