How to Win Viego vs Sona Counter Matchup Viego is in the b tier of champions

Viego vs Sona

How to Beat Sona as Viego in LoL Sona is in the s tier of champions
Assassin Fighter
Support Mage

How to Beat Sona as Viego

based on 2,273 Viego vs Sona matchups
Win Rate
47.5 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our counter stats from the millions of rated League games that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat Sona as Viego came out of an examination of 2273 ranked matches where both champs faced off against one another. This counter pairing is relatively rare. Viego has to counter Sona in only 2.8% of their rounds.

Viego vs Sona Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Viego does a poor job of beating Sona. Normally, they wins a lowly 47.5% of games the champs battle each other in. In Viego vs Sona matches, Viego’s side is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that they probably will be able to get first blood versus Sona.

Best Viego vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
HailbladeRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Viego Items

~22 Mins
Divine SundererGuardian AngelDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Wit's EndSterak's GageMaw of MalmortiusBlade of The Ruined King

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Viego to level up q
>
Second ability for Viego to level up e
>
Last skill for Viego to max out w

Runes

Precision Conqueror TriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
Inspiration Magical FootwearCosmic Insight
AttackSpeed Adaptive Armor
Viego's passive ability p
Viego q ability q
Viego w ability w
Viego e ability e
Viego's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Sona as Viego

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.

Viego vs Sona Counter Stats

Viego Image
Win Rate
47.5 %
VS
Win Rate
52.5 %
Sona Image
7.2
< Kills >
2.1
5.8
< Deaths >
5.5
6.2
< Assists >
14.1
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
0.42
39
< Minions Killed >
17
1.62
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.43
< Inhibitors >
0.63
12,413
< Physical Damage >
1,375
1,852
< Magic Damage >
6,596
1,308
< True Damage >
377
15,574
< Damage Dealt >
8,348
28,440
< Damage Taken >
15,178
11,476
< Gold Earned >
7,979
1.7
< Towers >
2.51
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
11,578
< Total Healing >
13,421
12,763
< Experience >
10,314
21
< Vision Score >
47
5
< Wards Placed >
22
197
< Time Dealing CC >
34

How to Counter Sona with Viego in LoL

The stats shown here underscore several influential Viego against Sona matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Viego’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Viego may be more central to their team's team fighting potential than Sona. This observation is in large part a result of the difference in kills.

Viego normally has a much larger longest kill spree than their counter does. Typically, they takes more damage than Sona. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Viego and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Viego
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Viego
Sona

Who is Better, Viego or Sona?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Viego usually loses when playing against Sona, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Viego makes a poor counter to Sona.

While Viego does have a lower win rate compared to Sona, when on opposite teams, Viego also has a greater difficulty level that makes them a more difficult champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Viego into Sona.

Furthermore, Viego has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Viego vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Viego is a terribly counter to Sona. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Viego against Sona.

Other Champion Matchups Against Viego

Viego Loses Against

Singed Singed 43.9% winrate Yorick Yorick 44.2% winrate Renata Glasc Renata Glasc 45.2% winrate Rell Rell 45.2% winrate

Viego Wins Against

Ryze Ryze 57.6% winrate Azir Azir 54.5% winrate Twisted Fate Twisted Fate 53.9% winrate Zeri Zeri 53.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Annie Annie + 52.1% 1431 Games Sona Sona + 52.4% 2251 Games Nidalee Nidalee + 53.1% 356 Games Singed Singed + 53.9% 1164 Games

Additional Information for Viego Players

How We Calculated Our Viego vs Sona Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Sona as Viego, we analyzed 2,273 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Sona as Viego comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Viego Build Sona Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Viego to counter Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Viego most often accumulates more CS as Sona. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Viego versus Sona build include Divine Sunderer, Guardian Angel, and Death's Dance. When Viego combined at least these three items in their build, they did a lot better vs. Sona than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Viego had an average win rate of 47.5% when playing against Sona with these items in their kit.

To have the best chance of defeating Sona as Viego, Viego players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Viego vs Sona counter picks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.5% win rate overall.

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