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Sona
Patch 16.2.1
SupportDifficulty
Very Easy
Strength
Early
Mid
Late
Win Condition
Survive the early game with minimal deaths and high stacks. In the late game, stay positioned behind your frontline and spam and to keep your team healthy and mobile during sieges and teamfights.
Playstyle
A scaling utility powerhouse that transitions from a fragile laner into a late-game aura bot capable of making a team unkillable through constant healing and shielding.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Strengths
- +Infinite scaling via Accelerando, providing massive basic ability haste and ultimate CDR.
- +Team-wide utility with auras from , , and that buff all nearby allies.
- +Reliable, game-changing AoE crowd control with .
- +Extremely consistent performance due to auto-targeting basic abilities.
Weaknesses
- -One of the lowest base health pools in the game; highly susceptible to being one-shot.
- -Very high mana costs in the early game before stacking .
- -Lacks any hard crowd control or reliable peel before reaching level 6 for .
- -Requires tight grouping to maximize aura effectiveness, making the team vulnerable to AoE attacks.
Abilities
Accelerando grants permanent ability haste for , , and when you use them effectively. At max stacks, it reduces cooldown. Every 3rd spell cast, your next auto is empowered based on your last spell: for damage, to reduce enemy damage, or to slow.
Sends out two bolts to the nearest enemies (prioritizing champions). Use this to stack in lane. The aura grants allies extra damage on their next attack; touch your ADC with the edge of the circle to help them trade.
Heals Sona and the most wounded ally. The aura provides a shield to any ally you touch. This is your primary scaling tool; late game, you can keep the shield active almost constantly on your entire team.
Grants Sona a burst of speed, and the aura gives allies move speed. Crucial for rotations, dodging skillshots, or chasing down kills. In late-game teamfights, use this to help your team kite or engage.
A rectangular skillshot that stuns all enemies hit. It is your only self-peel and your primary playmaking tool. Use it to stop divers or to catch out a clumped enemy team.
Teamfight Role
Backline Enchanter / Aura Buffer
Position yourself in the 'center-back' of your team. You need to be close enough to touch allies with your and auras, but far enough back to avoid being engaged upon. Use primarily as a counter-engage tool.
If you see a 3-4 person clump and your team is ready to follow up, you can Flash + to initiate, but only if you won't be immediately killed for it.
Combos
Quick Trade
→ Auto-attack
Standard lane harass. Cast just as the enemy enters range, then immediately follow with an auto-attack to proc the aura damage and a stack of .
Burst/Poke Power Chord
Pre-stack 2 stacks → → Power Chord Auto
The highest damage output combo. Having 2 stacks ready allows you to instantly trigger the empowered for a surprising amount of burst damage.
Defensive Peel
Pre-stack 2 stacks → → Power Chord Auto
Critical against assassins. The version of (Diminuendo) reduces the target's damage output. Use this on the enemy Kha'Zix or Zed as they jump in.
The Catch All-in
→ Flash → → → Power Chord Auto
Your primary engage. Use to get in range, Flash to close the gap, and to stun. Follow with and an empowered auto for follow-up damage.
Power Spikes
| Spike | Why |
|---|---|
| Level 6 | Unlocks , giving you much-needed hard CC and lane pressure. You finally become a threat in 2v2s. |
| Level 11 | Rank 2 plus accumulated stacks significantly reduce your cooldowns, allowing you to cycle through auras faster. |
| Level 16 | Peak power. Maximum stacks and Rank 3 mean your basic abilities have almost zero downtime if you keep casting. |
Tips & Tricks
- •Always have 2 stacks of ready before a fight so you can choose which empowered auto (Q, W, or E) you need instantly.
- •The Power Chord is often better than for surviving an assassin; reducing their damage by 25% is massive.
- •You can hide the cast animation slightly by using it immediately after a movement command or during the speed boost.
- •Your aura shield can be applied to all 4 teammates if you path correctly; don't just heal one person and run away.
- •Use Power Chord (Tempo) to slow enemies for your jungler during ganks, as it is more reliable than hitting a long-range .
- •Check your mana bar constantly. is very expensive early; don't spam it unless your ADC actually needs the health.
Common Mistakes
- ✕Overextending to hit →You get hooked or engaged on and die instantly due to your extremely low base HP.
- ✕Only using Power Chords→You miss out on the damage reduction from or the slow from , which are often more valuable in mid-game fights.
- ✕Holding for a 'perfect' 5-man stun→Your carry dies because you didn't use it to peel the single diver who was killing them.
- ✕Standing too far back→Your allies don't get the aura buffs from or , effectively cutting your utility in half.
- ✕Spamming abilities with zero targets→You run out of mana and fail to gain Accelerando stacks, delaying your late-game power spike.
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