Yasuo vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Yasuo
based on 6,227 Yasuo vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Yasuo vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Yasuo vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Yasuo
Tips for Playing as Yasuo against Sona
Last Breath can be cast on any target that is knocked Airborne, even by one of your allies.
Dash through a minion to have Sweeping Blade available to chase your opponent should they flee; Dash directly to your opponent to preserve a minion as your escape route.
At level 18, Yasuo's Steel Tempest reaches its Attack Speed cap with 55% Attack Speed from items.
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.
Yasuo vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Yasuo in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several strategic Yasuo against Sona counter statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Yasuo’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Yasuo may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Yasuo normally has a much larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Sona. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Yasuo and Sona
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Who is Better, Yasuo or Sona?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Yasuo usually wins when taking on Sona, with a 51.2% win rate. Thus, Yasuo makes a good counter for Sona.
While Yasuo does have a higher winrate compared to Sona, when facing one another, Yasuo also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Yasuo into Sonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Yasuo has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Yasuo vs Sona matchups, Yasuo is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Yasuo is a decent counter to Sona. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Yasuo against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Yasuo in order to counter Sona during both the early game 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 listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Yasuo on average picks up much more CS compared to Sona. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Yasuo versus Sona build include Infinity Edge, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Kraken Slayer. When Yasuo incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Sona than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Yasuo had an average win rate of 51.2% when playing against Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Sona as Yasuo, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Yasuo vs Sona battles, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.2% winrate overall.
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