Caitlyn with Sona
How to Synergize Caitlyn and Sona
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Caitlyn Sona Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Caitlyn and Sona
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn with Sona
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
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.
Caitlyn Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Caitlyn in LoL
The Caitlyn Sona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sona, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Caitlyn sees a large worsening in her 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 Caitlyn perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Caitlyn tries to synergize with Sona, she observes a little drop in her complete damage output. This change could signal that Sona does not help protection for her to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Caitlyn is played alongside Sona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Sona.
Additionally, when Caitlyn plays with Sona on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Sona does a decent job of protecting Caitlyn in team fights.
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Is Caitlyn better when played alongside Sona?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Caitlyn that will no matter what be her top ally. Yet, Sona is a below average ally for Caitlyn. By locking into the same side as Caitlyn, she drops their win rate by -1.1% to 48.2%. This clearly indicates that there is a negative bond between Caitlyn and Sona that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Caitlyn. That means Caitlyn players don't need to be cautious when finding Sona allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
Playing alongside, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
In contrast, by bringing Caitlyn and Sona together, you may not be giving your other teammates enough tankyness. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the skill of your Sona teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Caitlyn in order to work well with Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to prioritize in your Caitlyn and Sona synergy build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, The Collector, and Opportunity. When Caitlyn combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Sona than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 48.2% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Sona with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating your oponents, Caitlyn players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Caitlyn and Sona pairings, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% win rate overall.
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