Back to asking for buffs to Sona
I have said it before and i will say it again. Sona's early game is way to weak to function with the current state of the game. Let's be honest, outside of maybe 2-3 match ups, she lacks the skills to be an asset to her team for a disturbingly long period of time. She lacks the damage to bully the lane, what little damage she does have is almost entirely tied to a 550 range auto attack follow up to her pitiful "poke". The bonus damage she offers to her allies is laughable in how little it matters. Her heal and shield have such low values and such high up times that you don't have the means to keep your ally healed up to win the long fight NOR do you have the power to push them over the top to win a head to head. Her lack of hard CC before level 6 means that you aren't securing any kills for your team by smart positioning / out thinking your opponents. But worst of all, to me at least, is the HORRIBLE choice to make her one of the slowest champions with no gap closers while also making her health pool insanely small. I get it, i really do, you don't want back line utility champions with the survival tools of a front line engage champion. You don't want a utility champion that can heal, to also have high damage output. I'm not expecting to be as tanky and sticky as a
or to have the raw damage output of
, but for fuck sakes could i not loss like 20-30% of my life at level 4 when i do a simple AA empowered trade against
? Could i maybe do enough damage that i'm not required to go in half a dozen times before i see any real results? If not damage, maybe enough healing/shields that i can win either the long fight or the short against the enemy comp that has no healer/shielder.
We all know that Sona has a very strong late game, spell spamming and finally having the money to buy the items you need go a long way. That said her late game is by no means broken, and should not have to come at the cost of being a joke in the early game. I'd love to see her do more damage (and go back to being a lane bully who transitions into a power support), I'd love to see her support skills be strong enough that you don't need 2 items to buff them beyond garbage tier. But most of all, i would LOVE to see Sona be able to take a freaking hit in the early game and not suddenly be down a huge chunk of her life total.
against a target that built glass cannon with no bonus health or resistances.
had 52.62% wr, which is #16 atm btw, and people would ask him to be buffed.
is a better poke champion then Sona, but still get's all her disengage power. There is an issue when
support is a total legit choose". OR are we talking about players in the high silvers to middle golds? Players that know the strengths and weaknesses of the enemy and are play accordingly. Players that know how to dodge skill shots and other super telegraphed moves.
and her ability to gift mana was a problem.