Talk:Sona/@comment-25583831-20141208133759/@comment-1330314-20141208202048

People complained about the loss of Sona's old auras because that was her central theme since her creation, and because it removed a lot of her persistent power (namely, the passive damage and resistances she could give her allies). However, I wouldn't really put too much faith in those complaints, because her rework not only preserved her theme as a team buff support, but also made her massively more powerful in all the ways that matter (she even had to be nerfed a couple of times after her rework). She scales incredibly well with AP, and even as a support is core on her due to how massive her poking power is.

I don't think there really is any other champion like her. sort of treads on her territory with his auras, but he's nowhere near as good. If you want a more defensive buff-oriented support, provides a ton of bonuses to individual allies and has an equally massively powerful ultimate, and if you want to be more offensive  can poke and harass a lot while buffing and saving critical targets.