Sona vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Sona
based on 2,847 Sona vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Sona vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Sona in LoL
The stats shown here show some influential Sona vs. Malzahar counter stats that can help us explain the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Malzahar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Malzahar. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Sona typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she takes a similar amount of damage to Malzahar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sona and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Sona or Malzahar?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when facing off against Malzahar, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Sona makes an ok counter to Malzahar.
While Sona does have a lower winrate than Malzahar, when on opposite teams, Sona also has a lower learning curve that makes her a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Sona also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Malzahar. Focus your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Sona against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Malzahar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona most often picks up a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts 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 shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Sona versus Malzahar build include Staff of Flowing Water, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Sona included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better against Malzahar than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 49.0% battling Malzahar with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Malzahar as Sona, you should use 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 combinations players picked for Sona vs Malzahar counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.0% winrate overall.
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