Alternate ways to buff Sona

As of now, it's pretty much confirmed that Riot hates Sona's early game poke + bonus damage power chord, and as much as I dislike the nerfs they slapped on her, I don't think they'll be returning Sona to her pre-5.1 status.

So rather than vying to return Sona's Q-power, I have some ideas for buffing her in other ways.

1. Song of Celerity (Sona's speed boosting E) Current ability: 65 mana, 3 second (+0.5s per ally tagged) decaying AOE movespeed boost (1.5s for allies)

Current issues:

1. Little use in-lane other than charging Power Chord and dodging skillshots
2. Gives too little movespeed to actually help dodge skillshots
3. Costs almost way too much mana even if it actually does help you dodge skillshots tl;dr it's a decent team ability overall, but its next to useless during the laning phase.

Suggested changes: Mana cost: 65 all levels -> 35 / 45 / 55 / 65 / 75 Duration: 3s all levels -> 1.5 / 2 / 2.5 / 3 / 3.5 Power Chord Bonus: 40% slow for 2 seconds -> 80% slow decaying over 2 seconds (same net slow amount)

Goals: Song of Celerity is now cheap enough to be semi-spammable early on. This opens up a new option for Sona to cheaply charge up her next Power Chord in case the other two abilities are impractical to use. Sona's Power Chord bonus is also more frontloaded now, making it feel a little more immediately effective without changing its overall balance.

2. Aria of Perseverance (Sona's healing W) Current ability: 80/85/90/95/100 mana, Heal 30/50/70/90/110 (+0.5% hp per 1% hp missing), Shield 35/55/75/95/115 for 1.5s

Current issues:

1. Both heals and shields, but doesn't do either very well
2. Power Chord bonus is statistically powerful (20% damage reduction for 3 seconds), but lacks the immediate impact of the other two Power Chords tl;dr it feels too weak.

Suggested changes: Sona's shield strength is now 40% stronger on herself than her allies Sona's self shield duration increases by 0.25s for every ally she tags Power Chord bonus: 20% Damage reduction -> 15% damage reduction. Now blinds enemy champions for 0.5s and interrupts enemy channels.

Goals: Slightly controversial ideas here, but allow me to explain. As much as I'd like to boost her heal, Riot seems to have an aversion for champions with cheap powerful on-demand heals ( expends her health, needs a nearby enemy to bounce heal, and is melee). So rather than buffing Sona's heal, it would be more negotiable to buff her shield to actually useful levels instead. The Power Chord change may seem a bit iffy (why would music cause blindness lol?), but the idea is to have it become a tool for Sona to trade safely with the enemy ADC now that her Q's been nerfed.

So overall tl;dr Sona Q - Trade hard Sona W - Trade safe Sona E - Trade cheap