Why do you hate enchanters like Sona so much riot?

BenBaxter·2/15/2020, 6:51:56 PM·4 votes·3,136 views

On the next patch she will receive terrible nerfs, how does that work for sona? Sona needs mana for survivability , forcing her to stay close to the adc or any ally to recover mana is a bad idea and a free double kill for the enemy with CC . Does the one in charge of balancing the champs play Sona?

Whereas Senna is still Op same as leona and some other champs. Senna can be played still as adc and support .xerath and zyra can be played both mid and support but oh no Sona cannot go to the top lane or mid .Sona must be nerfed so bad that she has to be unplayable . I will never understand this hate of yours towards Sona Riot , She doesnt deserve this . And I am sure someone in the balance team hates sona so bad . I would like to know why that person hates sona so bad .

13 Comments

Done252/16/2020, 1:04:08 AM9 votes

Because top lane champs are so absurdly weak that they can't even fight a 500 HP Sona.

Warmas2/16/2020, 1:23:11 AM4 votes

Just like the one before me said toplane champ are so weak that Soraka and Sona started dominating them. So rather than buffing toplaners, which would try to balance the game, they nerf them so it can remain a mess.

Pika3102/16/2020, 6:41:23 AM3 votes

It certainly doesn't help that Meddler is a Brand-support 1-trick & has been very vocal of his disdain towards enchanters. He has an especially hard hate-boner for Sona. Every time her pickrate rises to 1%, out comes the nerf bazooka.

Minimac20002/16/2020, 5:55:55 AM2 votes

Probably because they go top and ruin the game and riot refuses to just buff the melees getting shit on by them

animexcom2/21/2020, 4:18:36 AM2 votes

Wow. She's so nerfed. I can't believe they broke the only role (support) Sona works in just to take out a few top-lane enthusiasts. She's now worse than Yuumi without a the zoomies... I end up chasing my ADCs around the map -- and many times I can't catch them to get my mana back. I'm out of mana as soon as I enter lane and have to deal with any situation... a quick QWE and poof, OOM. This is so broken.

If you really wanted her out of top lane:

AAs on minions drain Sona's mana for the first 10 minutes of game. 1 mana per attack.
Sona cannot travel above the Baron pit for the first 10 minutes of the game.
Sona does not do damage in the top lane for the first 10 minutes of the game.
Sona does not Queue in the Top Lane Position.

Let's review Sona's major nerfs:

Removed her awesome range on Q
Change her E so she has to "touch" aura instead of shoot aura to her allies.
Fiora can parry her ult. Fiora can parry sound. Nice.
Increase her mana usage by 50%?! Unless she touches an ally on every cast? Now I can't spam if I'm building Tear.

Let's review her buffs:

Buff her PERSONAL E speed to 25%, no wait... 20%, no wait... back to the original 10% :/

Ridiculous. I'm a Sona OTP and now I'm building TriForce and Guinsoo just to support with AAs.

Naon2/21/2020, 6:22:04 AM2 votes

TBH I feel like someone on the balance team got their face rolled by a top lane sona which is laughable considering the other absurd top lane matchups ive seen living up there such as Quinn, Ashe, Vayne, and things that have insane stacked stats like Garen, Illaoi. Sona is literally nothing but a poke champ that can easily be managed against as is. Yes ranged matchups suck but her laning phase is pretty trash and she's a free kill for any jg.