Sona is kind of a stupid champ

AnOstrichWithPMS··3 votes·1,370 views

shes tied for lowest mobility on supports and she has to go into auto attack range to fully deal her passive poke boost and if she is caught by anything she dies faster than you can blink at the rate of 1 teemo per second , all of these things combined = mass feeding

you might as well just afk in base if the enemy support is a thresh or a blitzcrank or a leona or morgana or even taric

or if the mid is an incredibly mobile assasssin or if your jungle is an incredibly mobile tanksassin these 3 things combined will = 99% of your games so you might as well play someone else

if you want heals you play Soraka Nami heck even Taric or Kayle if you want shields you play Lulu Morgana Janna Braum Thresh if you want move speed buffs again Janna or even Karma Lulu Orianna if you want cc you can play Zilean Taric Alistar Zyra Blitzcrank Morgana
if you want Damage you play any Apc bot lane because they will do more than sona , im looking at you Annie if you want to make hook plays Thresh Blitzcrank Leona Nautilus if you want to feed and lose your lane while listening to mad beats you play Sona

if you want insane utility u play bard

even sonas aoe stun ult is outclassed by morganas ult

everything u can pick a sona for can be outdone by a diff support

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Kapparoth2 votes

Well, after checking your match history, I can easily say that you aren't playing Sona correctly. You complain that she has no mobility, yet you don't use flash or ghost. Yes, Clarity can be useful on Sona since she's really mana hungry, but it's better to go Flash/Exhaust to make escapes/plays. Another thing is that Frost Queen's Claim is a better item on Sona since she scales with AP. My usual build path goes - Spellthief's, Stealth Ward, 2 heal pots, and Warding Totem > Sightstone and Sweeping Lens > Frost Fang > Ionian Boots of Lucidity/Boots of Mobility > Mikael's Crucible > Ardent Censer > Frost Queen's Claim and Oracle's Lens > Locket of the Iron Solari or Frozen Heart (depending on their teamcomp/who's fed)

DJ Di01 votes

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Well, after checking your match history, I can easily say that you aren't playing Sona correctly. You complain that she has no mobility, yet you don't use flash or ghost. Yes, Clarity can be useful on Sona since she's really mana hungry, but it's better to go Flash/Exhaust to make escapes/plays. Another thing is that Frost Queen's Claim is a better item on Sona since she scales with AP. My usual build path goes - Spellthief's, Stealth Ward, 2 heal pots, and Warding Totem > Sightstone and Sweeping Lens > Frost Fang > Ionian Boots of Lucidity/Boots of Mobility > Mikael's Crucible > Ardent Censer > Frost Queen's Claim and Oracle's Lens > Locket of the Iron Solari or Frozen Heart (depending on their teamcomp/who's fed)

Ew.

I used to buy a ward on first buy as well, but you /need/ mana pots for early laning. I go spellthiefs, 1 health pot, 3 mana pots. I never upgrade to frostfang because it's not worth it anymore and just go straight to sightstone, or if I have enough (has happened on occasion as of late) Sheen and 1 ward. If we're really ahead I'll turn the sheen into a lichbane; if not, I'll go for Iceborn Gauntlet, Sona can weave in spellblade procs really well.

I never get Ardent Censer, it's only noticeable if you get your whole team near you while taking a tower, other than that it's meh, imo.

Not sure what others think of it but I've been maxing W first lately and it's been working out well for me. You do lose a bit of poke, but the majority of Sona's burst comes from her Staccato, which scales with level rather than Q rank. That's also why I opt for sheen; you'll have both strong heals and considerable damage.

Rasv1 votes

Sona is unfortunately not as good as she once was. She used to be the support who did everything. She's still good though.

Aerothal1 votes

Sona is smarter than your mom!

SEKAI1 votes

Sona was meant to be the Orianna of the bot lane, the generalist approach.

However for whatever reason Riot hates a generalist support so they nerfed her, to the point she is now so general she is pretty pointless to even exist.

Meanwhile the "generalist" of jungle scene is still rocking strong, no nerfs will be handed out anytime soon.

DJ Di01 votes

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Sona was meant to be the Orianna of the bot lane, the generalist approach.

However for whatever reason Riot hates a generalist support so they nerfed her, to the point she is now so general she is pretty pointless to even exist.

Meanwhile the "generalist" of jungle scene is still rocking strong, no nerfs will be handed out anytime soon.

Yeah, for some reason Sona gets nerfed because she's a generalist.

Meanwhile.....Thresh

Linthe1 votes

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everything u can pick a sona for can be outdone by a diff support

Not ingame music!!!!

SmokingPuffin1 votes

Sona is what you pick if you want to win lane. She has a similar power curve to Caitlyn -- dominant early, midgame drop off, quite strong again late.

Sona does obnoxious amounts of reliable damage in lane, and her W is a very effective "we win all trades" button.

you might as well just afk in base if the enemy support is a thresh or a blitzcrank or a leona or morgana or even taric

Sona stomps all over Morg and Taric. Always has.

Thresh is a favorable matchup for Sona. Reliable poke, pretty easy to not get hooked.

Blitz is probably neutral, although Blitz is just really strong in low elo so maybe he's winning a lot of those at that level. Key here is to punish him for every missed hook by going super ham.

Leona has a significant edge. Hard to put enough damage on her with her base stats and 4 pot openings.

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