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LoL Champion Build Guides: Sona
Sona The Maven of the Strings
Find the best Sona build guides for League of Legends S12 Patch 12.1. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Sona build for the S12 meta. Learn more about Sona's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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⚡[12.1] Actioner's Sona Support S11⚡
⚡[12.1] Actioner's Sona Support S11⚡
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[11.24] ❤ Sona Guide - You won't lose your lane again!
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AP Support Sona
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sona support 12.1
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[11.24] Killer Sona
Ambrosine Amy Teller's Sona Guide (Support/Mid/ADC)
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Sona Carry
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Sona
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AGGRO SONA ARAM BUILD
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Shotgun Sona
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[11.23] Sona top not troll
[11.23] Sona top not troll
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Bruiser Mid Lane Sona AD+AP
Bruiser Mid Lane Sona AD+AP
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Deranged harp lady goes on indiscriminate rampage [11.20]
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Hanjaro's Sona Supporting your way to Challenger.
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[11.18] Chinese GM Sona Build Sleeper OP
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Support Sona - Dropping Beats On Your Enemies | Season 11 WI
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Sona Support Guide (from a real bronze player.)
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[11.3] Pixel Pocket's Guide to Sona | With Video
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[11.13] KeleiX13's Guide to Sona || :BOOBA:
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 12.1. 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!
* Each section of the build is rated independently of the others
Sona's Top Items
Sona's Top Items
Shard of True Ice
Chemtech Putrifier
Seraph's Embrace
Sona's Top Runes
Sona's Runes
56%
Win Rate 8408 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
56%
Win Rate 4881 Games
Third Best
55%
Win Rate 4504 Games
Sona's Summoner Spells
55%
Win Rate 23890 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Sona's Starters
55%
Win Rate 55993 Games
Trinket
55%
Win Rate 53594 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Second Best
48%
Win Rate 3051 Games
Stealth Ward
Third Best
46%
Win Rate 446 Games
Farsight Alteration
Don’t forgetto Buy Wards
Sona's Core Items
Boots
Sona's Luxury Items
Sona's Ability Order
70%
Win Rate 382 Games
- 1
- 2
- 3
Power Chord (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
73%
Win Rate 52 Games
Power Chord (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
70%
Win Rate 189 Games
Power Chord (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Top Sona Players
Get match statisctics & builds Top Sona Players are using on LeagueSpy!
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.
Best Against Sona
Worst Against Sona
Common Matchups
Sona Skins
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Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Sona's Abilities
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.
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.
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.
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%.
Questions About Sona
Latest Questions
can someone help me with the legendary item for sona
IDK what i should choose for Sona(also my fav champ)
Seraphine + Sona is good at bot lane?
I've come with a good theory and I want to ask this question: CAN SONA + SERAPHINE WORK ON BOT LANE? We've seen players who made sona + taric...
HOW TO PLAY WITH PASSIVE SUPPORTS AS DRAVEN
IM A D3 DRAVEN PLAYER AND IM STILL UNCOMFORTABLE PLAYING AROUND PASSIVE SUPPORTS. I CAN PLAY REALLY WELL WITH A THRESH, LEONA, AND ETC. BUT WHEN I GET A SORAKA OR SOMETHING SUPER PASSIVE I LOST AUTOMATICALLY. I KNOW THAT I HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO...
Change to my guide
In my sona guide, i have 2 styles of [[sona]] (AP + Normal). I want to reorganize it, by putting all of the stuff for AP Sona together first, and Normal Sona second. Im kind of scared that it will hurt my guide rating, and i just want to get...
what champ to buy
right know i have 6300 IP anf i dont know who to buy karma and sona or only braum or thresh pls help
Is there a ranged support that can reasonably be built as a tank?
Hey everyone, I'm fairly new to playing the game myself, but I've seen a lot of LCS in the last few years, so I know my way around fairly well. I main support at the moment, and I als enjoy playing toplane tanks. Is there a support that can...
Regarding Sona's new (possible) change.
Just a fun question regarding Sona'a possibly new change to her E. For those who might not know, they're changing her E active from bonus movement speed to giving her extra range on her next attack, bonus range is 25/50/75/100/125. If it gets...
Should Sona be nerfed?
My main bet for a win as support is Sona. I barely even have to put in any effort to end up with a score like (10/1/27), and I am no professional. When I play against her, I get smeared all over the Rift's floor. I know there are ways to counter...
IBG on Sona support?
Considering Sona's ablity to buff her AAs for good poke and engage, would IBG be a good item for her? Sure it scales of physical damage, but the utility and all of the stats are beneficial to Sona.
What is the role of a support in Season 3?
What exactly is the role of a support in Season 3? How important is it for supports to have a "full build" of support items like Locket etc? With the ward changes/trinket introduction in Season 4, how do you think this role will...
What I have to do now in that League....
Hello Guys, I am an average player (currently in silver 5 EUW server) and i am really pissed. Normally I don't use such word, even in a public, cause i am calmed mostly but ... But in my recent rank games, I'll describe my current state as...
Is tear of the goddess viable on Sona?
Just wondering for building her
When to build Doran's Shield as support and Why?
So recently I've seen a lot of higher level players and professional players building [[doran's shield]] when playing support. Specifically I've seen a lot of [[leona]], [[thresh]], and [[lulu]] players building [[doran's shield]]. So I was...
Sona in game/teamfights
How to boost ur team in teamfights to win as a support sona. Some tips how to be great supporter with sona? And tell me some good aura items.
What Summoner Spell is Best for Supports?
I am just getting into the support role and I am a little confused, which summoners are best for supporting? I see a lot of people taking [[exhaust]], but aren't [[clairvoyance]], [[clarity]] and [[heal]] good summoner spells for a support?...
Sona's Top Items
Shard of True Ice
Chemtech Putrifier
Seraph's Embrace
Sona's Top Runes
