Xerath with Sona
How to Synergize Xerath and Sona
based on 1,440 Xerath with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Sona Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Sona
Tips for Playing as Xerath with Sona
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath 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, Xerath sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sona helps Xerath perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath is paired with Sona, he gets a small increase in his complete damage dealt. This change could signal that Sona provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played together with Sona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Sona.
Additionally, when Xerath plays with Sona on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Sona does a decent job of covering Xerath in teamfights.
Synergies between Xerath and Sona
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Sona?
There is no ideal companion for Xerath that will 100% of the time be his ideal ally. Yet, Sona is a pretty good companion for Xerath. By locking into the same team as Xerath, she raises their win rate by 1.4% to 52.0%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Xerath and Sona that allows them to perform better together than without each other.
Sona has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means you don't need to be very careful when lining up Sona allies to fight alongside, as they will need a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting on the same side, Xerath players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Combined, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.
In contrast, by bringing Xerath and Sona together, you may not be giving your team much protection for burst damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that fills this disparity in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Sona teammate, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down 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 learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to synergize with Sona during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to include in your Xerath and Sona synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Xerath included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better as an ally of Sona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Xerath had an average winrate of 52.0% when playing alongside Sona with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating your oponents, Xerath players should use the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 52.0% win rate overall.
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