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.
Use Demacian Standard as a scouting tool when worried about incoming enemies.
You can use the Dragon Strike / Demacian Standard combo to get out of your own Cataclysm arenas.
Split your basic attacks on different champions at the beginning of fights to maximize damage.
The Sona Jarvan IV synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Jarvan IV, 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 Jarvan IV. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Jarvan IV helps Sona perform not as well in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Sona tries to synergize with Jarvan IV, she observes a little increase in her full damage dealt. This change may demonstrate that Jarvan IV provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played alongside Jarvan IV 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 Jarvan IV.
Moreover, when Sona plays with Jarvan IV on the same team, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage could mean that Jarvan IV does a decent job of protecting Sona in teamfights.
There is no one best champion pairing for Sona that will 100% of the time be her ideal teammate. However, overall, Jarvan IV is a very typical companion for Sona. By playing on the same side as Sona, he decreases their win rate by -0.8% to 49.6%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak synergy between Sona and Jarvan IV that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Jarvan IV has a greater difficulty than Sona. That means you should be cautious when enlisting Jarvan IV allies to fight alongside, as they will need a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide a lot of utility for your team. Combined, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
In contrast, by bringing Sona and Jarvan IV together, you may not be granting your other teammates a great deal of tankyness. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that nullifies this relative disparity in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Jarvan IV ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Sona to pair well with Jarvan IV during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips presented here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Sona and Jarvan IV synergy build include Ardent Censer, Staff of Flowing Water, and Moonstone Renewer. When Sona included at least these three finished items in her build, she performed significantly better when paired up with Jarvan IV than with many other common builds. In fact, Sona had an average win rate of 49.6% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Jarvan IV with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cut Down, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.6% winrate overall.
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