Whatever happened to updating Sona?

RedCyclone·Jun 14, 2016·3 votes·717 views

A few patches ago some Sona changes turned up, but soon got pulled

Has Riot just decided she doesn't need any changes or is it still a work in progress thing?

9 Comments

ErockandrollJun 14, 20164 votes

They said the changes were experimental. I guess it just didn't hit the mark for them.

As a Sona player, I would think some changes might help, but they are by no means urgent. She's pretty Okay as is, but can be better.

P.S. I recall Riot planing a small update for supports in the following patches. So I wouldn't be surprised if they simply put the changes on hold until then.

StarryNitesJun 15, 20161 votes

https://mobile.twitter.com/ricklessabandon/status/742863488104566784

It's out. Again another nerf to her q dmg and aa proc. (Not surprised)

The ult reduction looks interesting tho.

AnnoxisJun 15, 20162 votes

If she get 45% CDR from items and runes and if we can trust the wording, it means that the CD of her spells would be in the late game :

Q : 2,2 second
W : 2,2 second
E : 2,64 second

I know a ban slot of the patch 6.12.

ArbiterOfTruthJun 15, 20162 votes

I don't think she'll be ban worthy at all. She's going to run out of mana faster and there isn't any reason to level W at all now.

AnnoxisJun 15, 20161 votes

I would completely agree with you... If Mana Regeneration was not so accessible for Supports. Will she really be out of mana with FQC and Athene ?

ArbiterOfTruthJun 15, 20161 votes

Honestly I haven't played her much after the changes, but I remember that they designed for supports to have plenty of mana regen while mages get mana. So you're right on that point. I guess since she'll be able to spam abilities more often it'll make up for the fact that her heal and damage got nerfed.

Harmony11Jun 15, 20161 votes

If you looked at the rest of rickless' tweets (which is where he posted that) you'd know that those are extreme numbers that will definitely be adjusted over time. It looks like they're looking at taking power out of Q and shifting it into her other abilities is the plan, so they're starting off with crazy and seeing how that pans out, then going from there.

Most likely this is a follow-up to the same kind of thing they did a couple months ago, and those changes weren't meant to hit live (I think something did but was quickly fixed).

StarryNitesJun 15, 20161 votes

I'd rather they leave sona as the way she is now.

I remember year ago they asked the sona mains what they like about sona and majority of us said we like her poke in lane and burst as a support.

Yet they just keep nerfing her q and aa proc over and over.

You like her poke and dmg? We'll nerf it. You don't like dynamic queue? Sorry bros no more solo queue for you.