Kalista with Sona
How to Synergize Kalista and Sona
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Kalista Sona Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Sona
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Sona
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista 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, Kalista sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Sona helps Kalista perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is paired with Sona, she sees a little drop in her total damage output. This change may signal that Sona does not provide protection for her to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played with Sona on the same side, 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.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Sona on the same side, she typically takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Sona does a decent job of protecting Kalista during team fights.
Synergies between Kalista and Sona
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Sona?
There is no one best companion for Kalista that will no matter what be her top ally. Yet, overall, Sona is a good teammate for Kalista. By locking into the same team as Kalista, she raises their win rate by 1.3% to 48.7%. This demonstrates that there is a potentially meaningful synergy between Kalista and Sona that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Sona has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be very careful when enlisting Sona teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much lower level of skill to fight well with you.
Working together, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to dish out massive AD. Together, these two should be able to take down targets with auto-attacks and other AD damage abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Kalista and Sona together, you may not be providing your side much tankyness. Plan to pick other champs on your team that offsets this disparity in this pairing's abilities.
Regardless of your Sona ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista to synergize with Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to master additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The best items to include in your Kalista and Sona synergy build include Wit's End, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista incorporated at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better when fighting alongside Sona than with many other common item sets. In fact, Kalista had an average win rate of 48.7% helping carry Sona with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, Kalista players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the top win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.7% winrate overall.
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