Sonya

Build: Seismic Slam

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Threats to Sonya with this build

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Threat	Hero		Notes
1		Murky	Child's play for Sonya. Seismic Slam does half of his health, and Ancient Spear does the other half. Easy kills in lane and easy 1v1s past that.
1		Abathur	Super easy to deal with. If he Symbiotes a minion, you can kill it near instantly. If he Symbiotes a hero, you can just leave. Additionally, if you find him, you can kill him much quicker than other heroes.
2		Malfurion	Simple battle. Moonfire does little damage, Entangling Roots can be ignored in many circumstances. He's rather annoying with his heals, but he's probably the easiest Support to deal with.
2		Jaina	God bless Wrath of the Berserker. Shuts down the entire gimmick of her kit, which is CC and burst. You can ignore CC with Wrath, and burst her down quicker than she can you. In lane, you can just shrug off her damage, really.
2		Zeratul	Speaking of, Zeratul is mad easy to deal with. If he tries to gank you, Seismic Slam him once and he'll likely be wise enough to Blink away.
2		Tassadar	Nothing he can do against you in lane. He's forced to play passive, which a lot of Tassadar players are uncomfortable with doing.
3		Leoric	Haven't had too much experience with this yet, but your kit kind ajust goes against his. His Q slows you a bit, but it's nothing to worry about; his W can easily be left, and even if it's not, can just be healed back up by Whirlwind. His E is rather annoying to deal with, but if you save your Ancient Spear for until after it, then you can get him relatively easily. If he picks Entomb, then you can Ancient Spear out of it, or just kill him, really. If he picks March of the Black King, just leave it, since you have REALLY high movement speed.
3		Illidan	Pretty simple, really. If he jumps on you, employ the tactic of Seismic F*cking Slam. He'll likely Evasion out of fear, but that doesn't stop you, thankfully.
3		The Lost Vikings	This one's situational. It all depends on the player, really. If it's a good TLV, he should be able to bully you relatively easy with Baelog and Erik. Otherwise, you can just kill them off one by one. Bam!
3		Anub'arak	He can't 1v1 you in any circumstance, and in teamfights, you'll just tank better than him. Easy.
3		Valla	See: Tychus.
3		Thrall	There are two kind of Thrall players: extremely aggressive ones, and passive ones. Nothing in between. The first type will try and kill you immediately, in which you can just hit him back really hard. The second type just pokes with Q and soaks. Neither are anything to worry about. Watch out for Sundering in teamfights.
3		Azmodan	All you gotta do is watch out for poke and kill his minions. Relatively easy to deal with.
3		Brightwing	In lane, she's pretty annoying since she can heal most of your damage. However, past 10, you can shrug off everything she does, easily.
3		E.T.C.	Poor little E.T.C. He got nerfed into the ground and now he's child's play.
3		Kerrigan	Usually pretty easy to deal with. Her burst isn't that scary against you at any point in the game, so just try and shut her down in teamfights.
3		Raynor	See: Tychus.
3		Tyrael	Nothing Tyrael can do against the good ol' Sonya Steamroller. Laning phase isn't too hard, and teamfights are a breeze.
3		Uther	Great counterpick to Uther! Hard for him to deal with you in Wrath form, and his heals likely can't compete with your damage (unless he's dead, in which he can spam Flash of Light). Highly consider this since Uther is picked nearly every game.
4		Tychus	The only way Tychus can win lane against you is if he has a really annoying Support (see: Li Li) or a hyper lane bully with him. Otherwise, if he goes in to poke you, poke him back, harder.
4		Rehgar	One of the easier Supports to deal with. He's still certainly annoying with the Totem, but he can certainly be dealt with.
4		Nova	Though I do have a deep hatred for Nova, she's thankfully not too difficult with Sonya. Harder to deal with than Zeratul, but, on the bright side, if you can jump her in teamfights, she's probably dead.
4		Chen	The only concern you should have with Chen is your ability to kill him. Under no circumstances will he win lane against you in a solo lane, and if he's in a duo lane against you, he'll probably be carried by the other person if you're losing.
4		Muradin	He tanks better than you, but that's about it. Similar to Jaina, his gimmick is CC, which can be ignored. Laning phase is a breeze as well.
5		Sonya	Funnily enough, Sonya is usually a pretty easy matchup as Sonya. Most people tend to go either a Boss Solo build or some kind of healing build, so you can just easily out-DPS her.
5		Stitches	This one's random, really. If he pulls you into their team, one of two things will happen; A. You'll just steamroll their squishies, or B. You'll get killed immediately. Dependent on their team comp, but nevertheless, watch out for stray hooks.
5		Sylvanas	She's a strong lane bully, and can prevent about half of your burst with her E. Just play passive in this lane unless you see a good chance to jump her.
6		Gazlowe	Stay away from the turrets and you'll be okay. Problem is, of course, smart Gazlowes zone you with the turrets. You can take them out pretty easily, but they'll likely just be replaced.
6		Arthas	You'll likely lose trades with him in lane, and in teamfights, he'll deny you pretty hard. Difficult to deal with, but not impossible.
6		Falstad	His Barrel Roll is a fantastic escape from your shenanigans, and he'll probably win trades. Difficult to deal with, to say the least.
6		Kael'thas	He's sort of like Jaina, if instead of CC, she just had more burst. He's annoying in lane and in fights, and will keep you dancing around the battlefield with Phoenix and Flamestrike. Watch out for him.
6		Johanna	Obviously, she can out tank you, and she can CC you even harder. Unfortunately, Wrath of the Berserker does nothing to Falling Sword. If she's smart, she'll try and shut you down in teamfights.
7		Tyrande	Yikes! This one's annoying to lane against. If you try to go in to poke with Seismic Slam, she'll mark you and hit you harder. In teamfights, Starfall wrecks you.
7		Diablo	Diablo can play really aggressively in lane against any hero, and that certainly doesn't exclude you. He's very unlikely to be in a solo lane, as if he flips you into an Assassin you'll take a TON of damage. He can usually out tank you in teamfights, as well. Watch out for this one.
7		Nazeebo	Yikes! Laning phase against this guy is hard. Can't do anything against the Spiders or the Toads, and you'll likely have to waste Fury on Seismic Slam to get out of his wall. Not impossible to deal with, but certainly hard.
8		Li Li	Ughhh. HATE playing against Li Li as Sonya. Her kit kinda shuts down yours. Her Q heals back any damage you deal really quickly, her W makes it so you'll likely lose trades, and her E makes it so your only hope is Seismic Slam, which isn't enough in most sircumstances.
8		The Butcher	Heh, as someone whose second favorite hero is The Butcher, I know not to screw with this guy. He'll win trades no matter what, and if he charges you you gotta leave. Smack him in teamfights, but never try to 1v1 him.
9		Sgt. Hammer	Annoying, to say the least. She can easily leave if you jump on her, and pokes you with Napalm Strike and Artillery. Really difficult to deal with, and ganks probably won't help you either. Perhaps with a Zeratul or Nova, but otherwise, you gotta play passive.
9		Zagara	She'll zone you reaaallly hard. Your only hope is ganks and jumping on her. Otherwise, pray she'll focus on minions rather than your head.
10			No Threat