Talk:Sona/@comment-16940040-20140811234940/@comment-5955640-20140812170713

It's only a nerf if you really used the aura to play passive and let the stats work for you.

My trick used to be that I held the W aura in play and prevent all poke from being effective and topping off all damage in a couple of casts. With Chalice the bottom lane was impregnable. Technically speaking it's not fair as I completely control the lane passively and then on cast with the only pre-requiste being that my Marksman stays in my aura and follows my lead.

That was an intended nerf and instead of very frightfully holding lane for as long as you have mana it's more defending yourself and an ally from an actual attack when or before it happens.

Which I've completely adapted too as I main plenty of clutch supports. So it made the laning phase less auto pilot and a bit more exciting.