Thresh vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Thresh
based on 3,293 Thresh vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Thresh vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Thresh vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Thresh
Tips for Playing as Thresh against Sona
Communication is key when making use of Thresh's lantern. Let your teammates know how you like to use it.
Death Sentence and Flay can be combined in either cast order for powerful combinations.
Thresh can collect souls without needing to kill units himself. Planning your map position to be near the most deaths will help to maximize soul collection.
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.
Thresh vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Thresh in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify some significant Thresh versus Sona counter stats that can help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Thresh’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Thresh may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sona..
Thresh often has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Sona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Thresh and Sona
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Who is Better, Thresh or Sona?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Thresh usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sona, with a 49.3% win rate. Therefore, Thresh makes an ok counter for Sona.
While Thresh does have a lower win rate than Sona, when facing one another, Thresh also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Thresh into Sonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Thresh also has a great 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 a single best champion in League of Legends, in Thresh 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 team members during late stage team fights.
Thresh is a somewhat poor counter to Sona. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Thresh against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Thresh 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 tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Thresh most often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Sona. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Thresh versus Sona build include Zeke's Convergence, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Thresh used at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Sona than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Thresh had an average winrate of 49.3% when countering Sona with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Sona as Thresh, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Biscuit Delivery, and Triple Tonic runes from the Resolve and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Thresh vs Sona counters, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Sona as Thresh are displayed for all skill levels, merged. To scope the statistics and builds to an individual division, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.