Talk:Sona/@comment-3450702-20110505125010/@comment-3486816-20110505171206

mana regen, applicable aura items (Soul shroud is almost always a must-have, especially when laning with someone mana-hungry, start with mana manipulator if so). I usually end up with Shurelya's, Soul Shroud/AA staff, boots of lucidity/merc's treads (depending on capped cdr mostly) and then just buy a ton of wards. She doesn't need many items to support well and she doesn't scale very well with AP, so often the best thing you can do for your team is invest in map awareness once you have enough mana regen and capped cdr. If you're still mana-hungry, get a chalice. If you aren't dying, get a mejai's. If you really want to continue buying items, get aura items depending in your team composition and to cover any problems they may be having. Stacking aura items is great and all, but it's just one way to take advantage of her item independency, and throwing wards all over the map can be another, which can take a gold burden off the rest of your team.