Sona vs Sylas Counter Pick

Hijack is why a 175-range champion can beat a 550-range one this one-sidedly. Sylas takes an enemy ultimate and fires it whenever he likes, and Crescendo, a stun that hits every enemy champion it touches and makes them dance, is the sort of ultimate he most wants to hold. Sona has a 38.2% win rate over 186 games on patch 16.13.1, and part of why that sample is so small is that she is rarely picked in mid lane.

The supporting stats lean just as hard in one direction. Sylas ends with 2,674 health and 117.4 armor to her 2,097 and 97.4, and he moves at 340 compared with her 325. Each time Kingslayer connects with a champion, he heals himself. Abscond gives him a dash that flows straight into Abduct, dragging his target to him so the range gap closes on his timing, not hers. Petricite Burst spins his energised chains around him after any attack that follows a cast, which punishes the close positioning a support needs to keep her auras on an ally. His damage is magic, and her base magic resist is only 30. Chain Lash applies a slow before its delayed explosion lands, so backing away is no longer a safe answer. The one structural comfort is that he rates 5 for difficulty against her 4, yet every cast he makes carries far more weight. Sona can also heal through a failed engage with Aria of Perseverance, and Song of Celerity lets her recover the distance afterward. Sona