Vi vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Vi
based on 2,563 Vi vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Vi vs Sona Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Vi Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Sona as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Sona
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
Advice to Win Against Sona
Spread out when you see Sona so she can't make your entire team dance.
Kill Sona first, as she will heal up her team if left alone for too long.
Vi vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Vi in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several vital Vi versus Sona matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. For instance, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Sona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Vi usually has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she receives more damage than Sona. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vi and Sona
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Vi or Sona?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Vi usually fairs equally well when facing off against Sona, with a 50.5% win rate. Thus, Vi makes an ok counter to Sona.
While Vi does have a higher winrate than Sona, when on opposite teams, Vi also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Vi into Sona.
Moreover, Vi has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Vi vs Sona matchups, Vi is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Vi is a decent counter for Sona. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Vi against Sona.
Other Champion Matchups Against Vi
Additional Information for Vi Players
How We Calculated Our Vi vs Sona Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Vi in order to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Sona. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Vi versus Sona build include Experimental Hexplate, Spear of Shojin, and Sundered Sky. When Vi included at least these three items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting Sona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vi boasted an average win rate of 50.5% battling Sona with these items in her kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Sona as Vi, Vi players should equip the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Vi vs Sona battles, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.5% win rate overall.
If you want to see Vi x Sona tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a an individual rank, please select one from the selection menu shown above. If viewing for the first time, the stats and strategies displayed are computed using all rounds played with these champions.