Sona vs Vladimir
How to Beat Vladimir as Sona
based on 2,612 Sona vs Vladimir matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sona vs Vladimir Matchup Summary
Best Sona vs Vladimir Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vladimir as Sona
Tips for Playing as Sona against Vladimir
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 Vladimir
Items that counter Health stacking, such as Liandry's Torment and Blade of the Ruined King, are very effective against Vladimir.
Making Vladimir use Sanguine Pool at the start of a fight will maximize the Health cost of the ability to him.
Try to take Vladimir down before Hemoplague detonates, as it will heal him for each afflicted enemy Champion.
Sona vs Vladimir Counter Stats
How to Counter Vladimir with Sona in LoL
The stats shown here underscore some strategic Sona vs. Vladimir counter stats that can help us interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Sona’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vladimir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Sona may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Vladimir. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Sona usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than her matchup does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Vladimir. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sona and Vladimir
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Who is Better, Sona or Vladimir?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sona usually wins when trying to fight Vladimir, with a 53.1% win rate. Therefore, Sona makes a great counter for Vladimir.
While Sona does have a higher winrate compared to Vladimir, when facing one another, Sona also has a lower difficulty level that makes her a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Sona into Vladimir.
Additionally, Sona also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vladimir. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sona vs Vladimir matchups, Sona is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Sona is a great counter for Vladimir. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sona against Vladimir.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona to counter Vladimir during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sona usually picks up a lot less CS compared to Vladimir. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Sona versus Vladimir build include Seraph's Embrace, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Vladimir than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 53.1% when countering Vladimir with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Vladimir as Sona, Sona players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Sona vs Vladimir counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.1% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vladimir as Sona are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the stats and builds to a specific rank, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.