Sona vs Ahri
How to Beat Ahri as Sona
based on 2,615 Sona vs Ahri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Ahri Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Ahri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ahri as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Ahri
Make sure to tag your allies while Sona's auras are active, but avoid getting caught out by enemies.
Save Crescendo for the game-altering moment.
Well-timed uses of Aria of Perseverance will grant you maximum survivability.
Advice to Win Against Ahri
Stay behind minions to make Charm difficult to land, this will reduce Ahri's damage potential significantly.
Ahri's survivability is dramatically reduced when her Ultimate, Spirit Rush, is down.
Sona vs Ahri Counter Stats
How to Counter Ahri with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some significant Sona against Ahri matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ahri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Ahri. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she receives a similar amount of damage to Ahri. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Ahri
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Who is Better, Sona or Ahri?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when facing off against Ahri, with a 52.6% win rate. Thus, Sona makes a good counter for Ahri.
While Sona does have a higher win rate than Ahri, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sona into Ahri.
Moreover, Sona also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ahri. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Ahri matchups, Sona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Sona is an above average counter to Ahri. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sona against Ahri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Ahri during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Ahri. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, 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 situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Sona versus Ahri build include Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Sona included at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better when fighting Ahri than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 52.6% battling Ahri with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Ahri as Sona, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Sona vs Ahri matchups, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.6% winrate overall.
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