Nautilus with Sona
How to Synergize Nautilus and Sona
based on 197 Nautilus with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nautilus Sona Synergy Summary
Best Nautilus vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nautilus and Sona
Tips for Playing as Nautilus with Sona
While ganking, consider aiming Dredge Line at nearby terrain and following it up with Riptide for a higher hit rate.
Riptide has a delayed blast timing on activation - you can use this while running away or when enemies are incoming to serve as a deterrent.
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.
Nautilus Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Nautilus in LoL
The Nautilus 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, Nautilus sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Sona helps Nautilus perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nautilus plays on the same team as Sona, he observes a massive increase in his total damage dealt. This change could indicate that Sona provides cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Nautilus is played with Sona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Sona.
Moreover, when Nautilus plays with Sona on the same side, he usually takes much more damage than when he fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Sona does a poor job of protecting Nautilus during team fights.
Synergies between Nautilus and Sona
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Is Nautilus better when played alongside Sona?
There is no ideal companion for Nautilus that will 100% of the time be his ideal synergy. Yet, Sona is a very bad ally for Nautilus. By being on the same team as Nautilus, she drops their win rate by -4.1% to 44.7%. This demonstrates that there is a terrible bond between Nautilus and Sona that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Nautilus. That means Nautilus players don't need to be cautious when finding Sona comrades to play with, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to play well with you.
Playing together, Nautilus players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. When paired, these two should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by grouping Nautilus and Sona together, you may not be giving your team a lot of protection for burst damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Sona ally, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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How We Calculated Our Nautilus Sona Synergy Build and Stats
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Nautilus to pair well with Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to prioritize in your Nautilus and Sona synergy build consist of Unending Despair, Zeke's Convergence, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Nautilus included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Sona than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nautilus had an average win rate of 44.7% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Sona with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing your oponents, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Unflinching, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 44.7% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Sona with Nautilus are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located at the top of this page.