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Taliyah with Sona

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How to Synergize Taliyah and Sona

based on 906 Taliyah with Sona pairs
Win Rate
50.6 %
K/D/A
2.33
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Taliyah has fought alongside Sona in 906 recent, ranked matches. By gathering so much complete data straight from the hosts of LoL, we feel confident that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Taliyah synergize with Sona. It is relatively rare for Taliyah to play with Sona as allies. This has only occurred in approximately 2.2% of games with Taliyah.

Taliyah Sona Synergy Summary

Taliyah has done a ok job of fighting on the same side as Sona. Typically, she wins an acceptable 50.6% of the time the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Taliyah when playing with Sona by learning how to better synergize your gameplay with her, then review the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Taliyah vs Sona Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeLost Chapter

Core Taliyah Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameLuden's Companion

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassStormsurgeSeraph's EmbraceLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Taliyah to level upq
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Second ability for Taliyah to level upe
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Last skill for Taliyah to max outw

Runes

InspirationFirst StrikeMagical FootwearBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
SorceryManaflow BandTranscendence
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Taliyah's passive ability p
Taliyah's q ability q
Taliyah's w ability w
Taliyah's e ability e
Taliyah's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Synergizing Taliyah and Sona

Tips for Playing as Taliyah with Sona

Remember, you don't always have to ride Weaver's Wall.

Try to throw enemies into Unraveled Earth using Seismic Shove.

Once you have Rylai's Crystal Scepter, casting Threaded Volley at enemies chasing you is a great way of making them regret everything.

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.

Taliyah Sona Synergy Stats

Taliyah Image
Win Rate
50.6 %
VS
Win Rate
49.4 %
Sona Image
6.2
< Kills >
6.1
6.1
< Deaths >
6.5
8
< Assists >
8.5
1.47
< Killing Sprees >
1.41
133
< Minions Killed >
124
0.52
< Dragons Killed >
0.56
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.43
771
< Physical Damage >
779
21,086
< Magic Damage >
20,979
1,075
< True Damage >
1,125
22,933
< Damage Dealt >
22,884
20,985
< Damage Taken >
21,412
12,135
< Gold Earned >
12,155
1.78
< Towers >
1.68
0.14
< Baron Takedowns >
0.15
4,015
< Total Healing >
4,379
14,276
< Experience >
14,292
21
< Vision Score >
23
8
< Wards Placed >
9
566
< Time Dealing CC >
552

How to Play with Sona as Taliyah in LoL

The Taliyah Sona synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sona, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Taliyah sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Sona helps Taliyah perform worse in competitive LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Taliyah is paired with Sona, she gets a marginal improvement in her complete damage output. This difference may indicate that Sona supports by providing protection for her to dish out more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Taliyah is played together with Sona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when she plays without Sona. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Sona.

Additionally, when Taliyah plays with Sona on the same side, she typically receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Sona does a decent job of protecting Taliyah during team fights.

Synergies between Taliyah and Sona

Damage Types Compared

Taliyah
Sona
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Taliyah
Sona

Is Taliyah better when played alongside Sona?

There is no ideal companion for Taliyah that will no matter what be her ideal ally. Yet, Sona is a decent companion for Taliyah. By being on the same side as Taliyah, she increases their win rate by 1.8% to 50.6%. This shows that there is a somewhat important bond between Taliyah and Sona that results in them performing better together than without each other.

Sona has a lower difficulty than Taliyah. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Sona comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.

Fighting together, Taliyah players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

In contrast, by pairing Taliyah and Sona together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in their kit.

Regardless of your Sona ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.

Additional Information for Taliyah Players

How We Calculated Our Taliyah Sona Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Taliyah and Sona, we analyzed 906 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 Taliyah with Sona 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 truly master Taliyah to work well with Sona during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should continue reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The best items to focus on in your Taliyah and Sona synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Luden's Companion. When Taliyah combined at least these three great items in her build, she performed a lot better as an ally of Sona than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Taliyah had an average winrate of 50.6% when playing alongside Sona with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Taliyah players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.6% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Sona with Taliyah are given for every ranked division. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.