Sona, when did she get so buff??

Sedriss Axios·Jul 17, 2015·3 votes·986 views

Thinking Sona needs a nerf, her blue is incredibly strong lately. I've noticed on other toons, but especially this morning, when did Yi become Squishy? She nailed me early game for nearly beyond half of my HP, obviously add another hero to the mix and it's game over....2 shotted....even with Sona on her own. Hit me twice, game over. As a support character...when did she become straight up DPS/ADC? Grats to the Sona fans out there, but for this much DPS??

9 Comments

DrCyanideJul 17, 20153 votes

Sona built item 3100 item 1058 item 1026 item 3108 , and you call her a support? She doesn't have a single support item!

When did MasterYi get so squishy? When he didn't build any magic resist against the fed APC from the Kill Lane bot and the fed AP Assassin mid.

ShuffledPancakeJul 17, 20152 votes

So she was fed, anyone when fed does what you describe - but better

ShuffledPancakeJul 17, 20151 votes

hero? gtfo

The GG JanitorJul 17, 20151 votes

Her Q does 200 damage at max rank. Unless sona was lvl 9, and ur lvl 1, I don't see how she can hit half ur up with a just a Q.

JoyconsJul 17, 20151 votes

Q, plus Q buff, plus powerchord along with AP.

JoyconsJul 17, 20151 votes

She's a squishy support but she's extremely strong early game - Especially against other squishies. Most Sonas end up just going full AP and wrecking the other team, which is something that really doesn't make sense to me.

Take a look at Janna or Nami. Both amazing supports, essentially the same to Sona in terms of what they can do and their squishiness and such. The problem is, Sona has better AP scaling. She can easily shut down people, but when Nami or Janna go full AP, they dont do the same amounts of damage.

All in all, they just need to dumb down her AP scaling. It's way too high for a support when it does as much damage to tanks as it does now.

Zorae42Jul 17, 20151 votes

Except Janna and Nami also have much better peel. The only reason to play Sona instead of them is that she can bring some damage to the table. If you take that away then she'd be practically useless.

Besides, she falls off really hard. And since she's support, it's really difficult to build enough AP fast enough to stay relevant. And by relevant I mean able to hit 1 squishy for 1/4 - 1/3 of their health one time while in aa range... It's really not that OP and you put yourself in danger to do it.

JoyconsJul 17, 20151 votes

Yeah, they're all amazing just in different ways. It's just odd that Sona can do that much damage, but who knows, I don't see her that much now anyways.

RavenhaleJul 17, 20152 votes

Have you actually compared her kit to Janna's or are you just saying this?

Janna - Passive Tailwind, Q scales 35% AP damage with knockup, W scales 50% AP damage with slow, E shield scales 70%AP and buffs Attack Damage, R AoE heal that scales 60%AP

Sona - Passive 4th AA does extra 20%AP damage, Q scales 50% AP damage and buffs nearby allies next AA with bonus magic damage, W self and single ally heal that scales 20%AP with shield that also scales 20%AP, E Movement speed that scales extra if she has 100AP, R skill shot stun that scales 50%AP.

There's nothing in there that backs your claim that she scales better with AP compared to Janna.

What she does have over Janna is range. Sona's Q and AA are much greater so Sona's kit encourages poke. If you take her poke away, she would have nothing over Janna. Janna's E outperforms Sona's W. Janna's Q is available earlier than Sona's R. Janna's move bonus costs nothing so it easily wins over Sona's E.