Sona with Malphite
How to Synergize Sona and Malphite
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Sona Malphite Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sona and Malphite
Tips for Playing as Sona with Malphite
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 Malphite Will Play
Despite his abilities scaling on Armor, some games require Malphite to get Magic Resist. When those games occur, try getting Aegis of the Legion, Mercury's Treads, and Guardian Angel.
Armor naturally reduces the rate that attacks go through Granite Shield, so Brutal Strikes will strengthen the shield against physical damage.
Sona Malphite Synergy Stats
How to Play with Malphite as Sona in LoL
The Sona Malphite synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Malphite, 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 Malphite. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Malphite helps Sona perform poorer in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sona plays on the same team as Malphite, she observes a little increase in her total damage output. This change could indicate that Malphite provides protection for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played alongside Malphite on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Malphite. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Malphite.
Moreover, when Sona plays with Malphite on the same side, she on average receives a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Malphite does a poor job of protecting Sona in team fights.
Synergies between Sona and Malphite
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Is Sona better when played alongside Malphite?
There is no universally accepted best companion for Sona that will always be her ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Malphite is a decent companion for Sona. By locking into the same team as Sona, he increases their win rate by 1.1% to 51.5%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Sona and Malphite that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Malphite has a lower difficulty than Sona. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Malphite comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Sona players should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Although, by bringing Sona and Malphite together, you will not be providing your other allies very much AD. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Malphite ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Sona in order to pair well with Malphite during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to master some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The top items to use in your Sona and Malphite synergy build consist of Redemption, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Sona combined at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better as an ally of Malphite than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 51.5% when playing alongside Malphite with this build.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing 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. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Sona and Malphite pairings, this set of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.5% winrate overall.
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