Possible fix for Sona + Taric

WhiteAcres·4/8/2019, 8:51:31 PM·2 votes·1,507 views

So unless you're living under a rock, you might have noticed that Sona + Taric bot lane is a thing at the moment, and it works pretty well do to all the sustain and utility those 2 champions bring.

Unfortunately, this strategy is a pretty bland and non-interactive one, so it'll likely need some adjusting: however, I don't think it's appropriate to nerf either of the 2 champions, since when played by themselves in the support role, they don't seem to be overpowered.

The real issue is that this is essentially another take on the funneling strategy, but instead of funneling gold from both jungle and mid-lane on a scaling damage champion, you're funneling gold from bot-lane and support onto a scaling enchanter (Sona).

The solution then should be similar to that of the other funneling strategy solution - limit the gold income. Currently I think the best way to do this would be to have the upgraded sight-stone / gold-income item also have the effect where a cooldown is applied to the "Tribute" passive whenever you kill a minion. This would prevent supports from getting gold from multiple streams, eliminating the Sona + Taric funneling strategy.

9 Comments

MankeyMadness4/8/2019, 9:15:11 PM2 votes

Or nerf Sonas Q and Q empowered autos that aren't behind Power Chrods with a buff to all 3 Power Chords and E (Or R damage) to compensate

Or. Yknow.

Stop nerfing everything new that players come up with.
Let us play Assassin Wu, Bruiser Akali, Tank Viktor, Frostmancy Karma Top....

Galiö4/8/2019, 9:33:02 PM2 votes

All they gotta do is have a support item lock out/put on CD another support item.

Sona cant proc while taric is early farming or taric cannot execute minions/grant gold from relic while sona is poking

The Ecdysiast4/8/2019, 9:08:29 PM1 votes

A better solution would be to have it turn off completely in the vicinity of an ally who has an income item, in the same way it doesn't work if there's no ally in the vicinity.

Stars Shaper4/8/2019, 9:39:14 PM1 votes

Ban one of them.

Enchanters being viable botlane isn't a bad thing.