Sona vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Sona
based on 1,385 Sona vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Sona vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Sona in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several vital Sona against Heimerdinger matchup stats that can help you grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Heimerdinger. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Sona often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than her counter does. On average, she receives a similar amount of damage to Heimerdinger. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Heimerdinger
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Who is Better, Sona or Heimerdinger?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when trying to fight Heimerdinger, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a good counter to Heimerdinger.
While Sona does have a higher win rate than Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a much lower learning curve that makes her a less complex character to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Sona into Heimerdinger.
Furthermore, Sona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Heimerdinger matchups, Sona is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sona is an above average counter for Heimerdinger. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sona to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Sona versus Heimerdinger build include Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better countering Heimerdinger than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 52.6% when playing against Heimerdinger with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Heimerdinger as Sona, Sona players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Sona vs Heimerdinger counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.6% win rate overall.
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