Gwen with Sona
How to Synergize Gwen and Sona
based on 1,855 Gwen with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Gwen Sona Synergy Summary
Best Gwen vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Gwen and Sona
Tips for Playing as Gwen with Sona
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Gwen in LoL
The Gwen 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, Gwen 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 negative change shows that Sona helps Gwen perform not as well in competitive LoL games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Gwen tries to synergize with Sona, she gets a marginal improvement in her total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Sona provides cover for her to deal more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Gwen is played alongside Sona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Sona.
Moreover, when Gwen plays with Sona on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Sona does a decent job of covering Gwen during team fights.
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Is Gwen better when played alongside Sona?
There is no ideal companion for Gwen that will always be her top ally. However, overall, Sona is a very typical ally for Gwen. By being on the same team as Gwen, she drops their win rate by -0.1% to 48.0%. This proves that there is not really a strong bond between Gwen and Sona that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Gwen. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Sona comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to buff allies and debuff enemies. Together, these two will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by pairing Gwen and Sona together, you may not be giving your other allies enough protection for burst damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Sona ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen in order to work well with Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to build first in your Gwen and Sona synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Nashor's Tooth, and Cosmic Drive. When Gwen included at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting alongside Sona than with many other typical builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 48.0% when playing alongside Sona with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Gwen and Sona pairings, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.0% win rate overall.
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