Riot, your balance approach has become really unhealthy for the game (Sona focused)

Profirix·2/21/2020, 2:38:31 PM·1 votes·2,147 views

Let me get this straight...Sona is over performing in top lane but is barely passable as a support. First you try nerfing mana costs, and in one day decide that isn't enough and revert her entire set of buffs from a couple patches ago, even going beyond where she was before and taking off BASE stats?

Where is the tempered approach Riot used to have to balance? I'm a gold ELO scrub and I can tell you your balance approach is REALLY unhealthy. Sona support isn't going to be able to function with how heavy-handed you've been.

And this is a trend I'm seeing with most of your balance changes recently. You need to compensate support Sona...

5 Comments

UpDownLeftRightAB2/21/2020, 3:53:39 PM7 votes

Morello was the tempered guy, he isn't on that team anymore. It really shows they don't have someone on the balance team with an overall vision for the game.

Pika3102/21/2020, 2:51:16 PM2 votes

They won't compensate her. Sona is Rito's favorite punching bag & has been since Season 4. The last time I'm aware of Rito doing genuine balancing & a real trade-off was when they made multiple nerfs to her W in patch 3.8. She got a few extra points in HP & armor.

Fast forward to 4.13 where they completely removed her W aura entirely. Instead of a compensation buff to her HP like they did in 3.8, they fucking NERFED her HP too, leaving her double-nerfed. Well, technically she received many many more than just 2 nerfs in 4.13, but that's aside the point.

BenBaxter2/21/2020, 10:38:26 PM1 votes

Why does have Sona heal W have to be 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 (+ 25% AP) with 105 / 110 / 115 / 120 / 125 MANA cost with a weak shield 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 (+ 30% AP) which last 1.5 SECOND (as if one second will be enough to defend your ally and yourself) and why Nami has to be 60 / 85 / 110 / 135 / 160 (+ 30% AP) with 70 / 85 / 100 / 115 / 130 MANA cost? + a good magic damage 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+ 50% AP) ? not even Sona's Q is that strong , see how bad are these changes to sona?