Master Yi with Sona
How to Synergize Master Yi and Sona
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Master Yi Sona Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Master Yi and Sona
Tips for Playing as Master Yi with Sona
If you're in a lane against ranged players, leveling up Meditate can allow you to stay in the lane longer and gain levels faster than they will.
Try using Alpha Strike on a minion in front of an enemy champion so you are placed at a safe distance at the end of the spell.
Wuju Style is very strong early for last hitting minions.
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.
Master Yi Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Master Yi in LoL
The Master Yi 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, Master Yi sees a large worsening 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 Master Yi perform worse in ranked League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Master Yi tries to synergize with Sona, he observes a little decrease in his complete damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Sona does not help protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Master Yi is played alongside Sona on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Sona. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Sona.
Additionally, when Master Yi plays with Sona on the same team, he on average receives a little less damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Sona does a decent job of protecting Master Yi in team fights.
Synergies between Master Yi and Sona
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Is Master Yi better when played alongside Sona?
There is no universally accepted best ally for Master Yi that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, overall, Sona is a very typical ally for Master Yi. By playing on the same side as Master Yi, she raises their win rate by 0.4% to 51.0%. This proves that there is only a small strategic relationship between Master Yi and Sona that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Master Yi. That means Master Yi players don't need to be very careful when arranging Sona comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a relatively low level of skill to do well with you.
Playing alongside, Master Yi players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal physical damage. Together, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
In contrast, by aligning Master Yi and Sona together, you may not be providing your other teammates enough tankyness. Make sure to include other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Sona teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Master Yi in order to synergize with Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to prioritize in your Master Yi and Sona synergy build consist of Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Kraken Slayer. When Master Yi incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better as an ally of Sona than with most other common builds. In fact, Master Yi had an average win rate of 51.0% helping carry Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of vanquishing your oponents, Master Yi players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Master Yi and Sona pairings, this sequence of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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