Sona with Kalista
How to Synergize Sona and Kalista
based on 536 Sona with Kalista pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sona Kalista Synergy Summary
Best Sona vs Kalista Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sona and Kalista
Tips for Playing as Sona with Kalista
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.
Advice to Understand How Kalista Will Play
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
Sona Kalista Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kalista as Sona in LoL
The Sona Kalista synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kalista, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Sona sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kalista. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kalista helps Sona perform worse in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sona plays on the same team as Kalista, she gets a small decrease in her full damage output. This change could demonstrate that Kalista does not help protection for her to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played together with Kalista 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 synergisticly with Kalista.
Moreover, when Sona plays with Kalista on the same team, she often takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Kalista does a decent job of protecting Sona during team fights.
Synergies between Sona and Kalista
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Is Sona better when played alongside Kalista?
There is no universally accepted best champion pairing for Sona that will always be her top synergy. Yet, Kalista is a below average companion for Sona. By playing on the same side as Sona, she decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 48.7%. This clearly indicates that there is a bad strategic relationship between Sona and Kalista that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Kalista has a greater difficulty than Sona. That means you must be careful when lining up Kalista comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Sona and Kalista together, you will not be granting your other allies enough protection for burst damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Kalista teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Sona to pair well with Kalista during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to have in your Sona and Kalista synergy build consist of Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Kalista than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 48.7% when playing alongside Kalista with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.7% winrate overall.
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