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Sona Build Guides, Runes and Items

Sona The Maven of the Strings

Find the best Sona build guides for League of Legends S13 Patch 13.11. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Sona build for the S13 meta. Learn more about Sona's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!

Season 13 Builds // Other Patches
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LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

Sona Rankeds

Build by Dzioban updated January 11, 2023
Season 12 Guides
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30
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LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

[patch 12.5] Challenger Support Sona guide by nannersowo

Guide by nannersowo updated March 29, 2022
  • In-depth
9
11
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LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

CHALLENGER ADC SONA GUIDE by nannersowo

Guide by nannersowo updated March 26, 2022
  • Off-Meta
8.8
25
Votes
4
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

Shotgun Sona

Guide by Guest updated November 19, 2021
  • Off-Meta
8.7
9
Votes
0
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

Sona, Strings Of Beauty [12.13 In The Midlane]

Guide by NegativePhoenix updated July 22, 2022
  • In-depth
  • Off-Meta
8.6
27
Votes
5
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

[12.12] Sona Support / Tank

Guide by BalkanGem updated July 10, 2022
  • Off-Meta
8.2
9
Votes
1
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

Top/ADC Sigma Chad Secret Korean Sona Guide

Guide by Sherbo10 updated March 13, 2022
  • Off-Meta
8
8
Votes
1
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

[12.12] KeleiX13's Guide to Sona || outdated af do not read

Guide by KeleiX13 updated July 6, 2022
  • In-depth
8
18
Votes
5
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

[12.4] ❤ Sona Guide - Best guide you'll ever find!

Guide by Nafnegle updated February 16, 2022
7.7
22
Votes
9
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

Do you know Joe?

Guide by Mysterlool updated May 22, 2022
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

Sona Support. How i like to play her.

Guide by losolkos updated October 12, 2022
  • In-depth
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

A 12.10 Tank Sona Build Guide

Guide by PoysonCyanide updated May 31, 2022
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LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

Sona suporte season 12 guia em português

Guide by Chevalier07 updated August 11, 2022
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

DJ SONA SIMP guide

Guide by nedxo updated March 12, 2022
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

sona support 12.1

Guide by uTothBrush updated January 14, 2022
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

[11.24] Killer Sona

Guide by KennSofine updated January 4, 2022
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LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

[12.17] THE ONLY SONA GUIDE YOU'LL EVER NEED

Guide by spaghalli updated September 15, 2022
  • In-depth
Rating Pending
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

Complete High elo Sona Support guide

Guide by Geomine updated September 1, 2022
  • In-depth
Season 12 Builds
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8
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1
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

Sona Carry

Build by Guest updated December 10, 2021
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7.8
7
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1
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide
LoL Champion Sona Build Guide

Hybrid Sona AD/AP

Build by nttleo updated July 21, 2022
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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 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 13.11. 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 13.11: 264588 matches scanned * Each section of the build is rated independently of the others

Sona's Runes

Sona's Best Runes 52%

Win Rate 12189 Games

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Sorcery
LoL Path: Sorcery
LoL Rune: Summon Aery
Summon Aery
LoL Rune: Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band
LoL Rune: Transcendence
Transcendence
LoL Rune: Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Conditioning
Conditioning
LoL Rune: Revitalize
Revitalize

Second Best

Sona's 2nd Best Runes 53%

Win Rate 5966 Games

Sorcery
LoL Path: Sorcery
LoL Rune: Summon Aery
Summon Aery
LoL Rune: Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band
LoL Rune: Transcendence
Transcendence
LoL Rune: Scorch
Scorch

Precision
LoL Path: Precision
LoL Rune: Presence of Mind
Presence of Mind
LoL Rune: Cut Down
Cut Down

Third Best

Sona's 3rd Best Runes 64%

Win Rate 81 Games

Sorcery
LoL Path: Sorcery
LoL Rune: Summon Aery
Summon Aery
LoL Rune: Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band
LoL Rune: Transcendence
Transcendence
LoL Rune: Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm

Resolve
LoL Path: Resolve
LoL Rune: Shield Bash
Shield Bash
LoL Rune: Revitalize
Revitalize

Sona's Summoner Spells

Sona's Best Summoner Spells 54%

Win Rate 11567 Games

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Second Best

Sona's 2nd Best Summoner Spells 52%

Win Rate 11711 Games

Exhaust Flash

Third Best

Sona's 3rd Best Summoner Spells 51%

Win Rate 11097 Games

Flash Ignite

Sona's Starters

Sona's Best Starter Items 53%

Win Rate 104879 Games

Trinket

Sona's Best Trinket 53%

Win Rate 33654 Games

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Second Best

Sona's 2nd Best Trinket 50%

Win Rate 177 Games

Farsight Alteration

Third Best

Sona's 3rd Best Trinket 37%

Win Rate 1098 Games

Stealth Ward
Don’t forget
to Buy Wards

Sona Counters

Learn Sona'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.

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

Sona Skins

Sona's Abilities

Sona's Power Chord
Power Chord Sona's Passive Sona's Passive
Self
Sona's Passive
Sona's Passive
Accelerando: Sona gains 0.5 ability haste permanently for her basic abilities as she uses her abilities well which doesn't include her ultimate, up to a cap of 60 ability haste. Beyond that cap, further successful uses reduce her ultimate's remaining cooldown by 1.5 seconds each time instead.

Power Chord: Every 3 spell casts, Sona's next attack will deal 20−240 (+20% of ability power) bonus magic damage in addition to an additional effect depending on what kind of basic ability that Sona last activated.
Q
Sona's Hymn of Valor
Hymn of Valor Sona's Q Ability
825
50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70
8
Active: Sona deals 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 (+40% of ability power) magic damage to the nearest two enemies, prioritizing champions. She then begins a new Melody. Gain a stack of Accelerando for every champion you damage with this.

Melody: Sona gains an aura for a few seconds, granting allied champions an additional 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+20% of ability power) magic damage on their next attack within 5 seconds.

Power Chord - Staccato: Power Chord deals 28−336 (+28% of ability power) bonus damage.
W
Sona's Aria of Perseverance
Aria of Perseverance Sona's W Ability
1000
80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100
10
Active: Sona restores 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 (+20% of ability power) health to herself and a nearby allied champion, prioritizing the most wounded. She then begins a new Melody.

Melody: Sona gains an aura for a few seconds, granting allied champions a 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 (+30% of ability power) shield for the next 1.5 seconds. Gain a stack of Accelerando whenever you heal another injured ally and every time you protect another ally from at least damage with this shield.

Power Chord - Diminuendo: Power Chord also reduces physical and magic damage dealt by the target by 25% (+4% per 100 ability power) for 3 seconds.
E
Sona's Song of Celerity
Song of Celerity Sona's E Ability
400
65
14
Active: Sona begins a new Melody and grants herself 20% (+2% per 100 ability power) movement speed for 3 seconds, extended to up to 7 seconds if she doesn't take damage.

Melody: Sona gains an aura for seconds that grants allied champions 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% (+2% per 100 ability power) movement speed for 3 seconds.

Power Chord - Tempo: Power Chord also slows the target by 50% (+4% per 100 ability power) for 2 seconds.
R
Sona's Crescendo
Crescendo Sona's Ultimate (R) Ability
1000
100
140 / 120 / 100 / 100 / 100
Active: Sona strikes an irresistible chord, stunning any enemy it passes through for the next 1.5 seconds and dealing 150 / 250 / 350 (+50% of ability power) magic damage.

Questions About Sona

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can someone help me with the legendary item for sona

IDK what i should choose for Sona(also my fav champ)

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Seraphine + Sona is good at bot lane?

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Change to my guide

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what champ to buy

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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...

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Regarding Sona's new (possible) change.

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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Is tear of the goddess viable on Sona?

Just wondering for building her

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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...

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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.

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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?...

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