LoL Champion Build Guides: Sona

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Sona Build & Runes

If you're looking for the best rune build for Sona we've got you covered. Below you can find the best items and runes to build for Sona, as determined by LeagueSpy's calculations of thousands of Plat+ League of Legends games. If you are already familiar with how to play Sona this is a great resource to quickly get a good rune selection for Patch 11.19. However, if you are a new Sona player we highly recommend reading through some of the guides above to learn why this build is strong on Sona!

Patch 11.19: 14304 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sorcery

Precision

Second Best

55%

Win Rate 2615 Games

Sorcery

Precision

Third Best

54%

Win Rate 2255 Games

Sorcery

Precision

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Second Best

54%

Win Rate 15410 Games

Third Best

56%

Win Rate 2624 Games

Second Best

48%

Win Rate 1131 Games

Third Best

44%

Win Rate 170 Games

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Sona Counters

Learn 's counters and discover matchups where they have an advantage! When you're starting a game of League of Legends you should always keep in mind if you'll be at an advantage or disadvantage against your opponent, so you can know whether to bully them or play safe. You can find detailed breakdowns of each matchup on CounterStats, and you can also check out some Sona guides to see how to build and play against other champions you may find yourself up against!

This counter data is for Sona Support in Plat+ games. The percent shown is the enemy champion's counter rating against Sona. Counter rating is our own statistic that factors in counter kills, overall kills, early lead ratio, comeback ratio, and win percent to give the whole picture of that champion's effectiveness as a counter pick.

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CR is Counter Rating, which is a combination of multiple counter factors. Counters shown are for Sona Sona Support

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Sona Skins

Find Sona's skins and when they were last on sale. Never miss a sale for your favorite skin by using our Wish List feature! You can also find all Sona skins and chromas on Sona's skins page.

Skin Release Wishlist Popularity Cost

Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Sona

September 9, 2021

+ Wishlist

1350

PsyOps Sona

Legendary

September 3, 2020

+ Wishlist

1820

Odyssey Sona

September 12, 2018

+ Wishlist

1350

Sweetheart Sona

February 11, 2016

+ Wishlist

DJ Sona

Ultimate

February 25, 2015

+ Wishlist

3250

Arcade Sona

August 31, 2012

Wishlist

1350

Guqin Sona

Special Events

January 10, 2012

+ Wishlist

Silent Night Sona

Special Events

December 14, 2010

+ Wishlist

520

Pentakill Sona

September 21, 2010

+ Wishlist

Muse Sona

Legacy

September 21, 2010

+ Wishlist

Classic Sona

Original

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Sona's Abilities

Power Chord Sona's Passive

Self

Sona's basic abilities each generate a unique aura for 3 seconds that empowers her and all targetable allied champions who enter its radius, and they place her other basic abilities that are not on cooldown on a 0.5-second cooldown.

POWER CHORD: After casting 3 basic abilities, Sona's next basic attack has an uncancelable windup, deals 20−240 (+20% of ability power) bonus magic damage and applies an additional effect depending on the last basic ability cast (depending on level).

Power Chord resets Sona's basic attack timer.

Sona gains a stack of Accelerando each time she hits an enemy with Hymn of Valor or supports an ally with Aria of Perseverance. Each stack grants her 0.5 basic ability haste, up to 60 basic ability haste at 120 stacks, and each one gained thereafter instead reduces Crescendo's current cooldown by 1.5 seconds.

Hymn of Valor Sona's Q Ability

825

50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70

ACTIVE: Sona sends out bolts of sound that deal 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 (+40% of ability power) magic damage to the two nearest visible enemies, prioritizing champions.

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

Sona gains a stack of Accelerando for each bolt that damages an enemy champion.

POWER CHORD - STACCATO: Power Chord deals 40% bonus magic damage.

Aria of Perseverance Sona's W Ability

1000

80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100

ACTIVE: Sona heals herself for 30/50/70/90/110 (+20% of ability power) and sends out a tone to heal the most wounded nearby allied champion for the same amount.

AURA: Sona and tagged allied champions receive a 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 (+30% of ability power) shield lasting up to 1.5 seconds.

Sona gains a stack of Accelerando whenever she heals a wounded ally or blocks a minimum amount of 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 damage from an ally with a shield through Aria of Perseverance.

POWER CHORD - DIMINUENDO: Power Chord reduces its target's size by 8% and damage output by 25% (+4% per 100 ability power) for 3 seconds.

Song of Celerity Sona's E Ability

400

ACTIVE: Sona gains 20% (+2% per 100 ability power) bonus movement speed for 3 seconds, extended to up to 7 seconds if she doesn't take damage.

AURA: Tagged allied champions gain 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% (+2% per 100 ability power) bonus movement speed for 3 seconds.

POWER CHORD - TEMPO: Power Chord slows its target by 40% (+4% per 100 ability power) for 2 seconds, capped at a maximum of 99%.

Crescendo Sona's Ultimate (R) Ability

1000

100

140 / 120 / 100 / 100 / 100

ACTIVE: Sona plays an irresistible chord in a line in the target direction, dealing 150 / 250 / 350 (+50% of ability power) magic damage to all enemies within its path and stunning them by forcing them to dance for 1.5 seconds.

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