League of Legends Wiki

Want to contribute to this wiki?
Sign up for an account, and get started!
You can even turn off ads in your preferences.

Come join the LoL Wiki community Discord server!

READ MORE

League of Legends Wiki
Register
Advertisement
Image
Sona OriginalCentered
Sona
Sona (Universe)Sona (Universe)
Sona (League of Legends)Sona (League of Legends)
Sona (Esports)Sona (Esports)
Sona (Teamfight Tactics)Sona (Teamfight Tactics)
Sona (Wild Rift)Sona (Wild Rift)
Sona (Development)Sona (Development)
Sona (Trivia)Sona (Trivia)

Sona is a champion in League of Legends.[1]

Abilities[]

Edit

Power Chord

Sona Power Chord

Innate - Accelerando: Sona generates a stack of Accelerando each time she hits an enemy Champion icon champion with Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor and each time she mitigates sufficient damage or heals damaged allies with Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance, stacking up to 120 times. At maximum stacks, she instead reduces the Cooldown icon current cooldown of Crescendo Crescendo by 1.5 seconds each time.

Power Chord Accelerando: For each stack, Sona gains Cooldown reduction icon 0.5 basic ability haste, up to 60 at maximum stacks.

Sona Power Chord 3

Innate - Melody: Whenever Sona casts a basic ability, her other basic abilities incur a Cooldown icon 0.5-second global cooldown and she generates a unique aura for 3 seconds that empowers herself and nearby allied champions.

Sona Power Chord 2

Innate - Power Chord: Sona's basic abilities generate a stack of Power Chord, stacking up to 3 times. At 3 stacks, her next basic attack is empowered to consume them all to have an Relentless Force 2 uncancellable windup, deal 20 − 240 (based on level) (+ 20% AP) bonus magic damage, and apply an additional effect based on the last basic ability she casted:

  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor - Staccato: Deals 28 − 336 (based on level) (+ 28% AP) modified magic damage.
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance - Diminuendo: Reduces the target's size by 8% and damage dealt by 25% (+ 4% per 100 AP) for 3 seconds.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity - Tempo: Slow icon Slows the target by 50% (+ 4% per 100 AP) for 2 seconds, capped at a maximum of 99%.

Gaining Power Chord's empowered attack Bladework resets Sona's basic attack timer.

Info
  • Sona has a stack counter under her health-bar that is not visible to other champions.
    • When Power Chord is ready, Sona gains a ring around her. This ring will have a different color depending on the last ability used (blue blue, green green or purple purple).
    • The effect does not change if abilities are used while the projectile is in motion.
  • The triggering attack will apply other on-hit effects and can Critical strike icon critically strike as normal.
  • Sona retains Power Chord's stacks when entering Revival icon resurrection.
  • The empowered attack will trigger but not be consumed nor apply its effects against wards.

Map-Specific Differences
ProfileIcon0785 The Thinking Manatee Ultra Rapid Fire differences edit
  • Global cooldown set to 0.5 seconds.
Arena icon Arena differences edit
  • New Effect: Gains 12.5 Accelerando stacks per round.

Edit

Hymn of Valor

Hymn of Valor

Active: Sona sends out bolts of sound to the two nearest Sight icon visible enemies, prioritizing champions. Each bolt deals magic damage and grants Sight icon sight of the area around the target for 1 second.

Sona gains a stack of Accelerando Accelerando for each bolt that hits an enemy Champion icon champion.

Magic Damage:
50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+ 40% AP)
Sona Hymn of Valor 2

Melody Bonus: Sona and tagged allied champions deal bonus magic damage on their next basic attack within 5 seconds.

Bonus Magic Damage:
10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+ 20% AP)

Info
  • The sight is granted of the targets on-cast.
  • The empowered attack will trigger but not be consumed against wards.

Edit

Aria of Perseverance

Aria of Perseverance

Active: Sona Heal power icon heals herself and sends out a tone to heal the most wounded allied champion nearby.

Heal:
30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 (+ 15% AP)
Sona Aria of Perseverance 2

Melody Bonus: Sona and tagged allied champions are granted a Hybrid resistances icon shield for 1.5 seconds.

Shield Strength:
25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 (+ 25% AP)

Sona gains a stack of Accelerando Accelerando whenever she Heal power icon heals a wounded ally or Hybrid resistances icon shields a minimum amount of damage for an ally with Aria of Perseverance.

Minimum Damage Mitigated:
25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105

Info
  • If no one is injured, Aria of Perseverance will target the closest allied champion.
  • The projectile of Aria of Perseverance will follow an ally in stealth but will not reveal them.

Edit

Song of Celerity

Song of Celerity

Active: Sona gains Movement speed icon 20% (+ 2% per 100 AP) bonus movement speed for 7 seconds. If she takes damage during this time, the duration ends prematurely once or if 3 seconds have elapsed.

Sona Song of Celerity 2

Melody Bonus: Tagged allied champions gain bonus movement speed for 3 seconds.

Bonus Movement Speed:
10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% (+ 2% per 100 AP)

Info
  • To achieve a 99% Slow icon slow with the empowered attack via Power Chord Power Chord, it would require at least 1475 AP.

Edit

Crescendo

Crescendo

Active: Sona strikes an irresistible chord in the target direction that deals magic damage to enemies hit and Stun icon stuns them for 1.5 seconds.

Magic Damage:
150 / 250 / 350 (+ 50% AP)
▶️   "Crescendo!"

Info
  • This ability will cast from wherever the caster is at the start of the cast time.
  • While stunned by Crescendo, enemies will perform their Dance emote.


Champion skins[]

This article section only contains champion skins. For all associated collection items, see Sona (Collection).
Sona OriginalSkin
Original
RP 790
21.09.2010
Sona is Demacia’s foremost virtuoso of the stringed etwahl, speaking only through her graceful chords and vibrant arias. This genteel manner has endeared her to the highborn, though others suspect her spellbinding melodies to actually emanate magic—a Demacian taboo. Silent to outsiders but somehow understood by close companions, Sona plucks her harmonies not only to soothe injured allies, but also to strike down unsuspecting enemies.
Separator
ActorErin Fitzgerald
ArtistShilin Huang
Loot eligible Loot eligible

Patch history[]

For the expanded patch notes, see here.
V13.21
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • Damage now triggers Sona's own damage effects but still grants kill credit to the ally applying it.
V13.17
V13.16
  • Star Guardian Sona Star Guardian Sona
    • Bug Fix: Death animation no longer causes the feet on her character model to bend backwards.
V13.14
V13.13
V13.8
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • Bug Fix: Passive effect is no longer duplicated if specific cast inputs were made at the same time.
V12.19
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • Base damage increased to 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 from 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Base slow increased to 50% from 40%.
V12.12
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • Bug Fix: Can no longer gain an additional empowered basic attack by casting an ability immediately after another empowered basic attack.
V12.11
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • Minimum damage blocked reduced to 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 from 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125.
V12.10
  • Stats
    • Base health increased to 550 from 480.
    • Health growth increased to 91 from 77.
    • Armor growth increased to 4.2 from 3.
    • Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5.
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • Base heal reduced to 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 from 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110.
    • Heal AP ratio reduced to 15% AP from 20% AP.
    • Base shield reduced to 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 from 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125.
    • Shield AP ratio reduced to 25% AP from 30% AP.
V12.8
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • Bug Fix: Can no longer reset the user's basic attack timer against wards by casting an ability while at maximum stacks.
V12.5
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • Bug Fix: Empowered basic attack is now properly consumed and applied when used against allied units while Berserk icon Berserked.
V12.2
V12.1
  • Stats
    • Armor growth reduced to 3 from 3.3.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Cooldown increased to 14 seconds from 12.
V11.19
  • Stats
    • Base armor reduced to 26 from 28.
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • Base damage reduced to 20 − 240 (based on level) from 20 − 245 (based on level).
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • Removed: Bolts no longer target enemies that are not in vision.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Bug Fix: Power Chord's Power Chord's empowered attack slow is now properly considered a slow debuff; no longer bypasses effects that affect slows.
V11.18
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where buffing an ally with the Melody aura did not grant her a Mana Charge stack on Tear of the Goddess Tear of the Goddess.
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it would incorrectly grant a stack of Accelerando even if negated by a spell shield.
V11.16 - Gameplay Update
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • New Innate - Accelerando: Sona gains stacks of Accelerando from using Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor and Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance. She gains 0.5 basic ability haste per stack of Accelerando, up to 60 basic ability haste at 120 stacks. At maximum stacks, each stack gained thereafter reduces Crescendo's Crescendo's current cooldown by 1.5 seconds per stack.
    • Base damage increased to 20 − 245 (based on level) from 20 − 240 (based on level).
    • New Effect: Now retains stacks even after entering Revival icon resurrection.
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • New Effect: Gain a stack of Accelerando for each bolt that damages a champion.
    • New Effect/Undocumented: Now grants vision of targets for 1 second as soon as it is cast.
    • Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 / 95.
    • Undocumented: No longer requires Sight icon vision of enemies in range to automatically fire bolts at them.
    • Removed: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura no longer refunds 30 mana per cast.
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • New Effect: Gain a stack of Accelerando whenever you heal a wounded ally or shield an ally from at least 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 damage with this ability.
    • Mana cost reduced to 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100 from 105 / 110 / 115 / 120 / 125.
    • Removed: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura no longer refunds 30 mana per cast.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Mana cost reduced to 65 from 90.
    • Removed: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura no longer refunds 30 mana per cast.
  • Crescendo Crescendo
    • Removed: No longer passively reduces her basic ability cooldowns by 10 / 25 / 40%.
    • New Effect: Now affects every enemy unit, instead of only enemy champions.
V10.23
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Bug Fix: Tooltip now states the proper amount of bonus movement speed allies will receive.
V10.21
  • PsyOps Sona PsyOps Sona
    • Crescendo Crescendo
      • Bug Fix: Now correctly plays her transformation animation even when moving while leveling up Crescendo.
V10.18
  • General
    • Updated voice over.
V10.17
  • Stats
    • Base health reduced to 480 from 482.36.
    • Base mana reduced to 340 from 340.6.
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • Active AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 50% AP.
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • Heal AP ratio reduced to 20% AP from 25% AP.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Self bonus movement speed AP ratio reduced to 2% per 100 AP from 3% per 100 AP.
    • Ally bonus movement speed AP ratio reduced to 2% per 100 AP from 3% per 100 AP.
V10.6
  • General
    • Recommended items updated.
V10.5
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage increased to 49 from 45.
    • Attack damage growth increased to 3 from 2.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Self bonus movement speed increased to 20% at all ranks from 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14%.
  • DJ Sona DJ Sona
    • Bug Fix: Quickly changing forms no longer locks her with Ethereal form's helm.
V10.4 - February 21st Hotfix
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage reduced to 45 from 49.
    • Attack damage growth reduced to 2 from 3.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Self bonus movement speed reduced to 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% from 20% at all ranks.
V10.4
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • New Effect: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura refunds 30 mana per cast.
    • Mana cost increased to 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70.
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • New Effect: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura refunds 30 mana per cast.
    • Mana cost increased to 105 / 110 / 115 / 120 / 125 from 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • New Effect: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura refunds 30 mana per cast.
    • Mana cost increased to 90 from 65.
V10.3
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Self base bonus movement speed reduced to 20% from 25%.
    • Self bonus movement speed AP ratio reduced to 3% per 100 AP from 4% per 100 AP.
V10.2
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Self base bonus movement speed increased to 25% at all ranks from 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14%.
    • Self bonus movement speed AP ratio increased to 4% per 100 AP from 3% per 100 AP.
V9.21
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • New Effect: When Power Chord is ready, her resource bar now changes color based on her current active aura.
    • Bug Fix: Her abilities no longer fail to generate Power Chord stacks immediately after an empowered attack.
V9.20
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • New Effect: Added a resource bar so that it's easier for Sona to track her own passive (only visible to her).
V9.13
V9.12
V8.9
  • Stats
    • Base attack damage increased to 49 from 46.
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • Base damage increased to 20 − 240 (based on level) from 15 − 235 (based on level).
V8.7
  • DJ Sona DJ Sona
    • Bug Fix: Concussive form VO lines are no longer cut off when played.
V8.3
  • Stats
    • Base health regeneration increased to 5.5 from 5.424.
V8.2
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80.
V7.24
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • Mana cost increased to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 from 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65.
    • Base on-hit magic damage reduced to 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60.
    • On-hit magic damage AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 20% AP.
V7.23
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where multiple instances of the same shielding effect were stacking, rather than refreshing. This bug mostly occurred at high levels of CDR.
V7.22 November 12th Hotfix
  • Stats
    • Base armor reduced to 28 from 30.
    • Base attack damage reduced to 46 from 50.04.
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • Base heal reduced to 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 from 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115.
    • Base shield strength reduced to 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 from 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130.
V7.22
  • Stats
    • Base armor increased to 30 from 20.544.
V7.16
V7.12
  • DJ Sona DJ Sona
    • Bug Fix: The tail end of her recall SFX now play consistently.
V7.9 May 4th Hotfix
  • General
    • New Effect: Attack animations have received non-gameplay impacting adjustments.
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • New Effect: Sona now uses crit animation while under the effect of Power Chord.
V7.9
  • Stats
    • Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.
V7.5
  • DJ Sona DJ Sona
    • Bug Fix: No longer stops moving after switching tracks.
V7.3
V7.2
  • General
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a spectator bug where after skipping forward or backward, Ethereal DJ Sona would sometimes leave disembodied chunks of her gear on the map.
V6.18
V6.16
  • General
    • Bug Fix: Arcade and DJ Sona aura VFX have been increased in size to match her recent gameplay changes.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Self movement speed reduced to 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% from 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17%.
    • Aura movement speed AP ratio reduced to 6% per 100 AP from 8% per 100 AP.
  • Crescendo Crescendo
    • Basic ability cooldown reduction reduced to 10 / 25 / 40% from 20 / 30 / 40%.
V6.15
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Aria of Perseverance could be cast instantly after Song of Celerity, rather than being gated behind Sona's brief "global cooldown" after casting a basic ability.
V6.14 July 20th Hotfix
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • Heal reduced to 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 from 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Bonus movement speed reduced to 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17% from 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20%.
V6.14
  • General
    • Aura radius increased to 400 from 350.
    • Aura duration no longer extends for up to 2 seconds when affecting allies.
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • Base damage increased to 15 − 235 (based on level) from 13 − 192 (based on level).
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • Base damage reduced to 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 from 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200.
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • Base heal increased to 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 from 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110.
    • Heal AP ratio increased to 25% AP from 20% AP.
    • Base shield health increased to 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 from 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115.
    • Shield AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 20% AP.
    • Removed: Increased healing based on missing health.
    • Diminuendo Diminuendo
      • Target now deals 25% less damage for 3 seconds, up from 20%.
      • AP scaling increased to 4% AP per 100 AP from 2% AP per 100 AP.
      • New Effect: Now shrinks targets for duration of debuff.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Active self movement speed increased to 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20% movement speed for 3 seconds (and up to 7 seconds if Sona is out of combat) from 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17% decaying over 3 seconds.
    • Aura movement speed AP ratio increased to 6% per 100 AP from 4% per 100 AP.
    • Aura movement speed duration increased to 3 seconds from 1.5.
  • Crescendo Crescendo
    • Removed: Increases potency of basic abilities.
    • New Effect: Grants 20 / 30 / 40% base cooldown reduction on basic abilities. Stacks multiplicatively with cooldown reduction.
V6.8
  • General
    • Splash artwork for Muse Sona Muse Sona updated to the Chinese art.
V5.22
  • Stats
    • Mana regen increased to 11.5 from 9.
V5.5
V5.1
  • Stats
    • Movement speed reduced to 325 from 330.
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • Staccato Staccato damage reduced to 40% from 50.
V4.21
V4.20
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • On-hit damage AP ratio reduced to 20% from 25%.
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • Heal increased to 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 from 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105.
      • Modifier reduced to 0.5% of ally's missing health from 1.
    • Mana cost increased to 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100 from 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90.
V4.17
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • Fixed a bug where the damage range was 700 instead of the intended 850.
V4.13
  • Visual and Gameplay update.
    • Texture update to all skins.
    • All auras' radius reduced to 350 from 1000.
    • Aura duration changed to 3 seconds from indefinite.
      • New Effect: Aura duration increased by 0.5 seconds each time Sona tags an ally.
  • Stats
    • Base armor increased to 15 from 12.
    • Base health reduced to 353 from 380.
    • Health per level increased to 77 from 70.
  • Power Chord Power Chord
    • Staccato Staccato damage reduced to 50% from 100.
  • Hymn of Valor Hymn of Valor
    • Base damage reduced to 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 from 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250.
    • Revised Aura: Sona and allies touched by the aura will deal 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+ 25% AP) bonus magic damage on their next autoattack within the next 5 seconds.
    • Cooldown increased to 8 seconds from 7.
  • Aria of Perseverance Aria of Perseverance
    • Heal changed to 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 (+ 20% AP) from 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 (+ 25% AP).
      • New Effect: Heal increases by 1% for every 1% of ally's missing health.
    • New Aura: Sona and allies touched by the aura gain a shield that mitigates the next 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 (+ 20% AP) damage for up to 1.5 seconds.
    • Mana cost increased to 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 from 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80.
    • Cooldown increased to 10 seconds from 7.
  • Song of Celerity Song of Celerity
    • Revised Active: Sona gains 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17% (+ 7.5% per 100 AP) bonus movement speed, decaying to the aura bonus over 3 seconds.
    • New Aura: Allies touched by the aura gain 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% (+ 3.5% per 100 AP) bonus movement speed for 1.5 seconds.
    • Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 7.
  • Crescendo Crescendo
    • New Passive: Ranking up increases the strength of Sona's auras and Song of Celerity Song of Celerity's self bonus movement speed.
    • Clarity: Animation updated to reflect both skillshot targeting and area of effect.

Trivia[]

  • A Power Chord Power Chord consists of a double root and the fifth, often heard in rock music.
  • A Hymn Hymn (Greek: 'song of praises') is a type of song usually associated to religion.
  • An Aria Aria is a type of melody usually associated with operas.
  • Crescendo Crescendo (Italian: 'growing') refers to the amplification of volume in music.
    • In-game Crescendo Crescendo triggers both a Stun icon stun and the target(s)' dance emote simultaneously.
  • Sona was deemed overpowered/obnoxious for Ultra Rapid Fire in April 2014, and was ultimately disabled in non-custom games.
  • At one time, Sona held the title of lowest base Armor (9).
  • Sona's Deutsch/German title, Die Virtuosin, is the feminine derivative of Jhin's Jhin's title, Der Virtuose.
  • Enemy champions hit by Crescendo Crescendo will be forced to dance while they are stunned.

See also[]

References[]

Advertisement