Kennen with Sona
How to Synergize Kennen and Sona
based on 901 Kennen with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Kennen Sona Synergy Summary
Best Kennen vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kennen and Sona
Tips for Playing as Kennen with Sona
You can land an initial Mark of the Storm debuff on an opponent with Thundering Shuriken, and then add to it with Electrical Surge.
Lightning Rush can be used to initiate fights with its Energy return component, allowing him to use other abilities afterward.
You can stun your opponents by inflicting 3 Marks of the Storm upon them.
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.
Kennen Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Kennen in LoL
The Kennen 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, Kennen sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sona helps Kennen perform worse in competitive League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Kennen plays on the same team as Sona, he gets a small decrease in his complete damage output. This change could signal that Sona does not provide cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Kennen is played alongside Sona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Sona. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Sona.
Additionally, when Kennen plays with Sona on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Sona does a decent job of covering Kennen in team fights.
Synergies between Kennen and Sona
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Is Kennen better when played alongside Sona?
There is no top companion for Kennen that will always be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Sona is a decent ally for Kennen. By playing on the same side as Kennen, she raises their win rate by 2.8% to 51.4%. This shows that there is a somewhat important bond between Kennen and Sona that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Kennen. That means Kennen players don't need to be careful when enlisting Sona comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
When playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to provide a lot of utility for your team. Together, these champs should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Conversely, by grouping Kennen and Sona together, you may not be granting your other allies very much protection for burst damage. Plan to bring other champions on your team that fills this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Sona ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kennen to pair well with Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to focus on in your Kennen and Sona synergy build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Kennen included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Sona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Kennen had an average winrate of 51.4% helping carry Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Kennen and Sona pairings, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 51.4% win rate overall.
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