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Naafiri with Sona

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How to Synergize Naafiri and Sona

based on 1,224 Naafiri with Sona pairs
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
2.14
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League of Legends rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Naafiri has gone into battle with Sona in 1224 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much relevant data straight from the developers of League, we are sure that we can produce high quality, accurate builds to help Naafiri play with Sona. It is relatively rare for Naafiri to play alongside Sona as teammates. This pairing has only happened in approx. 2.4% of matches with Naafiri.

Naafiri Sona Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Naafiri does a below average job of teaming up with Sona. Normally, they wins an acceptable 48.6% of the time the champions appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Naafiri when playing with Sona by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Naafiri vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Long SwordRefillable Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordPickaxe

Core Naafiri Items

~22 Mins
Serylda's GrudgeAxiom ArcProfane Hydra

Optional Items

Edge of NightVoltaic CycloswordOpportunityYoumuu's Ghostblade

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Naafiri to level upq
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Second ability for Naafiri to level upe
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Last skill for Naafiri to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
DominationSudden ImpactTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Naafiri's passive ability p
Naafiri's q ability q
Naafiri's w ability w
Naafiri's e ability e
Naafiri's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Naafiri and Sona

Tips for Playing as Naafiri with Sona

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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.

Naafiri Sona Synergy Stats

Naafiri Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Sona Image
8.3
< Kills >
8.5
6.5
< Deaths >
6.7
5.6
< Assists >
5.9
1.92
< Killing Sprees >
1.95
150
< Minions Killed >
152
0.21
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.34
< Inhibitors >
0.36
22,249
< Physical Damage >
22,775
116
< Magic Damage >
99
1,181
< True Damage >
1,250
23,547
< Damage Dealt >
24,125
25,245
< Damage Taken >
25,774
12,313
< Gold Earned >
12,636
1.55
< Towers >
1.56
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
5,707
< Total Healing >
6,312
13,584
< Experience >
14,133
17
< Vision Score >
18
8
< Wards Placed >
8
59
< Time Dealing CC >
60

How to Play with Sona as Naafiri in LoL

The Naafiri Sona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of their gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sona, compared to their overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how their gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Naafiri sees a large worsening in their KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sona helps Naafiri perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Naafiri tries to synergize with Sona, they sees a small decrease in their complete damage dealt. This change may signal that Sona does not provide cover for them to deal more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Naafiri is played with Sona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when they plays without Sona. This is contrasting evidence that they is worse when playing synergisticly with Sona.

Moreover, when Naafiri plays with Sona on the same team, they on average takes a little less damage than when they fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Sona does a decent job of covering Naafiri during teamfights.

Synergies between Naafiri and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Naafiri
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Naafiri
Sona

Is Naafiri better when played alongside Sona?

There is no top champion pairing for Naafiri that will always be their top synergy. However, Sona is a not very good teammate for Naafiri. By being on the same side as Naafiri, she lowers their win rate by -1.6% to 48.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad synergy between Naafiri and Sona that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Sona has a greater difficulty than Naafiri. That means Naafiri players should be careful when finding Sona comrades to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

Working alongside, Naafiri players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

Conversely, by aligning Naafiri and Sona together, you will not be granting your team a lot of cover. Make sure to have other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the skill of your Sona teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Naafiri Players

How We Calculated Our Naafiri Sona Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Naafiri and Sona, we analyzed 1,224 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Naafiri with Sona comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri in order to synergize with Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to prioritize in your Naafiri and Sona synergy build include Serylda's Grudge, Axiom Arc, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri included at least these three great items in their build, they performed a lot better when paired up with Sona than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 48.6% helping carry Sona with this build.

To have the best chance of vanquishing your oponents, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.6% winrate overall.

If you need to see Naafiri with Sona collaboration tips and builds for a an individual division rank, please select one from the selection menu provided above. By default, the stats and build suggestions given are computed using all games finished with both champions.