Hecarim with Sona
How to Synergize Hecarim and Sona
based on 2,470 Hecarim with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Hecarim Sona Synergy Summary
Best Hecarim vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Hecarim and Sona
Tips for Playing as Hecarim with Sona
Devastating Charge deals more damage based on the distance traveled. Try using Onslaught of Shadows or Summoner Spells such as Ghost or Flash to maximize this damage.
Spirit of Dread restores Health when nearby enemies take damage, including damage dealt by allies. Cast this during a large fight to maximize Hecarim's survivability.
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.
Hecarim Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Hecarim in LoL
The Hecarim 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, Hecarim sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Sona helps Hecarim perform not as well in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Hecarim plays on the same team as Sona, he gets a little increase in his full damage output. This could indicate that Sona provides protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Hecarim is played together with Sona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Sona. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Sona.
Moreover, when Hecarim plays with Sona on the same side, he usually receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Sona does a decent job of protecting Hecarim in teamfights.
Synergies between Hecarim and Sona
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Is Hecarim better when played alongside Sona?
There is no perfect companion for Hecarim that will always be his top ally. Yet, overall, Sona is a pretty good ally for Hecarim. By locking into the same side as Hecarim, she increases their win rate by 1.3% to 49.8%. This signals that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Hecarim and Sona that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Hecarim. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Sona teammates to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
Working cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by aligning Hecarim and Sona together, you may not be granting your team very much cover. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this relative disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of your Sona ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, 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 learn all of the intricacies of Hecarim in order to work well with Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best items to include in your Hecarim and Sona synergy build include Spear of Shojin, Sundered Sky, and Eclipse. When Hecarim used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting alongside Sona than with most other common builds. In fact, Hecarim had an average winrate of 49.8% helping carry Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.8% winrate overall.
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