Zilean with Sona
How to Synergize Zilean and Sona
based on 130 Zilean with Sona pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Zilean Sona Synergy Summary
Best Zilean vs Sona Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Zilean and Sona
Tips for Playing as Zilean with Sona
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean Sona Synergy Stats
How to Play with Sona as Zilean in LoL
The Zilean 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, Zilean 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 worsening shows that Sona helps Zilean perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Zilean is an ally to Sona, he gets a great improvement in his full damage output. This could demonstrate that Sona provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Zilean is played alongside Sona on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Sona. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Sona.
Moreover, when Zilean plays with Sona on the same side, he often takes more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage could mean that Sona does a poor job of covering Zilean in teamfights.
Synergies between Zilean and Sona
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Is Zilean better when played alongside Sona?
There is no top ally for Zilean that will always be his top teammate. Yet, Sona is a not very good teammate for Zilean. By being on the same team as Zilean, she decreases their win rate by -1.5% to 49.2%. This shows that there is a bad synergy between Zilean and Sona that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Sona has a lower difficulty than Zilean. That means Zilean players don't need to be cautious when finding Sona allies to fight alongside, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to fight well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to support your allies. Combined, these two may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
In contrast, by pairing Zilean and Sona together, you will not be giving your other teammates enough attack damage. Plan to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative disparity in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Sona ally, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Zilean to work well with Sona during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to have in your Zilean and Sona synergy build include Redemption, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Zilean used at least these three great items in his build, he did much better as an ally of Sona than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 49.2% when playing alongside Sona with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, Zilean players should equip the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.2% winrate overall.
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