Sona vs Vel'Koz SUPPORT Matchup Guide

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Sona into Vel'Kozmedium

Overview

Prioritize protecting your ADC from Vel'Koz's poke and knockup by controlling side brush and river vision.
Play a defensive scaling lane focusing on sustain with and preserving health for late-game impact.
Use your to punish enemy all-ins or disengage when your ADC can follow up safely.

Take short empowered trades only when Vel'Koz's knockup is down.
Hold to punish overcommitments or peel for your ADC during enemy all-ins.
Avoid wasting mana on low-value trades; prioritize healing your ADC with to sustain lane pressure.

Respect Vel'Koz's knockup engage window; hold peel and avoid stepping up.
Vel'Koz's level 6 laser burst can finish slowed or rooted targets; maintain spacing and cooldown awareness.
Losing brush control increases vulnerability to Vel'Koz's split poke and enemy ADC follow-up pressure.

Track the level 2 race carefully and avoid extended fights unless your ADC can follow your threat.
Use to sustain your ADC through Vel'Koz's poke and maintain lane presence.
Deny Vel'Koz brush control to limit his split angles and reduce enemy engage options.

Level 2 unlocks your sustain and small trade power; use it to support your ADC's safety.
Level 3 grants your movement aura , improving ADC follow-up and peel potential.
Level 6 enables strong all-in punish or disengage with ADC follow-up and objective control.

Use to punish grouped enemy commits or stop Vel'Koz's engage attempts with ADC follow-up.
Deny Vel'Koz's ADC access by controlling brush and vision around dragon and river for safer objective setups.
Enable your scaling ADC with sustained heals and poke, then convert lane control into safe roams or objective setups.

Tactical tip

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