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On September 24 2010 20:55 Kaniol wrote:
Hmmm after watching few games of HSGG's Sona on stream (even though i don't like his style at all, only time he "impresses" me is in a few games when he plays nidalee but i'm not talking about player so it was kinda OT ) she seems to me kinda weird support - she seems like attempt to mix taric's healing and Zil's harass power. Comparing to Zil - building AP seems to make more sense on her than on Zil, since her heal benefits from AP as well, so even though her Q has worse AP ratio than time bombs it's not a waste because you get heal more powerful.
Although her heal doesn't seem to be as much of an lifesaver, it's more of "healing over time" usefulness.
Her E doesn't seem useful at all to me and the auras aren't that useful at all.

Her ult is very underwhelming, it's inferior to both galio's and mumu's ult, though having 3 of these champs on one team maybe will combo people to death if you are lucky and the enemies make mistake of clumping.

All in all i don't think she is a trash like i used to think like 2-3 days ago, but her q and w seem like being useful when used over time, not in a single "burst". I like how her Q and W make good balance between being a healer and still being able to be offensive threat.
She is also made of toiler paper, i feel like she is THE easiest support to kill in this game

On September 24 2010 22:44 chiflutz wrote:
Pool before E doesn't help since you're not gonna pool twice per fight late game anyway, even with max CDR, and mid game you won't dish out enough damage without maxed E.

On September 24 2010 23:45 Mogwai wrote:
Utah, what are Sona's CDs like?

On September 24 2010 23:47 Mogwai wrote:
those are decent for her AP ratios. I mean, Taric's Heal's on a 0 second CD with 2.2 AP ratio, but as you said... that's Taric for ya :p.

On September 24 2010 23:29 Vlanitak wrote:


my reason for taking this before E is that if I have to lane against someone with a good silence (like kassadin) or single target damage skill I can early game avoid it and take less damage and just heal up with Q afterwards. Late game your E and W will be maxed anyways...

On September 24 2010 23:20 Southlight wrote:


http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewpost.php?post_id=6404185

After some further games,
I believe she treads the line between incredible and mediocrity. Her EHP (due to W) is ridiculous the same way Taric's is, except that instead of a "5-hour stun" she has one skillshot (deceptively difficult to land) AoE 2.5-second stun.

I build her completely tanky now and I'm not looking back. She has the added bonus of being incredibly flexible with her build, so I can build whatever people on my team could benefit from the most.

Edit:
Unfortunately I think she lives and dies by Q. Without it she'd be a worthless hero; as it is it gives her one of the most cost-effective and powerful nukes in the game. Yes, it has a measly 0.7 AP ratio, and caps out at 270 base. However it has 700 (650 lock-on?) effective range and hits two people, essentially making it twice as AP efficient. W also (the heal) hits two targets, hence turning the 0.5 into 1.0. It's still not as good as Taric's ridiculous 2.2 efficiency but that's Taric.