Ive been playing sona for close to a year, I have used a few builds that I saw on moba fire, they were okay builds but whenever I laned against blitz or leona I struggled in lane. Anyone know how I can build to have a fighting chance against them?
pE4CbxDPQO1 votesThe items that will help you vs them you won't be able to afford until laning is over.
Laraso1 votesIf you really have problems against them, you can build something like this.
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OverpoweredSoap1 votesHard engage supports like
tend to counter Sona due her squishy nature. You may want to try 30 points in offense although it will hamper your damage output but will help you survive the early game. With Blitz/Tresh/Nautilus you want to try to avoid hooks, cause if they grab you it's generally GG. With Leona you want to avoid Zenith blade but it's difficult cause it goes through minions.
Ideally you want to stick as much AP into Sona as possible cause it makes all your abilities stronger, but AP items are expensive and you may want more utility.
Is a perfect item for Sona cause it gives her AP, mana regen, and movement speed plus buffs the ADC everytime you heal/shield them.
If you somehow get fed you want this for maximum aggro.
Is more for engage, peel, and sustain.
Amazing item to get into AP heavy comps. Will supplement gold income and help you split push by proxy.
Great mixed defense item that can help you take towers + get gold by proxy. I'd rather get it than
Your general answer to stun lock. Will hamper your roaming but Sona does have a (E) movement speed steroid.
You are playing aggressive and getting away with it.
Kinda pricey, but gives you needed HP if you're building only resistances elsewhere.
Gives a nice chunk of AP, 10 % cdr, some movement speed, and helps you find campers or slow down runners/chasers.
If dealing with heavy AD you want this unless someone else in the team gets it; the auras do not stack.
If all your teammates are AD and you're fed sure, but otherwise terrible choice.
Slowly but surely you can be tanky too.
You're just fed and happy about it.
You are OPAF. The marksman is actually your support and you are carrying the team hard.
Those are some ideas but generally you should adapt builds to every game. Building the exact same setup every game is not optimal.
Out of curiosity, do you not get nomicon on Sona?
chipndip11 votesI used to, but Athene's is just better. You can spam abilities more and you get some MR. Combine that with either a Locket or a Banner and you actually get pretty resilient on the magic side. Morello's is cheaper, but Athene's is better.
chipndip11 votesFast hooks are Sona's worst nightmare. Thresh is the only hook I'm not afraid to death of.
As far as builds go, ap seems to be the thing people are going for. Everything she does scales with ap anyway. More ap = more team support, unlike other supports that really just throw out stuns and item actives. To boot, she can double as a secondary source of ap damage.
I don't exactly care for Frost Queen's Edge since it's built into her q. Just sit on the tier one and build everything else, imo. I personally go -> -> -> -> . By then the game's usually winding down, but for a 6th item, I was probably gonna toss in 
. Too bad I can never afford it. =/
Edit: I know people suggest things like Frozen Heart, but I'd only suggest going HAMM on defensive items if you're dying too much. I average 4 deaths a game for 16 assists, so I've come to the conclusion that I'd benefit more from something on offense than on defense.
Erockandroll1 votes
This is more or less my build. My goal is to kite and Fight the enemy. using the Movement speed from Censer and Mobi boots and try to avoid the Engage. All while dishing out good poke damage.
DJ Di01 votesI have two builds; one for when you're behind or against a crapload of tanks you won't be tickling at all with Powerchord, and another when you can.
Build 1: 
This makes her slightly tanky (mind you this is Sona we're talking about so be careful with your positioning or you'll still die easily) and gives her strong sticking power when you weave in spellblade procs of Iceborn.
Build 2: 
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High burst, strong heals, and amazing MS boosts. Extremely squishy (you may also be wondering where the hell is any cdr; I use scaling cdr runes and cdr masteries to get 40 without any items. )
chipndip11 votesArdent Censor kind of sucks now. Before it gave 25% attack speed bursts, but now it's prolonged 15% boosts. 15% isn't exactly noticeable in the long run, and 30 magic damage isn't much compensation. It's kind of poop. I'd rather grab something else if one could find something else to get.
1000angrybees1 votesI usually just go AP sona and try to become more of an asshole in teamfights by supplying better heals, better shields, high speed boosts, extra aa magic damage for the team, and generally high damage output and cc (exhaust, frost queen active, crescendo, maybe using passive with w or e). It works most of the time, you just gotta make sure you dont get so behind that you can't build them.
generally my favorite build if we do well in lane and continue to do so. (can substitute Grail with another item depending on the lane and if you need more damage if you prefer it over spamming abilities more often)