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Basically, I think it seems silly to build mana regen AND straight up mana. It would probably be more efficient to min-max and just pick one, right?
You might find it silly and you are right, that having mana regen is pointless, but that's not the reason, why you want that item. Building Athene's is all about it's passive effect, that gives you extra healing, when you are dealing damage. That's all about that. You might not agree, but it's actually a lot of healing, that you receive by that, but as you might know, we all have different tastes.
I am glad, that my guide helped you!
I am currently going through my guides (all of them) and I am trying to fix all outdated stuff that are in there (currently working on AP Kog'maw, who is right now at worst state probably).
Though, I can tell you straight away, that I would prefer Chrysalis, to get some early game hp, which would later on change into AP. But on the other hand, Bone Plating is better when facing some really bursty teams, so it's rather situational. But in general, you are totally right, that running conditioning is generally bad idea.
At first, I would like to say, that I am not getting any feedback to my heart and I really do appreciate these kind of comments, because it helps me to improve my guide or possibly fix outdated things, because it's hard to keep everything in mind!
When I created this guide, pretty much no one was playing assasins, but you are right, that right now the situation is way worse and you simply need Zhonya's Hourglass, so I will make sure to add it in there. Rod of Ages looks like decent option, but I still prefer Archangel's Staff because of extra CDR, AP and in the end, if you use it's shield properly when you stack it up, it's nearly like to have extra health. For Lich Bane part - I understand that it's really good item, which I tried multiple times myself, but sadly it doesn't really fit into my build. This Sona build is focused around healing/supporting and I am afraid, that if you want to run Lich Bane, there are better builds/runes for it. Simply you want to have Redemption or Ardent Censer for extra healing, then you need ward item, then you need Athene's Unholy Grail for extra healing and you need that Archangel's Staff to not run out of mana. At this point you have only 1 slot to spend - if it's against assasins, you should get Zhonya's Hourglass, but if it's not then if you go Rabadon's Deathcap, it just increases your supporting potential way more than Lich Bane, in terms of healing, shielding, extra movespeed or extra damage on your Q. So even though the item itself is good, I just prefer to not build it on healing Sona.
But once again, thank you very much and I will make sure to update my guide as soon as possible!!
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