Shaco vs Sona Counter Pick

On paper this looks like an execution. Sona owns the frailer profile by a distance: 550 base health, 26 base armor, 2,097 at level 18, 49 base attack damage and 325 move speed. Shaco is rated 9 out of 10 for difficulty precisely because his kit is designed to convert targets shaped like that.

What the profile hides is that Sona rarely stands where the burst is. Her abilities work from 550 range and each leaves an aura behind — Aria of Perseverance heals and grants resistances, Song of Celerity hands out move speed, Hymn of Valor adds damage — so the ally beside her is harder to open on, and she sits further back than Shaco’s approach comfortably allows. Power Chord empowers her next attack, and Crescendo stuns everyone in its path, which punishes the instant he emerges from Deceive. Accelerando permanently raises the ability haste on her basic spells as she uses them well, so the gaps between her casts narrow rather than widen as the game runs long.

Patch 16.13.1 logs 209 meetings at 45.0% for Shaco, a limited count pointing at a familiar shape: a champion who needs an isolated target struggles against one whose value is spread across teammates. Boxes placed on the paths Sona uses to rotate pay better than chasing her directly with 125 attack range.