Sona with Xin Zhao
How to Synergize Sona and Xin Zhao
based on 3,104 Sona with Xin Zhao pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sona Xin Zhao Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Sona and Xin Zhao
Tips for Playing as Sona with Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao Will Play
Try to position yourself so your ultimate's knockback is most effective.
Xin Zhao is a great initiator to combat. Lead the front to start a fight and use your ultimate to do the most damage possible.
Sona Xin Zhao Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xin Zhao as Sona in LoL
The Sona Xin Zhao synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xin Zhao, 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 Xin Zhao. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xin Zhao helps Sona perform worse in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sona is an ally to Xin Zhao, she observes a little drop in her full damage output. This difference could signal that Xin Zhao does not support by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played with Xin Zhao on the same side, 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 Xin Zhao.
Additionally, when Sona plays with Xin Zhao on the same team, she typically receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Xin Zhao does a decent job of protecting Sona in team fights.
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Is Sona better when played alongside Xin Zhao?
There is no top ally for Sona that will 100% of the time be her best teammate. Yet, Xin Zhao is a very typical ally for Sona. By locking into the same team as Sona, he improves their win rate by 0.3% to 50.7%. This shows that there is only a small bond between Sona and Xin Zhao that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.
Xin Zhao has a lower difficulty than Sona. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Xin Zhao teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Sona and Xin Zhao together, you will not be granting your other teammates much cover. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Xin Zhao ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Sona in order to synergize with Xin Zhao during both the lane and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Sona and Xin Zhao synergy build consist of Dream Maker, Staff of Flowing Water, and Dawncore. When Sona used at least these three great items in her build, she did a lot better when fighting alongside Xin Zhao than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Sona boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Xin Zhao with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Sona and Xin Zhao pairings, this mix of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.7% win rate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Xin Zhao with Sona are given for all ranked divisions combined. If you would like to scope the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.