Need Ideas for a Supp Sona build

Solari Fortune·10/28/2015, 12:46:38 AM·2 votes·2,958 views

Hey guys I been scratching my head for a good Sona Supp build, amazingly... I got level 5 mastery and still have trouble in my build I wanna focus on damage utility, been messing around with stuff but I run into 2 problems

I go OOM Fast
I my damage starts to fail cause people get tanky My Full build is SightStone LichBane Zekes Sorc Boots Banner and then Athenes or Void (This is sorta where the problem comes into play) I heard some people say to build like tear on Sona but idk bout it, wouldn't it just slow her down? Any help will be appreciated Thanks

4 Comments

StoryDuck10/28/2015, 1:16:03 AM2 votes

this item is god early for Sona and her mana problems. Build it into Also, W is a trap at early levels. The only time you want to cast it is when you have above 60% mana or when you or your ally are below 20% health (and sometimes not then either, remember your ADC can lifesteal back up if allowed.) so you get the better burst of heal from it. Just poke with Q save your W for when the enemy duo tries to all in you so you get a better heal and shield.
Sona is a Damage Support but that doesn't mean she deals the damage herself. Don't worry about hitting with a passive empowered Q AA. You add a lot of damage just by tagging your allies.

My build: Start item 3303 item 2009 item 2044 item 3340

Get item 2049 item 3341

Get item 3024 item 3241

Get item 3050 + item 3020 or item 3158 or item 3117

Get item 3504 or item 3060

Get item 3060 or item 3504

REPLACE item 3303 with item 3100 or item 3025 or item 3089 or item 3157 or whatever you feel like really.

Starting with item 3100 is a trap, don't make this your first big item. The idea is sound but Sona already brings insane damage to the team. 1 Q can do 900+200%ap damage! That is an insane amount of damage for a 6 second CD ability. Add to this Zeke's Buff, and Ardent Censor buff and you add so much damage to your team that most people will highly underestimate it. I have won games where our ADC and Midlaner died but the tank jungle and top survived with me as Sona. I managed to kite well enough to survive and the tanks were basically dealing carry damage with me buffing them. Each Q was another 600 +140%ap damage ( I wasn't AAing just kiting and hitting with the longer Q range) and I was tagging with her shield giving more damage and the tanks with AS increases really liked it. Then I buff with the E to zoom around and keep kiting while buffing. The sad part is that the score screen never shows my true damage because Q procs that allies get tallies under their total and not Sona's. I would love to someday see exactly how much damage I added to some of the teamfights I've been in as Sona.

LankPants10/28/2015, 2:22:50 AM1 votes

I don't think there's currently a good item path for support Sona to follow. She needs too many stats too quickly and you just can't itemise them as a support.

My best bet would be something like

item 3303 > item 3098 > item 2049 > item 3028 > item 3020 > item 3050 > item 3174 > item 3116 sell > item 3089 > item 2045

But as you can see you have to sit on a lot of incomplete items early because you need so many different stats. it's also an expensive build which probably isn't the greatest thing ever as a support.