Karma vs Sona Counter Pick
Matchup Summary
What the Data Means
Karma, the Enlightened One, meets Sona, Maven of the Strings, in the Support lane. The sample behind this page is 1,369 games from patch 16.13.1, and Karma wins 45.2% of them. That is 4.8 points under even, which is why Sona is listed among the champions Karma struggles into.
Song of Celerity (E) is the ability Karma has to respect, just as Sona plays around Inner Flame. The pressure spikes when Mantra and Crescendo come online together.
Both champions are ranged (Karma at 525, Sona at 550), so the lane is decided by cooldowns rather than reach.
With Karma and Sona both dealing magic damage, stacking a single stat answers most of it. Level-one bases: Karma 630 HP / 28 armour / 30 MR, Sona 550 / 26 / 30. Level 18 armour lands at 113 for Karma and 97 for Sona. Karma covers ground faster from level one (335 against 325).
Data here updates on its own rather than sitting as a fixed snapshot taken on 16.13.1.
FAQ
No — current data marks this as a counter matchup: Sona has the statistical edge. Karma wins 45.2% of the recorded games.
45.2% from Karma's perspective, measured on patch 16.13.1.
1,369 ranked games at Emerald rank and above, across all regions.
The current Karma build — items, runes and skill order from the same data set — is on the Karma build page.