PSA: Sona should max W

If you ever max E before W and Q please don't play Sona.

I can't tell if this is a troll or not

Noooooooooooooooooope! The heal gets jack shit for leveling and all it does is give you a shitty response to enemy aggression. You'll never force an enemy out of lane with a W max, you'll never win a fight with a W max, you'll never get a kill or get your ADC a kill with a W max. If you max W against me, I'm just going to all-in you over and over again and force you to leave. Even with the better heal, you'll still lose trades because you'll just do no damage whatsoever.

You will never see a Sona main max W. She's not Soraka. She can't heal effectively enough to use that as her main playstyle. She's poke first, heal second. If you want to heal, play Soraka. If you want to poke, play Sona.

And why, why in the name of god would you max E second? It gets virtually nothing for leveling. It's 1% speed per level. That's literally it. You get more from leveling your ultimate than you get from leveling your E. I'd max virtually any skill in the game before I maxed Sona's E. I don't even usually take it until at least level 8.

I don't even believe that you believe what you wrote. This has got to be the trolliest bait I've responded to in quite a while.

Her power is the damage she can bring.

She is a very strong poke support, so you're wasting a major early game strength by focusing on her healing. If you prefer to just heal, might I suggest Soraka?

If you play her for her heal and her awful awful speed boost, you might as well play Nami who does both better.

The only thing Sona has going for her that sets her apart from Nami is that she trades in non-ult CC and better utility for superior damage potential (provided she doesn't fall behind). Although I personally think her utility is too weak for the amount of dmg she brings (which isn't a lot w/o Lichbane and a ton of AP and not super behind) and her lack of safety.

Sona is a poke support first and foremost.

uh how about no. considering the one thing that she does really good in lane is bring extra damage. and the entire argument "but she a support she shouldn't be trying to do damage!" is irreverent because of supports like brand and annie. also your level 5.