Sona with Kog'Maw
How to Synergize Sona and Kog'Maw
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Sona Kog'Maw Synergy Summary
Best Sona vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Sona and Kog'Maw
Tips for Playing as Sona with Kog'Maw
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 Kog'Maw Will Play
Make the most out of your Icathian Surprise.
Use Void Ooze to set up a perfect Living Artillery.
Kog'Maw can outrange most champions with his Bio-Arcane Barrage ability.
Sona Kog'Maw Synergy Stats
How to Play with Kog'Maw as Sona in LoL
The Sona Kog'Maw synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kog'Maw, 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 large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kog'Maw. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kog'Maw helps Sona perform worse in competitive League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sona plays on the same team as Kog'Maw, she observes a small increase in her complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Kog'Maw supports by providing cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played together with Kog'Maw on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Kog'Maw.
Moreover, when Sona plays with Kog'Maw on the same side, she typically takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Kog'Maw does a poor job of covering Sona during teamfights.
Synergies between Sona and Kog'Maw
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Is Sona better when played alongside Kog'Maw?
There is no one best ally for Sona that will 100% of the time be her top teammate. However, Kog'Maw is a terrible ally for Sona. By being on the same team as Sona, he drops their win rate by -3.4% to 47.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad synergy between Sona and Kog'Maw that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Kog'Maw has a greater difficulty than Sona. That means Sona players need to be cautious when arranging Kog'Maw allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. Combined, these champions can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by aligning Sona and Kog'Maw together, you probably will not be giving your team very much engage. Make sure to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in their capabilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Kog'Maw teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to pair well with Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League, you should continue reading to pick up additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The ideal items to get in your Sona and Kog'Maw synergy build consist of Dream Maker, Moonstone Renewer, and Echoes of Helia. When Sona incorporated at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better when paired up with Kog'Maw than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 47.0% helping carry Kog'Maw with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, Sona players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.0% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Kog'Maw with Sona are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a particular player tier, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.