Sona vs Pyke Counter Pick

The matchup grades as even by difficulty, and the win rate agrees: Sona sits at 48.3% across 895 games on patch 16.13.1. The deciding factor is Death From Below. It blinks Pyke onto low-health foes, executes them, and can be recast after a kill. Sona ends at 2,097 health, a total that keeps her under execute thresholds longer than most champions.

The setup comes first. Bone Skewer either lunges forward or hooks an enemy toward him, Phantom Undertow sends out a phantom that returns to him and stuns along the way, and Ghostwater Dive hides him in camouflage while granting decaying bonus movement speed. Gift of the Drowned Ones heals him for damage taken recently while hidden, and it blocks him from gaining bonus maximum health from items, so his 670 base health and 37 armor count for more than usual. His damage is physical, which makes the 26 armor she starts with the resistance that counts, and it’s the one enchanter builds tend to overlook. He moves at 330 to her 325. Sona counters with range and vision: 550 attack range against 150, Song of Celerity to step out of the stun path, and Crescendo held for the moment he commits instead of being wasted on a wave. Her difficulty rating is 4 and his is 7, so most of the mistakes in this matchup tend to be his.