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How to Beat Thresh as Sona

based on 3,293 Sona vs Thresh matchups
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
2.88
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of rated League games that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Thresh as Sona resulted from an examination of 3293 ranked rounds where both champions faced off against one another. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. Sona has to counter Thresh in only 3.6% of her rounds.

Sona vs Thresh Matchup Summary

Sona does a average job of beating Thresh. Normally, she wins a acceptable 50.7% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Sona against Thresh games, Sona’s team is 0.2% less likely to get first blood. This implies that she probably won't get first blood against Thresh.

Best Sona vs Thresh Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Glowing MoteBandleglass Mirror

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerStaff of Flowing WaterDawncore

Optional Items

RedemptionBloodsongArdent CenserSeraph's Embrace

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
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R
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Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Countering Thresh as Sona

Tips for Playing as Sona against Thresh

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 Thresh

Intentionally breaking a wall of The Box can allow a vulnerable ally to escape unscathed.

Thresh's Death Sentence has a long cast time. Watch for the cast to begin to take evasive actions.

Thresh relies on collecting souls for a portion of his defense and damage. Try punishing him when he moves to collect them.

Sona vs Thresh Counter Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Thresh Image
2.1
< Kills >
2
5.7
< Deaths >
5.6
14.3
< Assists >
13.7
0.4
< Killing Sprees >
0.35
27
< Minions Killed >
34
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,610
< Physical Damage >
1,181
8,325
< Magic Damage >
6,715
546
< True Damage >
738
10,482
< Damage Dealt >
8,634
17,734
< Damage Taken >
20,648
8,457
< Gold Earned >
8,383
2.43
< Towers >
1.87
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
11,596
< Total Healing >
2,293
10,405
< Experience >
10,138
54
< Vision Score >
54
24
< Wards Placed >
23
49
< Time Dealing CC >
246

How to Counter Thresh with Sona in LoL

The stats shown on this page highlight several strategic Sona against Thresh matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Thresh’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Thresh..

Sona often has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. Typically, she takes a similar amount of damage to Thresh. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Sona and Thresh

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Thresh
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Sona
Thresh

Who is Better, Sona or Thresh?

Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when playing against Thresh, with a 50.7% win rate. Thus, Sona makes an ok counter to Thresh.

While Sona does have a higher win rate than Thresh, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Thresh.

Furthermore, Sona also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Thresh. 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 in League of Legends, in Sona vs Thresh matchups, Sona 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 Thresh. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Sona against Thresh.

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

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Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona vs Thresh Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Thresh as Sona, we analyzed 3,293 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 Thresh 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 Thresh during both the laning 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 displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Sona often racks up a similar amount of CS as Thresh. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.

The most important items to focus on in your Sona versus Thresh build include Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Dawncore. When Sona combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better vs Thresh than with most other common builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 50.7% when countering Thresh with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance of defeating Thresh as Sona, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Sona vs Thresh LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.

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