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How to Synergize Sona with Shyvana on the Same TeamSona is in the a tier of champions

Sona with Shyvana

How to Win With Sona and Shyvana Paired TogetherSona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Sona and Shyvana

based on 1,216 Sona with Shyvana pairs
Win Rate
48.7 %
K/D/A
2.75
Pick Rate
1.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we download the stats from from millions of LoL matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Sona has gone into battle with Shyvana in 1216 recently played, competitive games. By accumulating so much great data straight from the hosts of League of Legends, we are confident that we can give you high quality, usable builds to help Sona synergize with Shyvana. It is very rare for Sona to play with Shyvana on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.3% of rounds with Sona.

Sona Shyvana Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Sona does a poor job of synergizing with Shyvana. On average, she wins an acceptable 48.7% of rounds the champions appear on the same team. If you want to do better as Sona when fighting on the same team as Shyvana by figuring out how to better synergize your tactics with her, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sona vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTear of the Goddess

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Ardent CenserDawncoreStaff of Flowing WaterShurelya's Battlesong

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
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
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
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R
12
Q
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Q
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E
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E
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R

Guide to Synergizing Sona and Shyvana

Tips for Playing as Sona with Shyvana

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 Shyvana Will Play

It can be valuable to purchase one of the items that can slow enemies: Frozen Mallet, Dead Man's Plate, or Entropy.

Shyvana's abilities all benefit from attacking units. As a result, Attack Speed items are more valuable on her than most champions.

Burnout is an ideal choice for jungling. Monsters will be hit by the full duration, and the speed boost improves her ganking potential.

Flame Breath is great to level-up against difficult lane opponents.

Sona Shyvana Synergy Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
48.7 %
VS
Win Rate
51.3 %
Shyvana Image
2
< Kills >
2.1
5.6
< Deaths >
5.4
13.4
< Assists >
14.3
0.37
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
26
< Minions Killed >
28
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.6
1,583
< Physical Damage >
1,643
7,834
< Magic Damage >
8,129
560
< True Damage >
537
9,978
< Damage Dealt >
10,310
18,731
< Damage Taken >
18,629
8,460
< Gold Earned >
8,529
2.33
< Towers >
2.39
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
12,403
< Total Healing >
12,714
10,587
< Experience >
10,634
53
< Vision Score >
53
23
< Wards Placed >
23
49
< Time Dealing CC >
48

How to Play with Shyvana as Sona in LoL

The Sona Shyvana synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Shyvana, 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 Shyvana. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Shyvana helps Sona perform not as well in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Sona is an ally to Shyvana, she gets a small decrease in her full damage output. This change could indicate that Shyvana does not provide protection for her to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played alongside Shyvana on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Shyvana. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Shyvana.

Moreover, when Sona plays with Shyvana on the same side, she usually takes a little more damage than when she plays alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Shyvana does a poor job of covering Sona in team fights.

Synergies between Sona and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sona
Shyvana

Is Sona better when played alongside Shyvana?

There is no top companion for Sona that will 100% of the time be her #1 synergy. However, overall, Shyvana is a relatively poor ally for Sona. By locking into the same team as Sona, she lowers their win rate by -1.7% to 48.7%. This shows that there is a negative synergy between Sona and Shyvana that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Shyvana has a lower difficulty than Sona. That means Sona players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Shyvana comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to be able to play well with you.

When playing on the same side, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal physical damage. Combined, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by pairing Sona and Shyvana together, you may not be giving your other teammates a great deal of protection for burst damage. Make sure to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Shyvana ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona Shyvana Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sona and Shyvana, we analyzed 1,216 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 Shyvana 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 in order to pair well with Shyvana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to focus on in your Sona and Shyvana synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona combined at least these three finished items in her build, she performed a lot better when paired up with Shyvana than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 48.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Shyvana with these items in her kit.

To have the best chance 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. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.

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