Malphite vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Malphite
based on 3,556 Malphite vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Malphite vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Malphite vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Malphite
Tips for Playing as Malphite against Sona
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
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.
Malphite vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Malphite in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight several valuable Malphite against Sona counter stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Malphite’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Malphite may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Sona..
Malphite often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Sona. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Malphite and Sona
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Who is Better, Malphite or Sona?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Malphite usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Sona, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Malphite makes an ok counter for Sona.
While Malphite does have a higher win rate compared to Sona, when facing one another, Malphite also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Malphite into Sona.
Furthermore, Malphite also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Malphite vs Sona matchups, Malphite is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Malphite is a decent counter to Sona. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Malphite against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Malphite in order to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Malphite typically racks up much more CS relative to Sona. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Malphite versus Sona build consist of Unending Despair, Kaenic Rookern, and Sunfire Aegis. When Malphite bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Sona than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Malphite had an average win rate of 50.3% when countering Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against Sona as Malphite, you should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Malphite vs Sona face-offs, this set of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.3% win rate overall.
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