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Sona discussion

Evar Carpatheum·5/19/2015, 12:58:55 AM·2 votes·535 views

Okay, so, first off. I'm in Silver. I don't do math well. I just would like to point out something about Sona and suggest a change. Would love feedback.

I think that Riot either needs to completely revamp her w or q. Here is my reason. With her q pre-nerf, she was a damage support with a heal. Lots of sustain and poke. If she was against a Soraka, (not accounting the adcs, ganks, other variables) she could destroy Soraka and outsustain her since Soraka is punished for healing too much. Against Karma or Annie or another damage support, she would take more damage, but still dish it out and be able to sustain her lane partner. She is a champ that is trying to balance a line that just is not very balance. Here's my idea. Now, again, I don't have numbers or data or anything so I'm just suggesting this, but what if you buffed the q up a little and made the w just a shield + magic resist and armor. Like an Orianna ball. Also, only have one chord for the q coming from Sona, but have the range a little longer. This way, she can jump into a fight and ult without dying while delivering extra stats to her allies. I guess you could make her passive something about shields or something but idk all that yet. I love Sona as a champion, but she is really hard to manage. She borderlines op or unplayable if her kit is even slightly touched. If you have an idea of how to make either the w or the q different, please discuss. Don't over analyze what I'm saying, I'm just trying to address a champs core issues. I'm not saying Riot should put this in the next patch, I'm just saying let's come up with an idea to fix this Champ. :)

8 Comments

Marthian5/19/2015, 4:06:33 AM4 votes

I think she's fine the way she is. If dying is a concern, you can always go tanky on Sona (Since I want to hug the carry anyways, I build AP bruiser and able to take some hits and still provide excellent utility.)

Edge of Daybreak5/19/2015, 4:14:49 AM4 votes

One of sona's main issues is that her playerbase considers her unplayable if she isn't pick/ban in competitive play. I have literally had people bitch at me for picking her saying that it was an instant loss when sona has had an overall winrate of above 50% for what seems like years. Sure her kit may not be busted but what I have never seen is someone mention how after all of the nerfs she got she is still good. Now imagine if riot reverted all of that and tell me what you think would happen. Hell this is the weakest sona has ever been and she is still winning.

Sonasaurous5/19/2015, 2:02:24 PM1 votes

I think her Q and W are fine enough as it is and Riot should stop touching them. Her E, however, could use some love. Of course, I think her E is very useful and even though I max it last I still love it dearly for saving my life or my allies almost every time, but 99% of "Sona Mains" will argue that it sucks and is completely useless and a waste of a spell. I think if they added back the MS buff to the minion waves, that would give her E the little boost it needs for people to stop whining about its functionality.

But then again, Sona OP as is.

Zorae425/19/2015, 2:39:27 PM1 votes

I'm pretty new, never played pre-rework Sona. She was my first and fav char. I think she's in a pretty good spot, definitely not "unplayable". But there are a few irritating things about her that feel like they need a buff.

  • I love her power chord Q. And I don't mind having a less powerful heal because of it. However, it is irritating that past 6, it's practically useless unless you get lichbane+AP. It'd be nice if they could somehow buff it a bit w/o making it completely broken if you do go straight AP. I mean she's supposed to be a poke support w/ some sustain. If I can't poke, then why would I chose her?
  • The only problem I have w/ her heal is that the shield feels pretty useless. Although it feels like it's just something I'm not able to fully utilize because I'm not experienced enough. So I don't really think there needs to be any changes to it.
  • Her E is pretty bad. Could we maybe change the power chord part of it to a snare instead of a slow? Her only peel right now is her ult which really makes going against hard engage enemies extremely difficult. I'd be okay without it if they wanted her "identity" to be that she trades cc-ing for poke/sustain, except she doesn't seem to be good enough at those to warrant having such limited peel ability.

It's kinda irritating seeing all the posts that claim she's "broken", because she's really not. And claiming she is just makes others less willing to accept the issues she does have as being real.