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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Accord de puissanceAccelerando : les compétences de base de Sona octroient une accélération de compétence (hors ultime) lorsqu'elles sont correctement utilisées, jusqu'à un maximum. Au-delà de celui-ci, bien utiliser une compétence réduit le délai de récupération de l'ultime de Sona.Accord de puissance : après avoir lancé quelques compétences, la prochaine attaque de Sona inflige des dégâts magiques bonus et applique un effet supplémentaire selon la dernière compétence de base lancée.
Strong: every third spell empowers an auto — slow, damage or silence. Weak: melee-range delivery on a glass cannon — punish the walk-in.
Q
Hymne à la bravoureSona joue l'Hymne à la bravoure, dont les ondes sonores infligent des dégâts magiques à deux ennemis proches (priorité aux champions et aux monstres). Sona reçoit un halo temporaire qui confère aux alliés touchés par la zone un bonus aux dégâts de leur prochaine attaque contre un ennemi.
Strong: free-feeling poke that chips constantly with the aura. Weak: short range for a poke tool — engage inside it.
W
Aria de persévéranceSona joue l'Aria de persévérance. Sa mélodie protectrice la soigne, ainsi qu'un allié blessé proche. Sona reçoit un halo temporaire qui confère aux alliés touchés par la zone un bouclier temporaire.
Strong: sustained aura healing that wins attrition wars. Weak: heavy mana drain — force spell trades early and she runs dry.
E
Mélodie de vélocitéSona joue la Mélodie de vélocité, ce qui confère aux alliés proches un bonus en vitesse de déplacement. Sona reçoit un halo temporaire qui permet aux champions alliés touchés par la zone d'augmenter leur vitesse de déplacement.
Strong: team-wide move speed for rotations and escapes. Weak: pure utility — no counterplay needed beyond tempo awareness.
R
CrescendoSona joue son accord ultime, étourdissant les champions ennemis, les forçant à danser et leur infligeant des dégâts magiques.
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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