Talk:Sona/@comment-174.88.154.141-20120929010845/@comment-71.104.183.45-20121004160621

I also play AD Sona and love it, but I build differently:

I build here more hybrid-like--my build is pretty much focused on dealing insane damage with Q then Q chord, then just chasing until refresh is up. This requires

1) Mana regen

2) AP for Q

3) AD for, well, AD.

I don't build AS at all because it really doesn't fit my playstyle, so no Zeal or anything until Triforce.

Build: Start with Meki and pots. Rush Sheen, then choice: If you are going to own lane hard, Bloodthirster. Elsewise, Trinity Force. By now you should also get either Ninja Tabis or Merc Treads. From there, you can get Morello's Evil Tome for AP, CDR, and the active, and you have more than enough AP to finish rest of game--Just stack lots of AD, like Infinity Edge and Last Whisper. A Glacial Hammer can round this out if you so choose, or if not gotten earlier the aforementioned Bloodthirster might be a good choice.

I go with straight AD and AP masteries, and some in Utility. I haven't played her enough to get good runes going.

I play her basically just lasthit minions until you have Power Chord, then Q->Q chord on their carry. Hopefully you have a good offensive support to help stun or CC them, in which case you can go for the kill. I only ever really use this build if I plan on going support but am VERY, very iffy on whether the ADC can actually do anything--My last game, I laned with an AP mordekaiser who autolocked just like everyone else on my team. -_- I went AD because we had no other AD, and we won very quickly.

--lolwhut13375, NA