Sona/Strategy

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Skill usage

• Power Chord makes Sona a good early game harasser.
• Charging Sona's Power Chord twice at base at the start of the game can lead to an advantage fighting in the brush at level 1.
• In a battle using Aria of Perseverance along with Power Chord to hit the enemy's carry can help turn the tides of the fight.
• Do not underestimate the movement speed buff of Song of Celerity. The passive aura combined with it's AoE active can give a very large speed boost to Sona's team. This combined with its slow from Power Chord can make it very difficult to catch/run away from her.
• Sona's Hymn of Valor is very strong if leveled up quickly. However, because of her lack of escape mechanisms or survivability skills, she should still be played as a support champion.
• Stay with the team. Sona makes an excellent healer, Crescendo is best used when the whole team can take advantage of it, and Song of Celerity lets the entire team kite. Without a teammate around, Sona is little more than an easy gank.
• During the laning phase, Sona should choose her lane partner wisely.
  • Picking a tank can allow steady leveling and pushing. Damage dealers also benefit greatly from her auras.
  • Laning with another mana user and starting with Mana Manipulator can be very useful, especially if that teammate is particularly skilled and is using a Meki Pendant.
  • Kassadin is a good example of said teammate, and he'll even benefit more than most because of Sona's spamming and his Force Pulse.
• The ideal target to pick is a burst damage-based caster. The debuff only lasts a few seconds, so if you apply it when a Ryze or Annie is about to unleash their nukes, you can vastly lower their damage output.

Build usage

• Mejai's Soulstealer is a popular choice, because she will score assists by her mere presence in team fights.
  • If your goal is to build Sona as aura-support, this item can make up for the loss in AP if you are able to keep yourself alive and participate in team fights.
• If Sona has a Tear of the Goddess early-game, spamming skills in base not only charges up Power Chord, allows Song of Celerity to activate (letting her get to your lane quicker), but also give additional mana per cast. However, be careful of staying in base for too long, as the game progresses whether or not you participate.
  • If you are building Sona with aura items, you would probably do well to get a Chalice of Harmony instead, as it is less costly than a TotG and doesn't need to be built into an Archangel's Staff, which costs even more money.
• With her Song of Celerity and a Shurelya's Reverie, Sona can make it nearly impossible to catch a dying team(mate) or escape from her team during a chase. These two things also allow her team to traverse great distances very quickly, such as quickly running to a tower/inhibitor after an ace to take it down before the enemy team revives or moving to a friendly tower/inhib to prevent it from being taken.
• A valuable build for Sona is stacking auras, as all it takes is Sona's presence for her to be useful and most of the aura items you should be getting are relatively cheap.
  • The combination of lvl 5 Hymn of Valor and Will of the Ancients gives up to 44 AP, 14 AD and 25% Spell Vamp to her allies.
    • A good offensive Aura is Abyssal Scepter. When both of these are used it can greatly increase spell damage output of your whole team.
    • Although Stark's Fervor can greatly benefit your team's AD DPS, it is best left to one of them to get for themselves. This item works well with Abyssal Scepter, as they both have resistance-reducing auras.
  • The combination of lvl 5 Aria of Perseverance and Aegis of the Legion gives a total of 38 armor and 44 MR., on top of 8 AD.
    • Another useful aura to get is Soul Shroud, which has a great aura on top of extra HP.
• When playing with or as Sona, getting a Spirit Visage will give you more survivability, especially in team fights, due to her Aria of Perseverance
  • When playing as Sona, armor isn't as important for her as other squishies because she can stay in the very back of her team in team fights, while magic resistance is still fairly important. Thus, a Spirit Visage and Chalice of Harmony will give her MR on top of added bonuses: cooldown reduction, extra healing on herself, and vastly increased mana regeneration.
• Sona is extremely valuable in group pushes, but sustained aura rotation depletes her mana pool quickly. Because of this, allowing her to take the Crest of the Ancient Golem buff is ideal for truly making her presence felt and increasing your team's overall success.
• Buying Sona a Sheen can be useful because Sona's Power Chord Staccato can stack with Sheen, Trinity Force or Lich Bane, this means that Sona's basic attack can be doubled.

Recommended builds

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Guides

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