How to beat Sona
Common role: Support
A scaling aura maestro whose one button stuns entire teams.
Best counters vs Sona
Champions with the highest win rate against Sona on their main role — real ranked match data, patch 16.14.
- 1
Leona55.3%187 games
- 2
Taric57.0%35 games
- 3
Blitzcrank52.8%174 games
- 4
Pyke52.1%183 games
- 5
Soraka51.5%214 games
- 6
Seraphine51.2%496 games
- 7
Senna51.0%264 games
- 8
Tahm Kench50.6%84 games
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What makes Sona dangerous
Sona cycles poke, heal and speed auras with empowered bonus effects, scales infinitely with her passive-accelerated cooldowns, and her ultimate is an instant wide AoE stun — the cleanest wombo setup in the game. Late game her sustain becomes unbearable.
How to play against Sona
- 1Punish her hard pre-6: she's the squishiest support alive.
- 2The ult is instant — hold your key cooldowns until it's down.
- 3All-in her mana: aura cycling drains her dry early.
- 4Anti-heal from the first back or her scaling runs away.
Weaknesses to exploit
- ✓Paper-thin: any engage on her wins the 2v2 early.
- ✓No escape and no self-peel besides one slow.
- ✓Scaling-dependent — end before three items.
- ✓Instant ult but a long cooldown — fight after it.
Abilities & how to counter them
What each of Sona's abilities does — and how to play around it.
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Energía acordeAccelerando: Sona obtiene velocidad de habilidades no definitivas de forma permanente al usar sus habilidades bien, hasta un límite. A partir de ese límite, los usos con éxito reducen el enfriamiento restante de su definitiva.Energía acorde: Cada pocos lanzamientos de hechizos, el siguiente ataque de Sona inflige daño mágico adicional, además de tener un efecto adicional según la última habilidad básica que haya activado Sona.
Strong: every third spell empowers an auto — slow, damage or silence. Weak: melee-range delivery on a glass cannon — punish the walk-in.
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Himno del valorSona toca el Himno del valor, que lanza rayos sónicos que infligen daño mágico a dos enemigos cercanos (prioriza a campeones y monstruos). Además, obtiene un aura temporal que aumenta el daño causado por los aliados situados en la zona en su siguiente ataque contra enemigos.
Strong: free-feeling poke that chips constantly with the aura. Weak: short range for a poke tool — engage inside it.
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Aria de la perseveranciaSona toca el Aria de la perseverancia y sus melodías protectoras la curan tanto a ella como a un aliado herido cercano. Además, obtiene un aura temporal que otorga un escudo temporal a todos los aliados situados en la zona.
Strong: sustained aura healing that wins attrition wars. Weak: heavy mana drain — force spell trades early and she runs dry.
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Canción de la celeridadSona toca la Canción de la celeridad, que otorga a los aliados cercanos velocidad de movimiento adicional. Además, obtiene un aura temporal que otorga a los campeones aliados afectados por la zona velocidad de movimiento adicional.
Strong: team-wide move speed for rotations and escapes. Weak: pure utility — no counterplay needed beyond tempo awareness.
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CrescendoSona toca su acorde definitivo, que además de obligar a los campeones enemigos a bailar, les inflige daño mágico.
Strong: an instant wide AoE STUN — the cleanest wombo trigger in the game. Weak: hold your engage/burst until it's spent; the cooldown is long.
Itemization
Engage supports feast on her early. Anti-heal always; end the game before her three-item concert.
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