Keep pushing for more early game power/utility on Sona

only zhule·1/23/2020, 4:10:11 AM·5 votes·4,857 views

Said it before and i'll say it again. Sona needs more power/utility in the early game. Before commenting about how she's "a late game champion" i would ask that you think of another "late game" champion. Around what level do they start meaningfully effecting the game? Given their role, around what time in the game is this? 10 minutes? 15 minutes? More? I find that Sona usually doesn't start "getting good" till the 20 min mark.

Now the simple answer to this would be to just up Sona's base numbers by like double. Let her go back to being the mild lane bully who becomes a mid-late game power house. I think a better idea would be to give her aura buffs, some serious power up. Up the effect range by like 30-60%, stop making Sona have to dance around the battlefield to tag her allies. Make her damage buff last longer and do more. I'm talking a good 3-4 seconds of solid damage buff, instead of her current one and done mechanic. Make the damage buff matter, 10-30 magic damage on your next auto is PATHETIC, even with a full support item build your only giving an ally like +70-90 damage on a single attack (before resistances). Make her speed buff have a negative effect on the enemy. Something like Cassiopeia grounding effect for 2-3 seconds after they get tagged by an "empowered" attack. It's not hard CC, but it's pretty close and will allow Sona's allies to secure kills much more easily. Also it makes Sona have to use her E, which she is not generally inclined to do in lane.

If you give Sona the tools to effect the game through large meaningful buffs, you remove the need for her to have 58-64% CDR. Let's be honest, she wasn't given that insane level of CDR as an intended part of her kit, she was given that passive because her core skill set doesn't scale into the late game.

13 Comments

Z3SIeeper1/23/2020, 10:14:58 AM3 votes

"Sona is weak early because she's a late game champion"

Meanwhile Ryze Cassiopeia Akali Fiora

Krys Star1/23/2020, 11:13:40 PM2 votes

I wouldn't mind if Sona's next buff was allowing her Hymn of Valor [Q] Melody to affect ally's abilities similarly to the buff Nami received for Tidecaller's Blessing [E].

Halodjin Tyr1/23/2020, 7:30:31 AM1 votes

It would be Nice if Enemies in her Aura had Status Effects, Like if they Stay in her E for too long they start getting compounding movement speed debuffs as she Siphons their movement speed.

Or if shes in their W too long She starts Siphoning their HP to heal herself,

if I stand in sonas Q too long I get Bonus Range to my attacks. Honestly Tired of Sonas Popping their Q's to poke without me Poking with them.

Nea1041/23/2020, 12:25:44 PM1 votes

They don't balance the game in order to... balance the game. They (un)balance the game for money: LC$ ( LeeSin ), skin$ (eg. Diana Draven lately ), new releases ( Aphelios Senna ).

Broken disgusting (un-nerfed) stuff everywhere, meanwhile Tahm stays dead, and they randomly buff Sona's ms, after having buffed for real her natural upgrade Nami . Still, you're forced to call these people "competent" here, or else.