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@Fearless A Suggestion Regarding Sona's Crescendo

Pledgie·May 17, 2015·2 votes·589 views

Ive been playing Sona for almost 2 years now (since s3) and I like where she is at at the moment. However, I believe she should also be given the Nocturne and Garen treatment and have the cooldown on Crescendo lowered. Currently, it's 2 minutes 20 seconds rank 6, 2 minutes rank 11, and 1 minute 40 seconds rank 16. I believe that lowering the cooldown on Crescendo will give Sona more opportunities to catch out opponents, engage the enemy team, or peel for her carries, and more Sona-y things. Crescendo is one of the **LONGEST **ultimate cooldowns in the game and if you miss it, you're spending **2 full minutes **playing defensive and beating yourself up over it. Lets face it; we've all missed her ult from time to time. In addition, I also think that having the stun duration scale with rank (1s rank6, 1.5s rank 11, and 2s rank 16 or 1s rank6, 1.25s rank11, and 1.5s rank16) will compensate for Sona having a lower cooldown ultimate. I would really appreciate any additional feedback or suggestions anyone has about Crescendo. s /

4 Comments

Lauricella3May 17, 20151 votes

aoe CC ulttimates deserve to have long cooldowns. and you cna reach max cdr really easy with frozen heart and support item upgrade with locket.

also both garen and nocturne's ultimate's are single target with no CC.

PledgieMay 17, 20151 votes

If you compare the cooldowns of similar abilities to Sona's Crescendo: Zyra's Stranglethorns, Nami's Tidal Wave, the cooldowns on these abilities are about 10-20 seconds shorter than Crescendo. Just to clarify, i am not asking to reduce Crescendo by a significant amount, i am only asking for it to be reduced by 10 -20 seconds because level 6 cooldown just feels too long. and I agree that max cooldown is easy to achieve but you wont have 40 percent cdr at level 6.

Lauricella3May 17, 20151 votes

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If you compare the cooldowns of similar abilities to Sona's Crescendo: Zyra's Stranglethorns, Nami's Tidal Wave, the cooldowns on these abilities are about 10-20 seconds shorter than Crescendo. Just to clarify, i am not asking to reduce Crescendo by a significant amount, i am only asking for it to be reduced by 10 -20 seconds because level 6 cooldown just feels too long. and I agree that max cooldown is easy to achieve but you wont have 40 percent cdr at level 6.

both of these are no where near as reliable as the near instant stun that is sona's ult. Sona's Strength is in her poke, not her peel. Nami's ult us easy to dodge/flash and the knockup of zyra's ult is also hard to land without chaining it with other cc.

PledgieMay 18, 20151 votes

Crescendo is also harder to land, and has less area of effect than Zyra ult or Nami ult. And i have to disagree with you on Sona's strength. Her strength is empowering allies and enabling her allies via Crescendo, to peel the frontline or to stun the backline.

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