Skarner with Sona
How to Synergize Skarner and Sona
based on 285 Skarner with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Sona Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Sona
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Sona
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
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.
Skarner Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner 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, Skarner sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sona. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Sona helps Skarner perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Skarner is an ally to Sona, he observes a barely noticable drop in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Sona does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played alongside Sona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Sona.
Moreover, when Skarner plays with Sona on the same team, he usually takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Sona does a decent job of covering Skarner in team fights.
Synergies between Skarner and Sona
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Sona?
There is no one best synergy for Skarner that will always be his ideal ally. However, overall, Sona is a very bad companion for Skarner. By locking into the same side as Skarner, she lowers their win rate by -3.4% to 44.9%. This signals that there is a terrible bond between Skarner and Sona that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Skarner. That means Skarner players don't need to be careful when arranging Sona comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.
Playing cooperatively, you should see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Combined, these champions should be able to manipulate the pace of team fights.
Although, by bringing Skarner and Sona together, you may not be granting your other teammates a great deal of cover. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Sona ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Skarner to synergize with Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should continue reading to learn some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to use in your Skarner and Sona synergy build include Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Sona than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 44.9% helping carry Sona with this build.
To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, Skarner players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Skarner and Sona pairings, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 44.9% win rate overall.
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