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Sooo Riot, about Sona?

RedCyclone··11 votes·601 views

You sure are piling on the nerfs to her and everything she uses, it's a lot of attention you have given to a champion with next to no comments made by Riot as to why?

Sona is hurting right now, she sports THE lowest winrate in 0-25 minute games now out of all the supports because you are so gated behind items and levels you need, making a support scale so harshly on levels is just idiotic because hardly any support gets to 16 because most games are over before 25 mins, plus there are plenty of supports out there over her lategame winrate that don't have to deal with such a torturous earlygame Now it looks like you are rolling out nerfs to healing and shielding items, completely confused as to why since tank supports rule botlane right now

What do you want Sona players to do? Do you really think locking Sona behind a massive scaling wall of items and levels is a good idea? Do you think her kit is so unhealthy it needs to be forced to be bad? If you think yes then is Sona going to be getting a rework?

It's always so difficult to get anyone from Riot to speak up when they nerf Sona, happened with her rework, happened with previous hard nerfs in the past dating back to the season 1 healer support purge

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Death by Glamour3 votes

Its like morello all over again

Its strange why they nerfed her so hard and so quickly

Rabblerouser2 votes

She simply benefited a lot from the new runes.

RedCyclone3 votes

And now those runes have been/are getting nerfed

MstrTaffy2 votes

I agree with you. She's a night mare to play now. You are literally rushing item 3010 just to have some mana to help you though the lane phase. when you add in her support item and something for mobility, that's a lot of gold needed to make her anywhere near able to do anything helpful. First 10 mins you feel like a lost puppy following your ADC around. Then there is the nerf to item 3504 and well.... you know the rest.

AR URF2 votes

Sona plays music about trump, so they obviously don't like her.

needHymn1 votes

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RedCyclone3 votes

Please show me where she is doing so well?

Sure in games where they last for 45 mins she does well, but most games don't last that long In this current speedball meta it seems like they have purposely made it so Sona can't function in it

needHymn1 votes

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RedCyclone5 votes

1v1 me isn't a good reply

needHymn1 votes

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RedCyclone3 votes

Stupid of you to suggest Leona in a 1v1 since her passive needs a teammate to proc it, that's what a lot of her magic damage comes from The threat only exists if she has a adc with her

In reality it would go like this

Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of Leona's HP Leona: Responds with E into Sona's face while Leonas ADC follows up Sona: Stunned and lost half her HP spamming flash in the opposite direction, her ADC having no good option to fight 1v2 Leona: Q's Sona and her W goes off Sona: Dead

chipndip12 votes

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Well you asked where she is doing so well. A duel would be a great way to see if she's so bad compared to other supports, as you suggest. But I don't think we can duel... different regions. Oh well. Perhaps we can duel with text. You're leona, and I'm sona.

Leona: shoots out her long sword stabber ability thing which has only 25 range more than sona's Q. Sona: back steps 1 pixel to avoid it. Sona: steps forward 1 pixel to be in range to Q. Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of leona's HP. Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of leona's HP. Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of leona's HP. Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of leona's HP. Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of leona's HP. Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of leona's HP. Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of leona's HP. Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of leona's HP. Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of leona's HP. Sona: Q's Leona for 10% of leona's HP. Sona: first blood.

Why are you getting hit by Sona's Q bolts 10 times when you have higher range on your primary engage tool than her Q bolts?

Mimikÿu2 votes

{quoted}

Oh quite your whining, Sona is so ridiculously strong right now, the only reason she's low win rate is because all the noobs who started to play her when she was OP, now they can't get any more free wins but they're still trying.

I mean.. you have even higher ranking players questioning the sona nerfs at this point. Obviously they don't think she's that much of a problem either. she's basically a minion at this point who needs a rework. [sg-lux-2]

Attticus Finch1 votes

Good.

Until they rework her so that there's more counter-play to her kit then "stay out of her range or burst her faster then her carry can burst you", the dumpster is where she belongs.

chipndip11 votes

{quoted}

Do you really think locking Sona behind a massive scaling wall of items and levels is a good idea?

Probs not.

Do you think her kit is so unhealthy it needs to be forced to be bad?

Yes. Just like Kayle or Yi, Sona's "justified" in her ridiculous late game through her now equally ridiculous itemization/level requirements.

If you think yes then is Sona going to be getting a rework?

No because they have too many other projects

It's always so difficult to get anyone from Riot to speak up when they nerf Sona, happened with her rework, happened with previous hard nerfs in the past dating back to the season 1 healer support purge

They don't because it's hard to say "It's gonna be alright, guys" about a champ they have very little intention to put work into.

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