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.
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.
The Sona Vi synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Vi, 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 Vi. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Vi helps Sona perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sona tries to synergize with Vi, she gets a marginal improvement in her total damage dealt. This difference could indicate that Vi provides cover for her to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played alongside Vi on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Vi. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Vi.
Additionally, when Sona plays with Vi on the same side, she usually takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Vi does a poor job of protecting Sona in teamfights.
There is no perfect companion for Sona that will always be her best ally. However, Vi is a very typical ally for Sona. By playing on the same side as Sona, she improves their win rate by 0.7% to 51.1%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small bond between Sona and Vi that results in them performing better together than alone.
Vi has a lower difficulty than Sona. That means Sona players don't need to be cautious when arranging Vi allies to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by bringing Sona and Vi together, you may not be providing your side a great deal of engage. Make sure to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Vi teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
To truly master Sona in order to pair well with Vi during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to get in your Sona and Vi synergy build include Moonstone Renewer, Echoes of Helia, and Dawncore. When Sona included at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Vi than with most other common item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 51.1% helping carry Vi with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, Sona players should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cut Down, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.1% winrate overall.
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