Talk:Sona/@comment-3308937-20120214061215/@comment-3308937-20120214205251

Honestly it's a possibility, but I wouldn't bank on it. She's still easily one of, if not still, the best support in the game and the metagame is so focused around early-game strength that even with these damage nerfs (26 damage on Q powerchords at level 1, decreasing by 2 every level until she meets back up with her old self at 13~) she'll still be able to dominate the enemy carry+support in lane with her poke.

The other thing is that she'll always be viable in team fights purely because of her ultimate: a huge AoE stun that can be used to initiate, counter-initiate, or just stop the entire enemy team during the fight will always be immensely powerful on a support. Sure she's weaker in the team-fight/mid-late game than say Janna, but it isn't by all that purely because of her ultimate. She does trade some later-game power for her early-game power (see Janna being the inverse with her weak non-sustain lane), but by then she's already done what she needs to do, which is win her lane.