Irelia with Sona
How to Synergize Irelia and Sona
based on 2,473 Irelia with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Irelia Sona Synergy Summary
Best Irelia vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Irelia and Sona
Tips for Playing as Irelia with Sona
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Irelia in LoL
The Irelia 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, Irelia sees a very large drop in her 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 Irelia perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Irelia plays on the same team as Sona, she sees a small decrease in her total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Sona does not provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Irelia is played together with Sona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Sona.
Moreover, when Irelia plays with Sona on the same side, she often receives a little less damage than when she plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could indicate that Sona does a decent job of covering Irelia in team fights.
Synergies between Irelia and Sona
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Is Irelia better when played alongside Sona?
There is no top ally for Irelia that will 100% of the time be her top teammate. However, Sona is a very typical teammate for Irelia. By being on the same side as Irelia, she raises their win rate by 0.4% to 50.2%. This shows that there is a weak bond between Irelia and Sona that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than without each other.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Irelia. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Sona comrades to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working alongside, Irelia players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champions may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by pairing Irelia and Sona together, you may not be giving your other allies a lot of cover. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that helps cover this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of your Sona ally's ability, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Additional Information for Irelia Players
How We Calculated Our Irelia Sona Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Irelia in order to synergize with Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to learn some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top items to build first in your Irelia and Sona synergy build consist of Ravenous Hydra, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia combined at least these three items in her build, she performed much better as an ally of Sona than with most other typical builds. In fact, Irelia boasted an average win rate of 50.2% helping carry Sona with these items in her kit.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, Irelia players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.2% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to pair Sona with Irelia are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to filter the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.