The only thing planned for Sona is more nerfs- if she gets attention at all, apparently
"As for his thoughts on Sona and if she will be getting any buffs in the near future, Meddler commented:
Preseason's also increased her effectiveness a noticeable amount, so if we felt compelled to make balance adjustments to her I'd imagine they'd be nerfs not buffs. There are certainly some supports that are more dominant overall, we've either just nerfed, or are in the process of nerfing, those that are over the line though (some of whom will probably need further work too - looking at you Brand)."
I fucking LAUGHED at that. I'm honestly not surprised that she'd get more nerfs, based on her track record. I know that Sona has improved because of the preseason changes- what with the increased mana regen on both her and support items, the overall value and utility of said items, and the new masteries that allow her to become a decent choice and whatnot. (and I greatly appreciate these changes)
But the fact that only MORE nerfs would be coming is just asinine. I mean, christ, what else could you do to this poor girl? Lower her damage even further? Make the heal and shield even worse? Make her speed boost rank up with .5% instead of 1%? Up her already ridiculous Ult CD? Please. She can hardly fit anymore bullshit into an already filled basket.
and by the way, in capitalized and bolded text for your convenience:
I AM NOT ASKING FOR BUFFS. I AM SAYING MORE NERFS DO NOT HELP THE STATE OF THIS CHAMP. (She should probably just be reworked again, if anything)
Edit #2: Apparently I literally have to spell it out for some of you. If a champ cannot be properly balanced with number tweaks, they need to be changed. This is what is happening with Leblanc, with Akali, and also what happened with old Poppy (who was still broken anyway), so on and so forth.
jesus, here comes god damn Edit #3: I don't think she's totally unsatisfying to play right now. I think she's a decent pick right now. But she still has problems that cannot be solved by simple tuning. She has a large dependency on AP for a support. She has little to no CC outside of her ult, so she's still somewhat of an ult bot, but would probably be a little much if she had access to CC, not to mention there's no where to put it so it's not point and click. She has mediocre bases and ratios, but if they were higher, she becomes more and more overbearing as a whole. She's extremely frail and extremely slow, but they don't want her to be tanky in the slightest because of her sustain (which isn't very good rn anyway). She has a plethora of problems that you can't address with just nerfs.
