@Riot Suffering Through A Match As Sona...
so... playing said match... braum can Q for 1/4 sona's lvl 1 hp... thats just bullshit as he is a SUPPORT (tagged secondarily as a tank) and as you at rito say "supports should do no damage" so either Sona's base HP is so low that braums Q's "low numbers" eat up her retardedly low hp pool OR you at rito think her HP is fine and braums Q dmg is retardedly high... now lets start with the laning phase... might as well afk under the tower for as much damage you're gonna do anyways and press W for when the adc needs what little hp it heals... besides that you are now made you wait out the laning phase hoping to god your ADC isn't going ham or else you feed
and you feed
and you feed
and you feed some more
because no other support has a reason to fear reworked sona ... let alone S4 Sona... remember back when in Season 3 when ppl were weary about getting poked by sona's Q and her Q PC? well now they don't even have to worry about sona at all (at 34 AP starting AP runes and masteries) she does 30 + 17 Q dmg + 20 + 9 Q buff dmg... thats a whole 76 damage... her W is 25 + 7 (yeah yeah wait till my adc's about dead and hope the missle speed is fast enough to reach him before the ADC's projectile does... even at 100% increased heal where hes dead and not possible to heal him anymore its only 50+14) healed with 30 + 7 shield... thats a grand total of 64 damage migitation... her E is 13% + 3% to herself and 10% + 1% to her allies oh and 40% + 1% slow... if you REALLY wanna waste your mana on that... since you've basically AFK'd your laning phase away you have no gold and no items so you're useless mid and late game so why not pick a better champion...
so.. lets look at leona
Q 40 dmg + 1 second stun
W 60 dmg + armor + mr + unknown % slow
E 60 dmg + 0.5 root
=160 dmg + 1.5 seconds of stun and % slow
all these are FAR better for the current meta than what "reworked" sona can provide due to such poor utility, base values of her skills, and CDs
onto braum
Q 60 + 14 (2.5% of his max hp) + slow + procs stun passive
W armor + mr for himself and whoever he jumps to
E negates the first projectile that hits it and intercepts all other projectiles for the duration at 70% dmg (30% dmg reduction)
sure his Q doesnt do as much as Sona's but the slow and the stun more than make up for it
as well as his W giving better damage migitation flat is okay eirly but % dmg reduction late game is where its at
oh and i'm sure you saw that up there complete negation of a projectile (EZ, Cait, ADC basic attack, any mage skillshot says what?) and the next few ranged hits are reduced by 30% which is obviously amazing late game
I could go on to point out all the rest of the supports who do everything reworked sona does but better like lulu and nami... but i think you get the idea... "sona's" base values are far to low and do far to little to have her be picked over any of the current supports... GG rito GG
now you all will bitch "but they are tanks or utility mages and sona is XYZ" but she can't hang out in the back of the pack anymore she has to be in where the fighters and the tanks SHOULD be so she can buff so... if i gotta be huggin the enemy as it is why not take a champion that is actually suited for the job?
