Warwick vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Warwick
based on 3,821 Warwick vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Warwick vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Warwick vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Warwick
Tips for Playing as Warwick against Sona
Infinite Duress (R)'s distance scales with any Move Speed you gain, even from ally buffs and summoner spells.
Follow your Blood Hunt trails to low health enemy champions.
Jaws of the Beast (Q) will follow enemies who run, dash or teleport if you keep the button held down.
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.
Warwick vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Warwick in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several significant Warwick against Sona counter statistics that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Warwick’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Warwick may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Sona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Warwick typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Sona. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Warwick and Sona
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Who is Better, Warwick or Sona?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Warwick usually loses when facing off against Sona, with a 48.9% win rate. Thus, Warwick makes a poor counter for Sona.
While Warwick does have a lower winrate compared to Sona, when they face off with one another, Warwick also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Warwick into Sona.
Additionally, Warwick also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Warwick vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Warwick is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your play on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Warwick against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Warwick in order to counter Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Warwick typically gets more CS relative to Sona. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Warwick versus Sona build include Sterak's Gage, Blade of The Ruined King, and Titanic Hydra. When Warwick incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when fighting Sona than with many other common builds. In fact, Warwick boasted an average winrate of 48.9% when countering Sona with this build.
To have the best chance of defeating Sona as Warwick, Warwick players should use the Press the Attack, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Warwick vs Sona counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 48.9% win rate overall.
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