Talk:Sona/@comment-76.93.11.0-20130328164235/@comment-184.175.25.30-20130329214924

Sona counters kill-lanes because she pokes and only poking while not fully engaging can hope to beat kill-lanes who are designed to win all-ins and the sustain from heals supports provide are insufficient for warding off kill-lanes - even if the sustain-lane survives from being all-ined, they'll be forced to go back/zoned and spending lots of time waiting to get healed up to avoid not being killed again.

That being said, it is obviously still risky to play considering her impressively low combat lifespan... but it is strategically a much better chance than other options.