Sylas with Sona
How to Synergize Sylas and Sona
based on 2,739 Sylas with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Sylas Sona Synergy Summary
Best Sylas vs Sona Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Sylas Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Synergizing Sylas and Sona
Tips for Playing as Sylas with Sona
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Advice to Understand How Sona Will Play
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.
Sylas Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Sylas in LoL
The Sylas Sona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sona, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Sylas sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Sona helps Sylas perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Sylas plays on the same team as Sona, he observes a little decrease in his total damage output. This may signal that Sona does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sylas is played together with Sona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Sona.
Additionally, when Sylas plays with Sona on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may mean that Sona does a decent job of protecting Sylas during teamfights.
Synergies between Sylas and Sona
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Contrasted
Is Sylas better when played alongside Sona?
There is no perfect companion for Sylas that will always be his best teammate. Yet, Sona is a very typical companion for Sylas. By being on the same side as Sylas, she increases their win rate by 0.3% to 49.3%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Sylas and Sona that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Sylas. That means Sylas players don't need to be cautious when finding Sona allies to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Although, by grouping Sylas and Sona together, you will not be giving your side much tankyness. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Sona teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
Other Champion Matchups Against Sylas
Other Top Synergies by Role
Additional Information for Sylas Players
How We Calculated Our Sylas Sona Synergy Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Sylas to work well with Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should keep reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial items to include in your Sylas and Sona synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Sona than with most other common item sets. In fact, Sylas had an average win rate of 49.3% helping carry Sona with this build.
To have the best chance of beating your oponents, Sylas players should equip the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.3% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to synergize Sona with Sylas are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a particular division, you may use the selection menu above.