Darius with Sona
How to Synergize Darius and Sona
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Darius Sona Synergy Summary
Best Darius vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Darius and Sona
Tips for Playing as Darius with Sona
Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.
Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.
Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.
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.
Darius Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Darius in LoL
The Darius 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, Darius sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sona helps Darius perform poorer in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Darius is paired with Sona, he gets a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This may signal that Sona does not help cover for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Darius is played together with Sona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sona.
Moreover, when Darius plays with Sona on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Sona does a decent job of covering Darius in teamfights.
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Is Darius better when played alongside Sona?
There is no top ally for Darius that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Sona is a very typical ally for Darius. By being on the same team as Darius, she raises their win rate by 0.5% to 49.7%. This shows that there is only a small strategic relationship between Darius and Sona that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Sona has a greater difficulty than Darius. That means you should be cautious when lining up Sona comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champions can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Darius and Sona together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of cover. Make sure to include other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Sona teammate, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Darius to synergize with Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Darius and Sona synergy build consist of Sterak's Gage, Dead Man's Plate, and Stridebreaker. When Darius used at least these three finished items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Sona than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Darius had an average winrate of 49.7% helping carry Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing your oponents, Darius players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Darius and Sona pairings, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.7% win rate overall.
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