Sona vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Sona
based on 1,700 Sona vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Vex Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vex as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Vex
Make sure to tag your allies while Sona's auras are active, but avoid getting caught out by enemies.
Save Crescendo for the game-altering moment.
Well-timed uses of Aria of Perseverance will grant you maximum survivability.
Sona vs Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Sona in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several influential Sona versus Vex matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the two. As an example, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vex’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vex. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Sona typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her foe does. On average, she takes a similar amount of damage to Vex. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Vex
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Who is Better, Sona or Vex?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sona usually wins when taking on Vex, with a 51.6% win rate. Thus, Sona makes a good counter to Vex.
While Sona does have a higher winrate compared to Vex, when facing one another, Sona also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Sona into Vex.
Furthermore, Sona has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vex. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Sona vs Vex matchups, Sona is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sona is a decent counter to Vex. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against Vex.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Vex during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona often picks up a lot less CS relative to Vex. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Sona versus Vex build include Seraph's Embrace, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better versus Vex than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 51.6% battling Vex with this counter build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Vex as Sona, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sona vs Vex fights, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.6% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Vex as Sona are presented for all ranked divisions combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.