That sona +3 ad buff tho riot...

Death by Glamour·Apr 24, 2018·15 votes·6,433 views

Really riot, i honestly thought this was moobeat trolling on surr@20 when i saw this.

You absolutely gutted her in preseason and this is the compensation?

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Dead flag bluesApr 25, 201814 votes

NEW SONA BUILD item 3087 item 3031

Rathar DashingApr 25, 20188 votes

Foolish Mortal item 3004

Shrek LuigiApr 25, 20182 votes

Now my item 3078 -powerspike will be REALLY strong!! xD

Rathar DashingApr 25, 20181 votes

Exactly.

Zone of EndlessApr 25, 201811 votes

ADC SONA INCOMING

DanjengApr 25, 201811 votes

Let's not be rash here. Remember the terrible nerf of Vayne with -3 AD? Truly gutted. Unplayable. Olaf'd one might even say.

Sona will be P/B across all elos and in competitive play after this change. Think! Situations in which the enemy used to survive with 3 health. Now those are kills for Sona right there. That's a massive 300 G bonus right to Sona. Practically a boots worth of gold. So this buff is also a +25 MS bonus at this point.

Oh but that movement speed also allows her to pick off an enemy trying to run away. Another 300 G, a free cloth armor. Sona now gets +15 armor. Now she's the fastest and tankiest enchanter in the game. If she wants she could get a Ninja Tabis with those two free components. How you gonna even counter that? G fucking G.

Sp33d Zer0Apr 25, 20181 votes

The difference between Vayne's -3 AD wrecking her and Sona's +3 AD probably not doing much is that Vayne relied on it for last hitting as well as auto trading.

Sona doesn't have to worry about the last hitting portion, so it is a smaller buff for her than it was a nerf for vayne.

OverpoweredSoapApr 25, 20188 votes

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The difference between Vayne's -3 AD wrecking her and Sona's +3 AD probably not doing much is that Vayne relied on it for last hitting as well as auto trading.

Sona doesn't have to worry about the last hitting portion, so it is a smaller buff for her than it was a nerf for vayne.

Isn't it still a decent buff to her since it improves her poking potential with both Q+Passive and Q+Auto in general though?

I'm not saying its huge or anything, but it gives her more incentive to be more aggressive early game though.

DivewingApr 25, 20184 votes

Shhhhhh, It's not +30% to all her ratios across the board, they don't care that it's a buff.

chipndip1Apr 25, 20188 votes

Compensation for that was a mana cost nerf partial revert.

THIS, however, is just pathetic.

Colton147Apr 25, 20188 votes

Sona is a very mechanically intensive and high skill ceiling champion that needs better buffs.

IxozielApr 25, 20183 votes

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is a very mechanically intensive and high skill ceiling champion that needs better buffs.

Lmao wat

DivewingApr 25, 20182 votes

T-trolling...?

I think..?

Genuinely not sure...

TempName54846Apr 25, 20181 votes

this is a variation of "yasuo is a balanced champion that requires skill" meme.

TehNACHOApr 25, 20187 votes

She's doing fine as it is, if anything there's no need for even this much.

Step Sis LuxApr 25, 20183 votes

imo she is trash, even tank can oneshot her but like real oneshot i just played naut on support and completely rekt her at 6 lvl with ignite

ampheonApr 25, 20183 votes

What can't tanks oneshot nowadays /s

Swiftstrike4Apr 25, 20183 votes

The buff is primarily for the players that play Sona mid. She had a lot of trouble last hitting and was never compensated with AD after the runes changed.

That's all the buff is really for.

SnugglePuggle94Apr 25, 20182 votes

I am literally shaking my head. This buff is beyond mind blowingly stupid.

RedCycloneApr 25, 20182 votes

You may not think it, but this is actually a big deal for mid Sona

In the preseason they nerfed her AD and it became incredibly hard to CS in mid with her (as if it wasn't hard enough), the revert to the AD nerf is a nice step I guess Does literally nothing for her support play though, you know, the thing that needs the most work because it can't exist properly due to how gated by lategame it has become (and she's not even a top support in late game for the tradeoff of being the worst support early)

Killer of Night9Apr 25, 20182 votes

One idea... Every time that sona use her empowered AA she will get back 5-11% of her missing mana (double on a champion) that scale with lv. At least this will give to us the way to don't buy tear without changing her mana cost...

TempName74814Apr 25, 20182 votes

just don't let sona be meta. she's the antithesis of skillful play and the epitome of braindead. even janna (puke) has some actual skill expression. interrupting dashes and shit

Rathar DashingApr 25, 20181 votes

It's the same thing they did to Zoe.

"Oh hey I know we gutted you, AND you're an AP champ, soo... here's a couple AD to make up for it."

SasogwaApr 25, 20181 votes

item 3057 synergy though

La Belle SauvageApr 25, 20181 votes

I main Sona, and let me concede right here I acknowledge I'm low elo. Despite the nerfs, she feels very viable in the support role Especially in Bronze and Silver.

I think in lower ELOs players underestimate her early poke. I mean constantly Low elo ADCs walk in range of her AA and Q and I happily chunk them every time.

My biggest struggles are with players who are competent playing engage supports like Leo, Blitz and Thresh.

Yet many low elo support mains become timid after a few rounds of the wood ole AA,Q poke.

I hope if I ever reach a high ELO she'll still be viable.

I'd like to know what higher elo Sona mains think though.

TempName74814Apr 25, 20181 votes

everything is "viable especially in bronze and silver"

level 2 teemo support cheese always gets bronzes

La Belle SauvageApr 25, 20181 votes

Not this bronzie, but yeah. :)