K'Sante vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as K'Sante
based on 1,454 K'Sante vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
K'Sante vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best K'Sante vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as K'Sante
Tips for Playing as K'Sante against Sona
Take advantage of Flurry by weaving in basic attacks between spell casts - this maximizes damage output and minimizes Energy loss.
Use Sonic Wave before Dragon's Rage so you can chase the target with Resonating Strike.
Self-casting Safeguard and using Iron Will are powerful tools for killing neutral monsters (in the jungle).
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.
K'Sante vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with K'Sante in LoL
The stats provided here show some critical K'Sante against Sona matchup statistics that can help us interpret the distinctions between the pair. For instance, K'Sante’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that K'Sante may be more central to their team's team fighting effectiveness than Sona..
K'Sante normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Typically, they takes more damage than Sona. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between K'Sante and Sona
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Who is Better, K'Sante or Sona?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, K'Sante usually loses when taking on Sona, with a 43.3% win rate. As a result, K'Sante makes a bad counter for Sona.
While K'Sante does have a much lower winrate than Sona, when on opposite teams, K'Sante also has a much greater learning curve that makes them a more difficult character to develop with. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking K'Sante into Sonaas their relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash their full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, K'Sante has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in K'Sante vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
K'Sante is a trash counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as K'Sante against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master K'Sante to counter Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
K'Sante typically picks up much more CS as Sona. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your K'Sante versus Sona build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When K'Sante bought at least these three items in their build, they did much better when fighting Sona than with many other common builds. In fact, K'Sante had an average win rate of 43.3% when playing against Sona with these items in their kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Sona as K'Sante, K'Sante players should use the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for K'Sante vs Sona clashes, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 43.3% winrate overall.
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