MacroMind matchup data: real ranked games, not opinions

Sona build, with receipts

Support · Items from patches 26.1-26.12

Banned in 0.7% of 1,102,922 ranked games

Most-played choices

What most players pick in each slot.

Most finished three-item core

Echoes of Helia then Moonstone Renewer then Dawncore

63.7% · 1,078 games

Win rates count the games where the item set got finished - the receipt for the completed build.

Most-played starting items

Full starting shop not recorded

First finished item

Echoes of Helia

24,380 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Heal

38,991 games

Level 1 skill and first max

Q at level 1

44,877 games

Max W first

35,723 games

Most-played rune page

Summon Aery — Sorcery: Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm + Resolve: Conditioning, Revitalize; Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling

17,289 games

Full comparisons

Cores, first items, boots and starting items

The finished core

  • Echoes of Helia then Moonstone Renewer then Dawncore: 63.7% · 1,078 games
  • Echoes of Helia then Archangel's Staff then Moonstone Renewer: 59.6% · 584 games
  • Echoes of Helia then Moonstone Renewer then Ardent Censer: 59.1% · 425 games
  • Echoes of Helia then Moonstone Renewer then Redemption: 64.3% · 196 games
  • Echoes of Helia then Archangel's Staff then Staff of Flowing Water: 61.7% · 183 games

First finished item

  • Echoes of Helia: 53.6% · 24,380 games
  • Moonstone Renewer: 53.3% · 4,313 games
  • Archangel's Staff: 53.9% · 1,728 games
  • Ardent Censer: 54.4% · 676 games

Boots

  • Ionian Boots of Lucidity: 52.8% · 21,238 games
  • Boots of Swiftness: 54.9% · 9,612 games
  • Plated Steelcaps: 56.8% · 417 games

Starting shop

  • Health Potion + Health Potion: 52.4% · 31,077 games
  • Health Potion: 56.8% · 905 games
  • Control Ward: 48.7% · 415 games
Runes, shards and summoner spells

Most played full page

Summon Aery — Sorcery: Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm + Resolve: Conditioning, Revitalize; Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling. 51.9% · 17,289 games.

Runes

  • Summon Aery: 52.2% · 44,196 games
  • Arcane Comet: 48.8% · 1,461 games
  • Guardian: 59.4% · 441 games
  • Deathfire Touch: 42.8% · 166 games

Rune trees

  • Sorcery + Resolve: 52.1% · 28,338 games
  • Sorcery + Precision: 51.2% · 10,475 games
  • Sorcery + Inspiration: 53.2% · 6,722 games

Stat shards

  • Adaptive force / Adaptive force / Health scaling: 51.5% · 27,106 games
  • Ability haste / Move speed / Health: 54.4% · 3,870 games

Summoner spells

  • Flash + Heal: 52.4% · 38,991 games
  • Exhaust + Flash: 50.4% · 5,551 games
  • Flash + Ignite: 48.8% · 1,939 games
Level 1 skill and first max
  • Q at level 1: 52.1% · 44,877 games
  • W at level 1: 49.1% · 1,654 games
  • E at level 1: 58.7% · 63 games
  • Max W first: 53.6% · 35,723 games
  • Max Q first: 52.3% · 7,730 games
  • Max E first: 52.9% · 51 games