- Win Rate
- 51.2%
- Pick Rate
- 1.0%
- Ban Rate
- 0.4%
Sona vs Alistar
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games
- 2,052
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 20, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Sona vs Alistar is a decisive matchup in LoL patch 26.20. Sona wins with a 54.5% win rate (+9.1%) over Alistar based on 22 games. Sona wins the early laning phase while Alistar scales better into the late game. Below you'll find the best Sona build, runes, laning stats, and strategies for the Sona vs Alistar matchup.
Sona Matchup Breakdown
Use the dropdown to select an opponent and see a detailed breakdown of how Sona performs against them. You'll get head-to-head win rates, laning stats, the best build and runes for the matchup, and early vs late game analysis — all based on real ranked data.
Who wins Sona vs Alistar?
Sona wins 52.4% of these games. With this many games the true rate is most likely between 32.4% and 71.7% (95% range).
- Expected
- 50.9% From both champions' overall Support win rates
- Matchup effect
- +1.5 pts Observed minus expected
- Sample
- 21 games Lane: Support
- vs patch 26.19
- — Not enough games on both patches
Lane: Support · Ranked Solo/Duo & Flex · North America server · All ranks · Patch 26.20 · Oct 10 – Oct 19
Key takeaways
- Current data slightly favors Sona, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Sona wins 52.4% of 21 games (95% range 32.4–71.7%).
- Both champions' overall Support win rates predict 50.9% for Sona; the result is within the margin of error of that, so this matchup mostly reflects the two champions' general strength.
- Sona players pick Ionian Boots of Lucidity far more often against Alistar: 57.4% of their other Support games, 81.0% here.
How we calculate this
Games: ranked Solo/Duo and Flex games on the North America server from the patch shown. Remakes (games under 5 minutes) are excluded.
A game only counts when Sona and Alistar played the same position on opposite teams, so roaming, lane swaps within a team or a champion merely being in the same game never count as this matchup.
The 95% range is a Wilson score interval. Confidence comes from how wide that range is: within ±3 points is very high, ±5 high, ±8 moderate, anything wider low. Below 20 games a matchup is not classified at all.
Expected win rate combines both champions’ win rates in this lane (same games and filters) with the log5 formula: E = A(1−B) / (A(1−B) + B(1−A)). Matchup effect = observed − expected.
"What changes" compares Sona's choices in this matchup with the same champion's other games in the same lane, and lists a change only when it is at least 3 points and statistically significant (two-proportion z-test, |z| ≥ 2, 20+ games).
Results are not split by rank: the sample per rank is too small for honest per-rank matchup numbers.
Sona vs Alistar Laning Stats
Only 21 games have a 15-minute snapshot so far — the lane-phase numbers appear from 30.
Whole-game averages
Sona vs Alistar Win Rate by Game Length
Sona's win rate against Alistar by game length. The dot is the win rate, the bar its 95% range and the dashed line the champion's usual win rate at that length. Lengths with fewer than 25 games are left blank.
No game length stands out: Sona's results against Alistar in short and long games are within the margin of error of each other.
Sona vs Alistar Power Spikes
Who is ahead at each stage, measured from these games. A stage reads "Even" when the difference is inside the margin of error, and "Insufficient data" when there are too few games to tell.
- Lane (15 min)Insufficient data
- First itemInsufficient data
- Games under 20 minInsufficient data
- 20–30 min gamesInsufficient data
- 30+ min gamesInsufficient data
What Sona Changes Against Alistar
Choices Sona players make noticeably more or less often in this matchup than in their other Support games.
Usually57.4%vs Alistar81.0%+23.6 pts
Last StandRuneUsuallyunder 0.5%vs Alistar4.8%+4.8 pts
Best Sona Build vs Alistar
Usual Sona build (Support)
68.1% win rate · 69 games
Against Alistar
Not enough matchup-specific build data: only 2 of 7 Sona games against Alistar carried a complete build, which is too few to recommend an item path from. Use Sona's standard build instead.
- Skill priority: W > Q > E — the same as usual.
Builds are ranked by the lower edge of their win rate range, not the raw win rate, so a build seen in a handful of wins never outranks a proven one.
Best Sona Runes vs Alistar
Usual Sona runes (Support)
Summon Aery
71.4% win rate · 28 games
Against Alistar
Too few games for a matchup-specific rune page yet — use the usual page.
Plan your Sona draft in Draft Lab
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Sona matchup data for League of Legends patch 26.20. The table below shows Sona's win rate, gold difference, and performance stats against every champion in the current meta. Click any champion name to see a detailed head-to-head breakdown including the best Sona build, runes, laning stats, and early vs late game analysis for that specific matchup.
Other Sona Matchups
Hardest for Sona
Easiest for Sona
Win rate and games for each matchup. Lists are ranked by the edge of the 95% range so small samples cannot top them; matchups with at least 50 games only.
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Sona vs Alistar FAQ - Patch 26.20
Who wins Sona vs Alistar?
Current data slightly favors Sona, but the sample is too limited for a strong conclusion: Sona wins 52.4% of 21 games (95% range 32.4–71.7%).
What is Sona's win rate against Alistar?
Sona wins 52.4% of 21 Support games against Alistar on patch 26.20 (95% range 32.4–71.7%). Based on both champions' overall Support win rates, 50.9% would be expected.
Does Sona counter Alistar?
Not clearly. Sona wins 52.4% of 21 games against Alistar, and the 95% range (32.4–71.7%) includes 50%, so neither champion reliably counters the other on current data.
Who wins lane, Sona or Alistar?
There are not enough games with a 15-minute snapshot yet (21) to say who wins lane.
Does Sona outscale Alistar?
There are too few games of each length to tell yet.
When is Alistar strongest against Sona?
On current data there is no stage of the game where Alistar is ahead of Sona beyond the margin of error.
What should Sona build against Alistar?
There are not enough games for a matchup-specific core, so use Sona's usual Support core: Echoes of Helia, Moonstone Renewer, Staff of Flowing Water. The biggest change against Alistar: Ionian Boots of Lucidity (57.4% usually, 81.0% here).
What runes should Sona use against Alistar?
Use Sona's usual Summon Aery page (Sorcery + Inspiration); there are too few games for a matchup-specific page. The biggest change against Alistar: Last Stand (under 0.5% usually, 4.8% here).