Talk:Sona/@comment-85.179.32.202-20121020124947/@comment-91.43.120.67-20121020144635

itemization will make her durable regardless of the base nerfs

thats intended, it was meant so, that sona during her early laning phase is easier to kill, if caught that is, which will make it a lot harder for sona to harass (the aspect they didnt want to remove at all)

imho they should've nerfed her damage a little instead of nerfing her durability

Answer from riot to RoG:

People like myself play her in different roles sometimes, this nerf will kill those already unpopular roles, yet you don't care about those now do you? Honestly, this is something that has to be looked at overall. If AP Master Yi is overpowered because he has 7 million health, armor, and magic resist, we have to nerf that even if AD Master Yi is balanced. The very first rule is "No OP stuff." There's probably cleanup we could do after the fact for AP/AD Sona. Ratio on Q/R, base attack speed, etc. Honestly it wasn't a focus here, but it's something we could look at.

their intention was not to nerf AD/AP sona, but her support capability, by reducing her def, which shall make her balanced WITHOUT any kit changes, so that people still can use her strong kit, BUT have to be a lot more carefully to nat be at disadvantage