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Taliyah vs Sona

How to Beat Sona as Taliyah in LoLTaliyah is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Sona as Taliyah

based on 976 Taliyah vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
46.1 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each and every week. In our database, Taliyah did battle with Sona in 976 rounds. With so many games with Taliyah vs Sona provides us a lot of faith in our ability to produce useful data and a pro build to smash your opponent. This particular champion pairing is somewhat rare. Taliyah fights Sona in only 2.3% of her rounds.

Taliyah vs Sona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Taliyah does a awful job of countering Sona. Typically, she wins a lowly 46.1% of games the champs face each other in. In Taliyah vs Sona matches, Taliyah’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that she probably will get first blood against Sona.

Best Taliyah vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Cosmic DriveRabadon's DeathcapLuden's CompanionZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
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Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
>
Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Sona as Taliyah

Tips for Playing as Taliyah against Sona

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

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.

Taliyah vs Sona Counter Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
46.1 %
VS
Win Rate
53.9 %
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5.7
< Kills >
2.1
6.2
< Deaths >
5.4
8.3
< Assists >
14.5
1.27
< Killing Sprees >
0.44
119
< Minions Killed >
30
0.54
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.64
753
< Physical Damage >
1,647
20,637
< Magic Damage >
7,908
1,039
< True Damage >
480
22,429
< Damage Dealt >
10,035
20,748
< Damage Taken >
18,437
11,793
< Gold Earned >
8,587
1.63
< Towers >
2.46
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
4,293
< Total Healing >
12,953
13,775
< Experience >
10,706
22
< Vision Score >
54
9
< Wards Placed >
24
544
< Time Dealing CC >
46

How to Counter Sona with Taliyah in LoL

The stats shown here feature some strategic Taliyah against Sona matchup statistics that can help us grasp the differences between these two champs. For instance, Taliyah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Taliyah may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Sona. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.

Taliyah normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Sona. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Taliyah and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Taliyah
Sona

Who is Better, Taliyah or Sona?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taliyah usually loses when trying to fight Sona, with a 46.1% win rate. Therefore, Taliyah makes a poor counter for Sona.

While Taliyah does have a lower win rate than Sona, when they face off with one another, Taliyah also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Taliyah into Sona.

Additionally, Taliyah also 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 is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Taliyah vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champ with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Taliyah is a terribly counter to Sona. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Taliyah against Sona.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Taliyah, we analyzed 976 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 Taliyah 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 Taliyah to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Taliyah usually racks up much more CS as Sona. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Taliyah versus Sona build include Seraph's Embrace, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Taliyah combined at least these three items in her build, she did much better countering Sona than with most other typical builds. In fact, Taliyah had an average winrate of 46.1% when countering Sona with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Sona as Taliyah, Taliyah players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Taliyah vs Sona matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.1% winrate overall.

If you would like to get Taliyah x Sona tips and counter stats for a an individual rank, please choose one from the selection menu above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are computed using every round with data with both champs.