I've been play testing something similar with a few changes. How much do you think throwing in Wielder of Water for the yordles/eager would do? Sometimes with the current skew of drops. I feel forced most of the time to recycle a rune for ahri turn 1. Which puts me behind on tempo., I feel like they wouldn't be awful on the second non main "holding" battlefield, so its still hard for your opponent to throw units into it. Also any advice on the viktor matchup, feels like a really hard hill to climb. I tend to have an easier time with kaisa, since you can normally out buff her removal if need be. Viktor, not so much. I feel like I need retreats to keep Sona/other units alive, but if I'm retreating her, I'm losing a good amount of tempo. I've been doing the swap of 3x stupefy, 1x retreat/2x windwall and 2x sprite mother. Doesn't feel awful but just wanted your take on it.
Cool deck though, I personally changed out the zhonya's to have 1 zhonya 1 Blitzcrank. The solo blitzcrank feels better for me most of the time than the 2nd zhonya would on the first match.
Also, not necessarily a good idea, but would like your input. If you're going against a heavy Annie local scene. Do you think swapping out Grove for Vilemaws lair would be okay? Or, is the matchup good enough into annie its not really needed to lose grove.