Sona vs Vi
How to Beat Vi as Sona
based on 2,563 Sona vs Vi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Vi Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Vi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vi as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Vi
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.
Advice to Win Against Vi
Vi cannot be stopped while using her ult. Remember to save your displacement effects until after she's done charging.
A fully charged Vault breaker deals double damage. If you see Vi start to charge you should back off or try to dodge it.
Vi will shred your Armor and gain Attack Speed if she manages to hit you three times in a row. Try not to engage in extended brawls with her.
Sona vs Vi Counter Stats
How to Counter Vi with Sona in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize some important Sona versus Vi matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the two. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Vi’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Vi. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona usually has a significantly smaller longest kill spree than her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Vi. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Vi
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Who is Better, Sona or Vi?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sona usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Vi, with a 49.5% win rate. Thus, Sona makes an ok counter to Vi.
While Sona does have a lower winrate than Vi, when they face off with one another, Sona also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Sona into Vi.
Additionally, Sona also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vi. 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 in League of Legends, in Sona vs Vi matchups, Vi is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Sona is a somewhat poor counter to Vi. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sona against Vi.
Other Champion Matchups Against Sona
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Vi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Vi. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Sona versus Vi build include Staff of Flowing Water, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Sona used at least these three items in her build, she did much better vs. Vi than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Vi with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Vi as Sona, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Sona vs Vi counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% winrate overall.
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