Sona vs Cho'Gath
How to Beat Cho'Gath as Sona
based on 2,066 Sona vs Cho'Gath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Cho'Gath Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Cho'Gath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Cho'Gath as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Cho'Gath
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 Cho'Gath
Focus on preventing Cho'Gath from reaching his max size.
Purchasing a few HP items decreases the chances of Cho'Gath killing you quickly.
Rupture has a smoke cloud indicating the area it will strike. Try to watch out for it to prevent Cho'Gath from being able to combo his abilities.
Sona vs Cho'Gath Counter Stats
How to Counter Cho'Gath with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show several vital Sona vs. Cho'Gath matchup statistics that can help us appreciate the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Cho'Gath’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Cho'Gath. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Sona typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Cho'Gath. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Cho'Gath
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Who is Better, Sona or Cho'Gath?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when playing against Cho'Gath, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Sona makes an ok counter to Cho'Gath.
While Sona does have a higher winrate compared to Cho'Gath, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a lower level of difficulty that makes her a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Cho'Gath.
Moreover, Sona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Cho'Gath. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Cho'Gath matchups, Cho'Gath is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Sona is a decent counter to Cho'Gath. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Cho'Gath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sona to counter Cho'Gath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona typically picks up a lot less CS compared to Cho'Gath. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically 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 ideal items to have in your Sona versus Cho'Gath build consist of Seraph's Embrace, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better against Cho'Gath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 50.0% when countering Cho'Gath with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Cho'Gath as Sona, Sona players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cut Down, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Sona vs Cho'Gath matchups, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.0% win rate overall.
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