Talk:Sona/@comment-6109369-20130607043432/@comment-5374380-20130608201115

I wouldn't call it one of her most important abilities, during laning phase you want to use powerchord+Q in most cases as the bonus damage will simply win the trade. Then during midgame you want either help burst someone or slow them down enough for your team to catch up, and once lategame arrives you don't wanna be near any sort of damage, only eception being ulting.

Her damage reduction was a niche ability only used to save your adc from an incoming all-in, since her alternatives (dmg/hard slow) were often more powerful.