Gut Freelo Sona

What, did you take health reducing runes or something? Sona physically cannot do that at level 1.

lol...?

Sona can't take half of anyone's HP at level 1 with her burst. Even Anivia without runes or masteries can take a fully offensive level 1 Sona burst.

Anivia's base stats:

• Health: 467.6
• Armor: 21.22
• Magic Resistance: 30

Sona with offensive runes and masteries:

• Base Attack Damage: 50.04
• Masteries
  • Double-Edged Sword (Ranged): +1.5% damage
  • Expose Weakness: Allied damage +1% upon being hit by damaging ability
  • Brute Force 3/3: 9.9 attack damage
  • Mental Force 3/3: 16.02 ability power
  • Spell Weaving: Basic attacks increase ability damage by 1%, stacking up to 3 times
  • Martial Mastery: 4 attack damage
  • Arcane Mastery: 6 ability power
  • Executioner 3/3: +5% damage to champions below 50% health
  • Blade Weaving: Damaging an enemy champion with an ability increases basic attack damage by 1%, stacking up to 3 times (stacks limited to 1 per second)
  • Warlord 3/3: +5% Bonus attack damage
  • Archmage 3/3: +5% Ability power
  • Devastating Strikes 3/3
  • +6% armor penetration
  • +6% magic penetration
  • Arcane Blade: Basic attacks deal 5% AP bonus magic damage
  • Havoc: +3% damage
• Runes
• Marks: 9 x Greater Hybrid Penetration
• 9 x 0.9 armor penetration = 8.1 armor penetration
• 9 x 0.62 magic penetration = 5.58 magic penetration
• Glyphs: 9 x 1.19 ability power = 10.71 ability power
• Quintessences: 3 x 4.95 ability power = 14.85 ability power
• Equipment
• Spellthief's Edge
  • 5 ability power
  • Tribute: damaging abilities and autoattacks to champions/structures expend charges to deal 10 bonus damage; damage type matches triggering attack
• Total Ability Power: 55.209
• Total Attack Damage: 64.635
• Total Armor Penetration: 6% | 8.1
• Total Magic Penetration: 6% | 5.58

Anivia's defensive stats after Sona's penetration is applied:

• Health: 467.6
• Armor: (21.22 x 0.94) - 8.1 = 11.8468
• Physical Damage Multiplier: (100 / 111.8468) = 0.89408*
• Magic resistance: (30 x 0.94) - 5.58 = 22.62
• Magic Damage Multiplier: (100 / 122.62) = 0.81553*

** Rounded to 5 decimal places*

Sona's damaging abilities:

• [Q] Hymn of Valor
• Direct damage: 40 + (50% AP) magic damage
• On-hit bonus: 20 + (20% AP) magic damage
• Power Chord
• 13 + (20% AP) magic damage
• +40% if charged with Hymn of Valor

So let's see what happens when we put this all together, shall we?

• Hymn of Valor initial damage: 40 + 27.6045 = 67.6045 magic damage
• Spellthief's Edge: 10 magic damage
• Expose Weakness: Subsequent damage +1%*
• Blade Weaving: Subsequent basic attack damage +1%**
• Autoattack: (64.635 x 1.01) x 1.01 = 65.9341635 physical damage
• Spellthief's Edge: 10 x 1.01 = 10.1 physical damage
• Arcane Blade: (55.209 x 0.05) x 1.01 = 2.7880545 magic damage
• Hymn of Valor (On-hit): (20 + 11.0418) x 1.01 = 31.66574018 magic damage
• Power Chord (Hymn of Valor): ((13 + 11.0418) x 1.4) x 1.01 = 33.9951052 magic damage
• Physical Damage Subtotal: 76.0341635
• Magic Damage Subtotal: 146.05339988

** I'm not sure if Expose Weakness applies to on-hit/on-ability effects triggered by the same action, so I'll assume it doesn't.* *** I skipped some calculations for this. The Warlord mastery amplifies bonus AD, so it would get a larger boost. The difference is miniscule, though.*

When applied to Anivia's defenses:

• Physical damage: 76.0341635 x 0.89408 = 67.98062*
• Magic damage: 146.05339988 x 0.81553 = 119.11093*

*Rounded to 5 decimal places

And I haven't forgotten Double-Edged Sword and Havoc:

• Physical damage: 67.98062 x 1.045 = 71.0397479
• Magic damage: 119.11093 x 1.045 = 124.47092185

Alternately, this burst with Executioner on an under 50% health target:

• Physical damage: 67.98062 x 1.095 = 74.43878
• Magic damage: 119.11093 x 1.095 = 130.42646835

TL;DR

A foolishly built, purely offensive Sona at level 1 can poke the lowest health champion with no runes, masteries, or equipment for the following amounts:

• Full health target: 195.51066975 (41.8%)
• Target below Executioner threshold: 204.86524835 (43.8%)

In other words, Sona absolutely does not have a half HP level 1 uncounterable poke. Anyone who builds Sona this way is an easy target. Anyone playing without defensive runes has no leg to stand on regarding enemy pokes. Just having 9 flat MR Glyphs starts every champ at 30% magic damage mitigation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6p8Ck71u3Y

annnnnnd she's gone ;o 2 years later and the same rules apply kill the bitch when she comes close first blood erry time

The cardboard is strong in this one.

May the cardboard be with you!

poke then trololol run away gg u cant kill me. Any team with a sona is pretty much autowin.