Sona Build Guides, Runes, Items, and Abilities - Patch 25.13
Sona The Maven of the Strings
Find the best Sona build guides for League of Legends S16 Patch 25.13. The MOBAFire community works hard to keep their LoL builds and guides updated, and will help you craft the best Sona build for the S16 meta. Learn more about Sona's abilities, skins, or even ask your own questions to the community!
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[25.13] Actioner's Challenger Sona Guide⚡️
[25.13] Actioner's Challenger Sona Guide⚡️
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[25.13] Bloodsong Sona 🩸🎵
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[S15] AP Support Sona ♡
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[25.11] Sona GUIDE (SONA SENNINHA) - SUPPORT
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Sona full AP build
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Burst Assassin Sona
Burst Assassin Sona
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Sonussy Speedussy
brawl sona
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Sona (25.11)
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Sona
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[Challenger] Patch 2025.S1.3 - How to Optimize Supportive Sona
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[14.2] The Sona Chronicles -- {everything u need to know}
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sona
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Hybrid Tank/AP Sona
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[14.24] 🎼 Sona Support
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[14.20] Agency and Other Falsehoods
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Sona AP (for the funny)
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Sonussy guide [14.15] Slay on Sona!
The Sona Manifesto
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[14.6] Challenger Support Sona guide by nannersowo
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 25.13. 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 Runes
53%
Win Rate 61% Pickrate
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Second Best
53%
Win Rate 28% Pickrate
Third Best
51%
Win Rate 7% Pickrate
Sona's Summoner Spells
53%
Win Rate 75% Pickrate
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Sona's Starters
53%
Win Rate 92% Pickrate
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Sona's Core Items
61%
Win Rate 10% Pickrate
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Boots
Sona's Luxury Items
Sona's Ability Order
53%
Win Rate 33% Pickrate
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Power Chord (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Second Best
50%
Win Rate 12% Pickrate
Power Chord (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
Third Best
51%
Win Rate 5% Pickrate
Power Chord (PASSIVE)
Passive Ability
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.
Best Against Sona
Worst Against Sona
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.
Our Wish List feature will send you notifications when your skins are on sale!Sona's Abilities
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.
Melody: Sona gains an aura for a few seconds, granting allied champions an additional 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 (+10% of ability power) magic damage on their next attack within 5 seconds.
Power Chord - Staccato: Power Chord deals 30-360 (+30% of ability power) bonus damage.
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.
Melody: Sona gains an aura for seconds that grants allied champions 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18% (+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.
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?...
