Sona in ARAM

Trale Lewous·Mar 12, 2015·3 votes·707 views

Why has she never been adjusted for this mode? I would like to see her win rate in the mode. It just seems she is a little stong for ARAM.

12 Comments

The PaulrusMar 12, 20155 votes

She's not that good in ARAM. Especially after the 50% ally heal reduction. Now all she's good for is a poke, and can be shut down completely with some MR.

SwiftKitten88Mar 12, 20151 votes

a few months (pre rework) back i played a 800 ap sona in aram with lich bane and i would 2 shot people, was pretty broken..

Leti the YetiMar 12, 20155 votes

hey, you know who else would 2 shot people with 800 ap and a lichbane? erry mage eber

SwiftKitten88Mar 12, 20151 votes

yeah but most other champs need to aim at somthing t land thier skills. landing a sona Q is easier than auto attacking.

Emmy Cha0sMar 12, 20151 votes

Considering auto attacking and single-target spells walk you into range before firing, rather than just misfiring like Sona's Q can do... I'd have to argue that it's more difficult to use Hymn. You have to have your range memorized perfectly and any slight miscalculation or an enemy walking out of range as you cast it will result in lost mana and a burned cooldown. Hymn is only just barely more reliable than a skillshot, but has a degree of uncontrollability in the direction it's aimed. That can be costly when Sona's already been mana-gated so hard, in between her poor base mana and unreasonably high mana costs; and her cooldowns increased.

Pika310Mar 12, 20153 votes

a few months (pre rework) back

Ya, like you said that's pre-"rework."

Her damage since has been reduced drastically. Hymn's been nerfed by 20%, Staccato's been nerfed by 60%, her aura was removed and replaced with a ~67% weaker bubble and her base AD has been secretly lowered. You'd be hard-pressed to have any kind of presence in the game with such awful numbers.

Trale LewousMar 12, 20151 votes

Its the low cost heal/shield, plus the heal, and the MASSIVE Q passive poke. Kinda a little unbalanaced

Envy SinMar 12, 20157 votes

50% less healing on allys

HEAL: 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 + .2 With 1k AP that's a 155 heal. At max rank. Sona has the weakest heal in the game, Her poke is/has been kinda meh. Along with being by far one of the squishiest champions in the game. If anything Sona needs buffs.

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Sona

Pika310Mar 12, 20154 votes

Its the low cost heal/shield,

Sona has factually the most expensive heal OR shield in the game, whilst the heal having the absolute lowest base of all champions and the shield being the weakest AND shortest duration amongst all supports. Coupled with the 50% heal reduction and you have a recipe for garbage a la mode.

and the MASSIVE Q passive poke.

Sona has the weakest poke amongst the entire support class, 2nd to Braum. Tied for lowest base with only 3 other spells, Sona's poke is negligibly low in every game mode. Additionally, she's tied with Soraka for lowest base AD amongst supports, excluding Thresh and Lulu who have AA-modifiers.

DJ Di0Mar 12, 20153 votes

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Its the low cost heal/shield, plus the heal, and the MASSIVE Q passive poke. Kinda a little unbalanaced

In aram, Sona's rank 1 W heals for 15. Literally not even one minion auto.

SleepyLionCubMar 12, 20151 votes

Oh no. You just suggested that sona isn't utterly underpowered. Prepare for the hate my friend.

WydiwygMar 12, 20151 votes

Sona in ARAM is still fairly strong (according to Lolking, her Howling Abyss winrate is ~64%), but I'd personally rather face a Sona than Soraka these days. Those full AP maxed Q's hurt a lot and are pretty much guaranteed to let you lose any poke battle, especially when lacking a decent frontline.

That being said: It's ARAM, it's not meant to be balanced. ;)