Vel'Koz with Sona
How to Synergize Vel'Koz and Sona
based on 609 Vel'Koz with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Vel'Koz Sona Synergy Summary
Best Vel'Koz vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Vel'Koz and Sona
Tips for Playing as Vel'Koz with Sona
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.
Advice to Understand How Sona Will Play
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.
Vel'Koz Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Vel'Koz in LoL
The Vel'Koz Sona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sona, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Vel'Koz sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Sona helps Vel'Koz perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Vel'Koz tries to synergize with Sona, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This may demonstrate that Sona provides cover for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Vel'Koz is played together with Sona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Sona.
Additionally, when Vel'Koz plays with Sona on the same side, he often takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could mean that Sona does a poor job of protecting Vel'Koz during team fights.
Synergies between Vel'Koz and Sona
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Is Vel'Koz better when played alongside Sona?
There is no one best champion pairing for Vel'Koz that will no matter what be his best ally. Yet, overall, Sona is a very typical ally for Vel'Koz. By playing on the same team as Vel'Koz, she lowers their win rate by -0.7% to 49.6%. This signals that there is a weak strategic relationship between Vel'Koz and Sona that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Sona has a much lower diffuclty than Vel'Koz. That means you don't need to be very careful when arranging Sona comrades to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working together, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by grouping Vel'Koz and Sona together, you may not be granting your team a great deal of cover. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Sona ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Vel'Koz to pair well with Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to include in your Vel'Koz and Sona synergy build include Shadowflame, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Vel'Koz bought at least these three finished items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Sona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Vel'Koz boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this combination of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.6% winrate overall.
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