Orianna vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Orianna
based on 1,255 Orianna vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Sona
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
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.
Orianna vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Orianna in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify several influential Orianna against Sona counter stats that can help us explain the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Sona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.
Orianna usually has a much larger longest kill spree than her counter does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Sona. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Orianna and Sona
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Who is Better, Orianna or Sona?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when facing off against Sona, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Orianna makes a bad counter for Sona.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate compared to Sona, when on opposite teams, Orianna also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Orianna into Sonaas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Orianna also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Orianna is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Sona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Orianna
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Orianna in order to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna usually gets much more CS as Sona. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Orianna versus Sona build consist of Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better against Sona than with many other typical builds. In fact, Orianna had an average win rate of 48.7% battling Sona with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating Sona as Orianna, Orianna players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Orianna vs Sona clashes, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.7% winrate overall.
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