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

Sona with Xayah

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How to Synergize Sona and Xayah

based on 1,105 Sona with Xayah pairs
Win Rate
46.2 %
K/D/A
2.82
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull the results of from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Sona has gone into battle with Xayah in 1105 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much complete data straight from the publishers of LoL, we are totally sure that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Sona synergize with Xayah. It is very rare for Sona to play alongside Xayah as teammates. This pairing has only taken place in approx. 1.2% of rounds with Sona.

Sona Xayah Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Sona has done a awful job of synergizing with Xayah. Normally, she wins a dismal 46.2% of rounds the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to win more matches as Sona when playing alongside Xayah by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sona vs Xayah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Faerie CharmAmplifying Tome

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserStaff of Flowing WaterMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceShurelya's BattlesongEchoes of HeliaDream Maker

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 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
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W
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W
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Guide to Synergizing Sona and Xayah

Tips for Playing as Sona with Xayah

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 Xayah Will Play

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

Sona Xayah Synergy Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
46.2 %
VS
Win Rate
53.8 %
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2.1
< Kills >
2.1
5.6
< Deaths >
5.4
13.7
< Assists >
14.3
0.41
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
26
< Minions Killed >
28
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.6
1,675
< Physical Damage >
1,643
8,110
< Magic Damage >
8,129
567
< True Damage >
537
10,353
< Damage Dealt >
10,310
18,978
< Damage Taken >
18,629
8,464
< Gold Earned >
8,529
2.27
< Towers >
2.39
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
12,852
< Total Healing >
12,714
10,685
< Experience >
10,634
54
< Vision Score >
53
24
< Wards Placed >
23
48
< Time Dealing CC >
48

How to Play with Xayah as Sona in LoL

The Sona Xayah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xayah, 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 Xayah. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xayah helps Sona perform poorer in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Sona plays on the same team as Xayah, she observes a little increase in her full damage output. This may signal that Xayah helps provide cover for her to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played alongside Xayah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Xayah.

Moreover, when Sona plays with Xayah on the same team, she often takes a little more damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Xayah does a poor job of protecting Sona in team fights.

Synergies between Sona and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sona
Xayah

Is Sona better when played alongside Xayah?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Sona that will no matter what be her top synergy. Yet, overall, Xayah is a very bad teammate for Sona. By being on the same side as Sona, she lowers their win rate by -4.2% to 46.2%. This shows that there is a terrible bond between Sona and Xayah that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Xayah has a greater difficulty than Sona. That means you must be careful when lining up Xayah allies to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you should witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to dish out massive AD. Together, these champions should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.

Although, by pairing Sona and Xayah together, you will not be providing your other teammates enough protection for burst damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that offsets this hole in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Xayah teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona Xayah Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sona and Xayah, we analyzed 1,105 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 Xayah 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to work well with Xayah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.

The ideal finished items to get in your Sona and Xayah synergy build include Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona combined at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better when fighting alongside Xayah than with many other common builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 46.2% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Xayah with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, Sona players should equip 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 sets we have analyed for Sona and Xayah pairings, this combination of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.2% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to pair Xayah with Sona are shown for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a distinct skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier on the page.