Viktor vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Viktor
based on 1,274 Viktor vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Viktor vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Viktor vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Viktor
Tips for Playing as Viktor against Sona
Make sure you choose the right augment at the right time.
Death Ray is a powerful poke and a strong area of denial tool. Use it in combination with Gravity Field to control your enemy's position.
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.
Viktor vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Viktor in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some influential Viktor versus Sona matchup statistics that may help you figure out the differences between the two. Viktor’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Sona’s ratio of NaN, showing that Viktor may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Sona. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.
Viktor often has a much larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Sona. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Viktor and Sona
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Who is Better, Viktor or Sona?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Viktor usually fairs equally well when playing against Sona, with a 49.3% win rate. As a result, Viktor makes an ok counter to Sona.
While Viktor does have a lower winrate compared to Sona, when they face off with one another, Viktor also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Viktor into Sonaas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Viktor also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sona. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Viktor vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Viktor is a somewhat poor counter for Sona. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Viktor against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Viktor 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 shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Viktor most often gets much more CS relative to Sona. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Viktor versus Sona build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Viktor incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better against Sona than with many other common builds. In fact, Viktor boasted an average win rate of 49.3% when playing against Sona with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Sona as Viktor, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Viktor vs Sona counterpicks, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.3% win rate overall.
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