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How to Synergize Sona with Nunu & Willump on the Same TeamSona is in the a tier of champions

Sona with Nunu & Willump

How to Win With Sona and Nunu & Willump Paired TogetherSona is in the b tier of champions
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TankFighter

How to Synergize Sona and Nunu & Willump

based on 2,072 Sona with Nunu & Willump pairs
Win Rate
49.9 %
K/D/A
3.17
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of League matches directly from Riot Games each and every week. Sona has been on the same team as Nunu & Willump in 2072 recent, competitive games. By accumulating so much complete data from the creators of LoL, we are totally sure that we can present to you high-quality, insightful builds to help Sona play with Nunu & Willump. It is relatively rare for Sona to play with Nunu & Willump on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in about 2.3% of matches with Sona.

Sona Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary

Sona has done a average job of synergizing with Nunu & Willump. Normally, she wins an acceptable 49.9% of matches the champs try and work together in. If you want to maximize your potential as Sona when fighting on the same team as Nunu & Willump by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Sona vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeGlowing Mote

Core Sona Items

~22 Mins
Ardent CenserDream MakerStaff of Flowing Water

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceDawncoreEchoes of HeliaMoonstone Renewer

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 BandTranscendenceGathering Storm
ResolveConditioningRevitalize
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
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W
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Q
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R
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Sona and Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Sona with Nunu & Willump

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 Nunu & Willump Will Play

Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.

You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.

It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.

Sona Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats

Sona Image
Win Rate
49.9 %
VS
Win Rate
50.1 %
Nunu & Willump Image
2.3
< Kills >
2.1
5.3
< Deaths >
5.4
14.5
< Assists >
14.3
0.45
< Killing Sprees >
0.41
27
< Minions Killed >
28
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.6
1,679
< Physical Damage >
1,643
8,049
< Magic Damage >
8,129
521
< True Damage >
537
10,250
< Damage Dealt >
10,310
18,292
< Damage Taken >
18,629
8,434
< Gold Earned >
8,529
2.36
< Towers >
2.39
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
12,389
< Total Healing >
12,714
10,364
< Experience >
10,634
50
< Vision Score >
53
22
< Wards Placed >
23
45
< Time Dealing CC >
48

How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Sona in LoL

The Sona Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, 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 Nunu & Willump. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Nunu & Willump helps Sona perform not as well in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Sona is paired with Nunu & Willump, she sees a little drop in her complete damage dealt. This change could demonstrate that Nunu & Willump does not help cover for her to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Sona is played together with Nunu & Willump on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Nunu & Willump. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Nunu & Willump.

Additionally, when Sona plays with Nunu & Willump on the same side, she on average receives a little less damage than when she fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may mean that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of protecting Sona during teamfights.

Synergies between Sona and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Sona
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Sona
Nunu & Willump

Is Sona better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?

There is no top synergy for Sona that will no matter what be her #1 ally. Yet, overall, Nunu & Willump is a very typical companion for Sona. By playing on the same side as Sona, he lowers their win rate by -0.5% to 49.9%. This proves that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Sona and Nunu & Willump that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Nunu & Willump has a lower difficulty than Sona. That means you don't need to be careful when arranging Nunu & Willump comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to work well with you.

Playing together, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magic damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

In contrast, by grouping Sona and Nunu & Willump together, you will not be granting your side much protection for burst damage. Plan to have other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative gap in this pairing's potential.

Regardless of your Nunu & Willump ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Sona Players

How We Calculated Our Sona Nunu & Willump Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Sona and Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 2,072 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 Nunu & Willump 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Sona in order to pair well with Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends games, you should continue reading to master a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The most crucial finished items to have in your Sona and Nunu & Willump synergy build consist of Ardent Censer, Dream Maker, and Staff of Flowing Water. When Sona bought at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better as an ally of Nunu & Willump than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Sona had an average winrate of 49.9% when playing alongside Nunu & Willump with these items in her kit.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Gathering Storm, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Sorcery and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this combo of runes yielded the top win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.

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