Vladimir vs Sona
How to Beat Sona as Vladimir
based on 2,612 Vladimir vs Sona matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vladimir vs Sona Matchup Summary
Best Vladimir vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Sona as Vladimir
Tips for Playing as Vladimir against Sona
Transfusion instantly deals damage to the enemy before healing Vladimir, making it one of the best last hitting tools in the game.
Cast Hemoplague where it will afflict the most units.
Sanguine Pool pops incoming missiles, so it can be used to dodge disables.
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.
Vladimir vs Sona Counter Stats
How to Counter Sona with Vladimir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several critical Vladimir vs. Sona matchup stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Vladimir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sona’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Vladimir may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sona. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Vladimir usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Sona. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Vladimir and Sona
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Who is Better, Vladimir or Sona?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Vladimir usually loses when playing against Sona, with a 46.9% win rate. As a result, Vladimir makes a poor counter for Sona.
While Vladimir does have a lower win rate than Sona, when they face off with one another, Vladimir also has a much greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Vladimir into Sonaas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Vladimir has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Sona. This often 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Vladimir vs Sona matchups, Sona is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Vladimir is a terribly counter to Sona. Focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vladimir against Sona.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Vladimir to counter Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vladimir typically racks up much more CS as Sona. Champions who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Vladimir versus Sona build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Cosmic Drive, and Liandry's Torment. When Vladimir used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when facing Sona than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Vladimir had an average winrate of 46.9% battling Sona with this counter build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Sona as Vladimir, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Vladimir vs Sona matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.9% win rate overall.
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