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How to Synergize Sona with Cho'Gath on the Same TeamSona is in the a tier of champions

Sona with Cho'Gath

How to Win With Sona and Cho'Gath Paired TogetherSona is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Sona and Cho'Gath

based on 1,883 Sona with Cho'Gath pairs
Win Rate
50.7 %
K/D/A
3.04
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We pull data from from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each week. Sona has fought alongside Cho'Gath in 1883 recently played, competitive matches. By accumulating so much great data straight from the makers of League of Legends, we are confident that we can present to you high quality, insightful builds to help Sona play with Cho'Gath. It is relatively rare for Sona to play alongside Cho'Gath as allies. This pairing has only taken place in approximately 2.1% of games with Sona.

Sona Cho'Gath Synergy Summary

Sona has done a ok job of teaming up with Cho'Gath. On average, she wins an acceptable 50.7% of the time the champs try and synergize their gameplay. If you want to maximize your potential as Sona when fighting on the same team as Cho'Gath by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sona vs Cho'Gath Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsTear of the Goddess

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Seraph's EmbraceDream MakerMoonstone Renewer

Optional Items

DawncoreRedemptionStaff of Flowing WaterArdent Censer

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Sona to level upw
>
Second ability for Sona to level upq
>
Last skill for Sona to max oute

Runes

SorcerySummon AeryManaflow BandTranscendenceScorch
PrecisionPresence of MindCut Down
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Sona's passive ability p
Sona's q ability q
Sona's w ability w
Sona's e ability e
Sona's ultimate ability r
1
Q
2
W
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
Q
9
W
10
Q
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R
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Q
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Q
14
E
15
E
16
R

Guide to Synergizing Sona and Cho'Gath

Tips for Playing as Sona with Cho'Gath

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.

Advice to Understand How Cho'Gath Will Play

Using Rupture on creeps in combination with Carnivore is a good way to gain Health and Mana.

If you're having difficulty feasting upon champions, try eating minions until you're larger.

Try to line up your attacks with Vorpal Spikes so that they kill minions and harass enemy champions at the same time.

Sona Cho'Gath Synergy Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
50.7 %
VS
Win Rate
49.3 %
Cho'Gath Image
2.1
< Kills >
2.1
5.5
< Deaths >
5.4
14.6
< Assists >
14.3
0.41
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
27
< Minions Killed >
28
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.61
< Inhibitors >
0.6
1,699
< Physical Damage >
1,643
8,373
< Magic Damage >
8,129
562
< True Damage >
537
10,636
< Damage Dealt >
10,310
19,162
< Damage Taken >
18,629
8,592
< Gold Earned >
8,529
2.44
< Towers >
2.39
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
13,111
< Total Healing >
12,714
10,748
< Experience >
10,634
53
< Vision Score >
53
23
< Wards Placed >
23
48
< Time Dealing CC >
48

How to Play with Cho'Gath as Sona in LoL

The Sona Cho'Gath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Cho'Gath, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Sona sees a large worsening in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Cho'Gath. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Cho'Gath helps Sona perform poorer in ranked League of Legends games. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Sona plays on the same team as Cho'Gath, she gets a marginal improvement in her full damage dealt. This difference may demonstrate that Cho'Gath provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played alongside Cho'Gath on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Cho'Gath.

Additionally, when Sona plays with Cho'Gath on the same team, she on average receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Receiving more damage could indicate that Cho'Gath does a poor job of covering Sona in teamfights.

Synergies between Sona and Cho'Gath

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Cho'Gath
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sona
Cho'Gath

Is Sona better when played alongside Cho'Gath?

There is no top synergy for Sona that will always be her best teammate. However, overall, Cho'Gath is a very typical ally for Sona. By playing on the same side as Sona, he raises their win rate by 0.3% to 50.7%. This signals that there is not really a strong bond between Sona and Cho'Gath that allows them to perform at the top of their game together than alone.

Cho'Gath has a greater difficulty than Sona. That means you must be very careful when enlisting Cho'Gath teammates to play with, as they will require a greater level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing together, Sona players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Although, by pairing Sona and Cho'Gath together, you will not be granting your side a lot of anti-tank damage dealing potential. We recommend you include other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in their abilities.

Regardless of your Cho'Gath ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona Cho'Gath Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sona and Cho'Gath, we analyzed 1,883 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Sona with Cho'Gath comes from actual data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view your division's most relevant stats and build.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to synergize with Cho'Gath during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important items to build first in your Sona and Cho'Gath synergy build include Seraph's Embrace, Dream Maker, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona bought at least these three finished items in her build, she performed much better when fighting alongside Cho'Gath than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Sona boasted an average win rate of 50.7% helping carry Cho'Gath with this build.

To have the greatest chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cut Down, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Sona and Cho'Gath pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Cho'Gath with Sona are displayed for every ranked division. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.