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Sona vs Quinn

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How to Beat Quinn as Sona

based on 1,216 Sona vs Quinn matchups
Win Rate
52.4 %
K/D/A
3.04
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter stats from the millions of rated LoL matches that we get from Riot Games every week. This guide on how to beat Quinn as Sona resulted from an analysis of 1216 ranked matches where both champs clashed against one another. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Sona encounters Quinn in only 1.3% of her matches.

Sona vs Quinn Matchup Summary

Sona does a good job of beating Quinn. Normally, she wins a terrific 52.4% of games the champs clash against each other in. In Sona versus Quinn rounds, Sona’s side is 0.1% less likely to gain first blood, indicating that she most likely won't be able to get first blood against Quinn.

Best Sona vs Quinn Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmGlowing Mote

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceShurelya's BattlesongEchoes of HeliaDawncore

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sona to level upw
>
Second ability for Sona to level upq
>
Last skill for Sona to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Sona's passive ability p
Sona's q ability q
Sona's w ability w
Sona's e ability e
Sona's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
11
R
12
Q
13
Q
14
E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Quinn as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Quinn

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 Quinn

After being marked, move away from Quinn so she can't take advantage of it.

Keep tabs on Quinn's position. Behind Enemy Lines can enable Valor to cross the map very quickly and attack you by surprise.

When Quinn is using Behind Enemy Lines, damaging her removes her Move Speed bonus temporarily.

Sona vs Quinn Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
52.4 %
VS
Win Rate
47.6 %
Quinn Image
2.3
< Kills >
7.2
5.6
< Deaths >
6.8
14.7
< Assists >
6.1
0.43
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
28
< Minions Killed >
155
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.13
0.6
< Inhibitors >
0.44
1,632
< Physical Damage >
20,820
8,182
< Magic Damage >
1,246
516
< True Damage >
1,122
10,332
< Damage Dealt >
23,188
19,220
< Damage Taken >
23,608
8,687
< Gold Earned >
11,918
2.47
< Towers >
2.11
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
12,947
< Total Healing >
5,696
10,856
< Experience >
14,452
53
< Vision Score >
20
23
< Wards Placed >
8
50
< Time Dealing CC >
155

How to Counter Quinn with Sona in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify several strategic Sona versus Quinn counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Quinn’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Quinn. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Sona usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her enemy does. Typically, she takes less damage than Quinn. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Sona and Quinn

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Quinn
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Quinn

Who is Better, Sona or Quinn?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when playing against Quinn, with a 52.4% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a good counter to Quinn.

While Sona does have a higher winrate compared to Quinn, when facing one another, Sona also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less time consuming character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Sona into Quinn.

Furthermore, Sona has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Quinn. 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 in League of Legends, in Sona vs Quinn 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 late stage team fights.

Sona is an above average counter to Quinn. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Quinn.

Other Champion Matchups Against Sona

Sona Loses Against

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune45.4% winrateTrundleTrundle46.6% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser46.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai46.9% winrate

Sona Wins Against

LeBlancLeBlanc57.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante56.7% winrateKarthusKarthus56.4% winrateJayceJayce56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Miss FortuneMiss Fortune+ 54.3% 12638 GamesNilahNilah+ 54.3% 1958 GamesSingedSinged+ 54.8% 2050 GamesLilliaLillia+ 55% 5108 Games

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Quinn Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Quinn as Sona, we analyzed 1,216 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Quinn as Sona comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to counter Quinn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona often racks up a lot less CS as Quinn. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported on this page to do well.

The best items to focus on in your Sona versus Quinn build consist of Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better versus Quinn than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 52.4% when playing against Quinn with this build.

To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Quinn as Sona, you 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 we have analyed for Sona vs Quinn fights, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 52.4% winrate overall.

If you want to get Sona versus Quinn tips and builds for a a particular player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and strategies shown are calculated using every game played with both champs.