Rakan with Sona
How to Synergize Rakan and Sona
based on 69 Rakan with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Rakan Sona Synergy Summary
Best Rakan vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Sona
Tips for Playing as Rakan with Sona
Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!
Danger is as fun as you let it be.
Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.
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.
Rakan Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Rakan in LoL
The Rakan 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, Rakan sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Sona helps Rakan perform not as well in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Rakan plays on the same team as Sona, he sees a massive increase in his complete damage dealt. This difference could signal that Sona provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played together with 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.
Moreover, when Rakan plays with Sona on the same team, he usually takes more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Sona does a poor job of protecting Rakan in teamfights.
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Is Rakan better when played alongside Sona?
There is no top synergy for Rakan that will always be his best ally. Yet, Sona is a great ally for Rakan. By playing on the same team as Rakan, she improves their win rate by 5.9% to 56.5%. This proves that there is an important bond between Rakan and Sona that results in them performing better together than without each other.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Sona teammates to play with, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Playing on the same side, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to support your allies. When paired, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by aligning Rakan and Sona together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates a lot of protection for burst damage. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that offsets this disparity in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Sona teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, 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 Rakan in order to synergize with Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to focus on in your Rakan and Sona synergy build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan used at least these three great items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting alongside Sona than with most other common builds. In fact, Rakan boasted an average winrate of 56.5% when playing alongside Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Rakan players should equip the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 56.5% winrate overall.
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