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Sona with Vel'Koz

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How to Synergize Sona and Vel'Koz

based on 609 Sona with Vel'Koz pairs
Win Rate
49.6 %
K/D/A
3.13
Pick Rate
0.7 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Sona has gone into battle with Vel'Koz in 609 recently played, competitive games. By pooling so much complete data from the hosts of League of Legends, we are completely sure that we can provide you with high-quality, accurate builds to help Sona play with Vel'Koz. It is very rare for Sona to play with Vel'Koz as allies. This pairing has only occurred in approx. 0.7% of rounds with Sona.

Sona Vel'Koz Synergy Summary

Sona has done a ok job of playing alongside Vel'Koz. Usually, she wins an acceptable 49.6% of the time the champs appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Sona when playing alongside Vel'Koz by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sona vs Vel'Koz Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Dream MakerMoonstone RenewerDawncore

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceStaff of Flowing WaterArdent CenserEchoes of Helia

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sona to level upw
>
Second ability for Sona to level upq
>
Last skill for Sona to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Sona's passive ability p
Sona's q ability q
Sona's w ability w
Sona's e ability e
Sona's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
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W
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Q
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Q
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Sona and Vel'Koz

Tips for Playing as Sona with Vel'Koz

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 Understand How Vel'Koz Will Play

Be very careful about when to use Life Form Disintegration Ray. Many champions have abilities that can interrupt the spell.

Shooting Plasma Fission diagonally and splitting at maximum range allows you to hit opponents that are out of the range of the initial missile, but is more challenging to pull off.

When laning, use Void Rift to kill minions while building stacks of Organic Deconstruction on your opponent. You can then follow up with your other abilities.

Sona Vel'Koz Synergy Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
49.6 %
VS
Win Rate
50.4 %
Vel'Koz Image
2.3
< Kills >
2.1
5.4
< Deaths >
5.4
14.6
< Assists >
14.3
0.45
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
31
< Minions Killed >
28
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.64
< Inhibitors >
0.6
1,721
< Physical Damage >
1,643
8,112
< Magic Damage >
8,129
553
< True Damage >
537
10,387
< Damage Dealt >
10,310
19,377
< Damage Taken >
18,629
8,736
< Gold Earned >
8,529
2.5
< Towers >
2.39
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
13,503
< Total Healing >
12,714
10,853
< Experience >
10,634
54
< Vision Score >
53
24
< Wards Placed >
23
52
< Time Dealing CC >
48

How to Play with Vel'Koz as Sona in LoL

The Sona Vel'Koz synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vel'Koz, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Sona sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Vel'Koz. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Vel'Koz helps Sona perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Sona plays on the same team as Vel'Koz, she gets a small increase in her full damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Vel'Koz provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his support also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played with Vel'Koz on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Vel'Koz. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Vel'Koz.

Additionally, when Sona plays with Vel'Koz on the same side, she typically receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Vel'Koz does a poor job of covering Sona in teamfights.

Synergies between Sona and Vel'Koz

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Vel'Koz
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sona
Vel'Koz

Is Sona better when played alongside Vel'Koz?

There is no ideal companion for Sona that will always be her #1 ally. However, Vel'Koz is a very typical ally for Sona. By playing on the same side as Sona, he lowers their win rate by -0.8% to 49.6%. This shows that there is only a small strategic relationship between Sona and Vel'Koz that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Vel'Koz has a much greater difficulty compared to Sona. That means Sona players should be careful when enlisting Vel'Koz comrades to play with, as they will need a much higher level of skill to do well with you.

Fighting together, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by pairing Sona and Vel'Koz together, you may not be providing your other teammates a great deal of engage potential. Make sure to include other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Vel'Koz ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona Vel'Koz Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sona and Vel'Koz, we analyzed 609 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Sona with Vel'Koz comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

To truly master Sona in order to pair well with Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Sona and Vel'Koz synergy build include Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Sona bought at least these three finished items in her build, she did a lot better when paired up with Vel'Koz than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 49.6% when playing alongside Vel'Koz with this build.

To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip 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 this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Vel'Koz with Sona are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.