Sona vs Shyvana
How to Beat Shyvana as Sona
based on 1,318 Sona vs Shyvana matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Shyvana Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Shyvana Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shyvana as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Shyvana
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 Shyvana
All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.
Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.
A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.
Sona vs Shyvana Counter Stats
How to Counter Shyvana with Sona in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several strategic Sona versus Shyvana matchup statistics that may help us understand the differences between this set of champs. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Shyvana. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Sona normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her opponent does. Typically, she receives less damage than Shyvana. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Shyvana
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Who is Better, Sona or Shyvana?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when facing off against Shyvana, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a good counter to Shyvana.
While Sona does have a higher winrate than Shyvana, when facing one another, Sona also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Shyvana.
Additionally, Sona has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Shyvana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sona vs Shyvana matchups, Sona is the better champion with a higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Sona is a decent counter for Shyvana. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Shyvana.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sona to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona on average picks up less CS relative to Shyvana. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Sona versus Shyvana build include Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona used at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better vs. Shyvana than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 51.9% when playing against Shyvana with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Shyvana 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 players used for Sona vs Shyvana counterpicks, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 51.9% win rate overall.
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