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How to Synergize Sona and Kayle

based on 2,594 Sona with Kayle pairs
Win Rate
51.4 %
K/D/A
2.94
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each week. Sona has been on the same team as Kayle in 2594 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much relevant data directly from the creators of LoL, we have complete confidence that we can present to you high quality, insightful builds to help Sona play with Kayle. It is relatively rare for Sona to play with Kayle as allies. This has only taken place in approximately 2.8% of rounds with Sona.

Sona Kayle Synergy Summary

Sona does a decent job of fighting on the same side as Kayle. Normally, she wins an acceptable 51.4% of games the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Sona when playing with Kayle by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with her, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sona vs Kayle Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmBandleglass Mirror

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Staff of Flowing WaterMoonstone RenewerDawncore

Optional Items

RedemptionArdent CenserShurelya's BattlesongSeraph's Embrace

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sona to level upw
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Second ability for Sona to level upq
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Last skill for Sona to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionPresence of MindCut Down
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Sona's passive ability p
Sona's q ability q
Sona's w ability w
Sona's e ability e
Sona's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
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R
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Sona and Kayle

Tips for Playing as Sona with Kayle

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 Kayle Will Play

Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.

Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.

Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.

Sona Kayle Synergy Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
51.4 %
VS
Win Rate
48.6 %
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2
< Kills >
2.1
5.4
< Deaths >
5.4
13.9
< Assists >
14.3
0.37
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
27
< Minions Killed >
28
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.59
< Inhibitors >
0.6
1,603
< Physical Damage >
1,643
7,976
< Magic Damage >
8,129
504
< True Damage >
537
10,084
< Damage Dealt >
10,310
18,732
< Damage Taken >
18,629
8,426
< Gold Earned >
8,529
2.34
< Towers >
2.39
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
12,268
< Total Healing >
12,714
10,720
< Experience >
10,634
52
< Vision Score >
53
23
< Wards Placed >
23
46
< Time Dealing CC >
48

How to Play with Kayle as Sona in LoL

The Sona Kayle synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kayle, 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 Kayle. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kayle helps Sona perform not as well in ranked LoL games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Sona tries to synergize with Kayle, she observes a barely noticable drop in her full damage dealt. This difference may signal that Kayle does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played together with Kayle on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Kayle.

Moreover, when Sona plays with Kayle on the same side, she typically takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Kayle does a poor job of covering Sona in teamfights.

Synergies between Sona and Kayle

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Kayle
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sona
Kayle

Is Sona better when played alongside Kayle?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Sona that will 100% of the time be her ideal ally. Yet, Kayle is a pretty good ally for Sona. By playing on the same side as Sona, she increases their win rate by 1.0% to 51.4%. This clearly indicates that there is a good bond between Sona and Kayle that results in them performing stronger together than without each other.

Kayle has a greater difficulty than Sona. That means you should be cautious when arranging Kayle comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.

When playing alongside, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by grouping Sona and Kayle together, you may not be providing your other teammates much tankyness. Make sure to include other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's abilities.

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

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona Kayle Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sona and Kayle, we analyzed 2,594 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 Sona with Kayle 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 truly master Sona to synergize with Kayle during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The top finished items to have in your Sona and Kayle synergy build consist of Staff of Flowing Water, Moonstone Renewer, and Dawncore. When Sona combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Kayle than with most other common builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 51.4% helping carry Kayle with this build.

To have the best chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cut Down, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 51.4% winrate overall.

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