Sona

Sona Build

Maven of the Strings

Role: Support Pick Rate: 2.8% Win Rate: 54.01%

Recommended Build

Summoner Spells

Flash Flash
Heal Heal

Skill Priority

W Q E

Items

Start
World Atlas
Health Potion
Core
Dream Maker Dream Maker
Echoes of Helia Echoes of Helia
Ionian Boots of Lucidity Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Late
Whispering Circlet
Moonstone Renewer
Dawncore

Runes

Most Played
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Summon Aery 92.7% · 52.7% WR
Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band 95.5% · 52.6% WR
Transcendence
Transcendence 64.3% · 52.4% WR
Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm 70.6% · 52.7% WR
Resolve
Revitalize
Revitalize 1.3% · 49.8% WR
Conditioning
Conditioning 0.5% · 55% WR
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health Scaling
Health Scaling
Best WR
Sorcery
Summon Aery
Summon Aery 92.7% · 52.7% WR
Manaflow Band
Manaflow Band 95.5% · 52.6% WR
Celerity
Celerity 31.7% · 53% WR
Gathering Storm
Gathering Storm 70.6% · 52.7% WR
Inspiration
Magical Footwear
Magical Footwear 0.2% · 56.2% WR
Jack Of All Trades
Jack Of All Trades 0.2% · 50% WR
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Adaptive Force
Health
Health

Skill Order

Q
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
W
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
E
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
R
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15

Win Rate by Elo

Iron Iron 44.37%
Bronze Bronze 48.92%
Silver Silver 50.47%
Gold Gold 51.40%
Platinum Platinum 51.94%
Emerald Emerald 52.37%
Diamond Diamond 52.00%
Master Master 53.70%
Grandmaster Grandmaster 49.83%
Challenger Challenger 55.68%
All Elos All Elos 52.48%

Best Counters and Matchups for Sona

See all counters for Sona

Top 5 Counters Against Sona

Camille
47.8% WR -2.7%
Leona
49.3% WR +2.6%
Blitzcrank
Blitzcrank Matchup detail
49.4% WR +1.7%
Nautilus
Nautilus Matchup detail
49.4% WR +1.2%
Zilean
49.5% WR +2.9%

Top 5 Best Matchups for Sona

Mel
63.0% WR +7.7%
Shaco
62.5% WR +13.1%
Anivia
60.6% WR +10.5%
Galio
58.9% WR +10.4%
Morgana
58.8% WR +10.9%

Patch History

V14.7
  • Power Chord Staccato damage modifier increased to 150% from 140%. Staccato base damage increased to 30 − 360 (based on level) from 28 − 336 (based on level). Stacatto AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 28% AP.
  • Hymn of Valor On-hit AP ratio reduced to 10% AP from 20% AP.
  • Aria of Perseverance Heal AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 15% AP.
  • Song of Celerity Ally bonus movement speed increased to 10 / 12 / 14 / 16 / 18% from 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14%.
V13.21
  • Hymn of Valor Damage now triggers Sona's own damage effects but still grants kill credit to the ally applying it.
V13.17
  • PsyOps Sona Power Chord Bug Fix: VFX overlay for when her passive was ready no longer behaves unintentionally.
  • Prestige Immortal Journey Sona Bug Fix: HUD now uses the correct splash art for her icon instead of using the base Immortal Journey Sona.
V13.16
  • Star Guardian Sona Bug Fix: Death animation no longer causes the feet on her character model to bend backwards.
V13.14
  • Aria of Perseverance Bug Fix: Cast no longer grants a stack of Accelerando while having Moonstone Renewer.
V13.13
  • Aria of Perseverance Bug Fix: Casting the ability no longer causes Moonstone Renewer's chain shield to last for 25000 seconds.
V13.8
  • Power Chord Bug Fix: Passive effect is no longer duplicated if specific cast inputs were made at the same time.
V12.19
  • Hymn of Valor Base damage increased to 50 / 80 / 110 / 140 / 170 from 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160.
  • Song of Celerity Base slow increased to 50% from 40%.
V12.12
  • Power Chord Bug Fix: Can no longer gain an additional empowered basic attack by casting an ability immediately after another empowered basic attack.
V12.11
  • Aria of Perseverance Minimum damage blocked reduced to 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 from 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125.
V12.10
  • Stats Base health increased to 550 from 480. Health growth increased to 91 from 77. Armor growth increased to 4.2 from 3. Magic resistance growth increased to 1.3 from 0.5.
  • Aria of Perseverance Base heal reduced to 30 / 45 / 60 / 75 / 90 from 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110. Heal AP ratio reduced to 15% AP from 20% AP. Base shield reduced to 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 from 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125. Shield AP ratio reduced to 25% AP from 30% AP.
V12.8
  • Power Chord Bug Fix: Can no longer reset the user's basic attack timer against wards by casting an ability while at maximum stacks.
V12.5
  • Power Chord Bug Fix: Empowered basic attack is now properly consumed and applied when used against allied units while Berserked.
V12.2
  • General Updated visual effects.
  • Original Sona Complete overhaul.
  • Muse Sona Minor details added to new base.
  • Pentakill Sona Same as new base
  • Silent Night Sona Recolored from new base.
  • Guqin Sona Minor details added to new base.
  • Arcade Sona Complete overhaul.
  • DJ Sona Complete overhaul and additional special celebration effects for each passive aura. Bug Fix: In-game music mute toggle buttons has been fixed and will display correctly next to the champion icon in the scoreboard every game.
  • Sweetheart Sona Same as new base, plus some cleanup.
  • Odyssey Sona Minimal tweaks.
  • Pentakill III: Lost Chapter Sona Minimal tweaks.
V12.1
  • Stats Armor growth reduced to 3 from 3.3.
  • Song of Celerity Cooldown increased to 14 seconds from 12.
V11.19
  • Stats Base armor reduced to 26 from 28.
  • Power Chord Base damage reduced to 20 − 240 (based on level) from 20 − 245 (based on level).
  • Hymn of Valor Removed: Bolts no longer target enemies that are not in vision.
  • Song of Celerity Bug Fix: Power Chord's empowered attack slow is now properly considered a slow debuff; no longer bypasses effects that affect slows.
V11.18
  • Hymn of Valor Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where buffing an ally with the Melody aura did not grant her a Mana Charge stack on Tear of the Goddess. Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where it would incorrectly grant a stack of Accelerando even if negated by a spell shield.
V11.16 - Gameplay Update
  • Power Chord New Innate - Accelerando: Sona gains stacks of Accelerando from using Hymn of Valor and Aria of Perseverance. She gains 0.5 basic ability haste per stack of Accelerando, up to 60 basic ability haste at 120 stacks. At maximum stacks, each stack gained thereafter reduces Crescendo's current cooldown by 1.5 seconds per stack. Base damage increased to 20 − 245 (based on level) from 20 − 240 (based on level). Hymn of Valor bonus damage unchanged. New Effect: Now retains stacks even after entering resurrection.
  • Hymn of Valor New Effect: Gain a stack of Accelerando for each bolt that damages a champion. New Effect/Undocumented: Now grants vision of targets for 1 second as soon as it is cast. Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 / 95. Undocumented: No longer requires vision of enemies in range to automatically fire bolts at them. Removed: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura no longer refunds 30 mana per cast.
  • Aria of Perseverance New Effect: Gain a stack of Accelerando whenever you heal a wounded ally or shield an ally from at least 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 damage with this ability. Mana cost reduced to 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100 from 105 / 110 / 115 / 120 / 125. Removed: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura no longer refunds 30 mana per cast.
  • Song of Celerity Mana cost reduced to 65 from 90. Removed: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura no longer refunds 30 mana per cast.
  • Crescendo Removed: No longer passively reduces her basic ability cooldowns by 10 / 25 / 40%. New Effect: Now affects every enemy unit, instead of only enemy champions.
V10.23
  • Song of Celerity Bug Fix: Tooltip now states the proper amount of bonus movement speed allies will receive.
V10.21
  • PsyOps Sona Crescendo Bug Fix: Now correctly plays her transformation animation even when moving while leveling up Crescendo.
V10.18
  • General Updated voice over.
V10.17
  • Stats Base health reduced to 480 from 482.36. Base mana reduced to 340 from 340.6.
  • Hymn of Valor Active AP ratio reduced to 40% AP from 50% AP.
  • Aria of Perseverance Heal AP ratio reduced to 20% AP from 25% AP.
  • Song of Celerity Self bonus movement speed AP ratio reduced to 2% per 100 AP from 3% per 100 AP. Ally bonus movement speed AP ratio reduced to 2% per 100 AP from 3% per 100 AP.
V10.6
  • General Recommended items updated.
V10.5
  • Stats Base attack damage increased to 49 from 45. Attack damage growth increased to 3 from 2.
  • Song of Celerity Self bonus movement speed increased to 20% at all ranks from 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14%.
  • DJ Sona Bug Fix: Quickly changing forms no longer locks her with Ethereal form's helm.
V10.4 - February 21st Hotfix
  • Stats Base attack damage reduced to 45 from 49. Attack damage growth reduced to 2 from 3.
  • Song of Celerity Self bonus movement speed reduced to 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% from 20% at all ranks.
V10.4
  • Hymn of Valor New Effect: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura refunds 30 mana per cast. Mana cost increased to 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 from 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70.
  • Aria of Perseverance New Effect: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura refunds 30 mana per cast. Mana cost increased to 105 / 110 / 115 / 120 / 125 from 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100.
  • Song of Celerity New Effect: Granting an ally (other than herself) the aura refunds 30 mana per cast. Mana cost increased to 90 from 65.
V10.3
  • Song of Celerity Self base bonus movement speed reduced to 20% from 25%. Self bonus movement speed AP ratio reduced to 3% per 100 AP from 4% per 100 AP.
V10.2
  • Song of Celerity Self base bonus movement speed increased to 25% at all ranks from 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14%. Self bonus movement speed AP ratio increased to 4% per 100 AP from 3% per 100 AP.
V9.21
  • Power Chord New Effect: When Power Chord is ready, her resource bar now changes color based on her current active aura. Bug Fix: Her abilities no longer fail to generate Power Chord stacks immediately after an empowered attack.
V9.20
  • Power Chord New Effect: Added a resource bar so that it's easier for Sona to track her own passive (only visible to her).
V9.13
  • Hymn of Valor Aura damage AP ratio reduced to 20% AP from 30% AP.
  • Song of Celerity AP ratio reduced to 3% per 100 AP from 6% per 100 AP.
V9.12
  • General Adjusted splash artwork for Pentakill Sona.
V8.9
  • Stats Base attack damage increased to 49 from 46.
  • Power Chord Base damage increased to 20 − 240 (based on level) from 15 − 235 (based on level).
V8.7
  • DJ Sona Bug Fix: Concussive form VO lines are no longer cut off when played.
V8.3
  • Stats Base health regeneration increased to 5.5 from 5.424.
V8.2
  • Hymn of Valor Mana cost reduced to 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 from 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80.
V7.24
  • Hymn of Valor Mana cost increased to 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80 from 45 / 50 / 55 / 60 / 65. Base on-hit magic damage reduced to 10 / 15 / 20 / 25 / 30 from 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60. On-hit magic damage AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 20% AP.
V7.23
  • Aria of Perseverance Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where multiple instances of the same shielding effect were stacking, rather than refreshing. This bug mostly occurred at high levels of CDR.
V7.22 November 12th Hotfix
  • Stats Base armor reduced to 28 from 30. Base attack damage reduced to 46 from 50.04.
  • Aria of Perseverance Base heal reduced to 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 from 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115. Base shield strength reduced to 25 / 50 / 75 / 100 / 125 from 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130.
V7.22
  • Stats Base armor increased to 30 from 20.544.
V7.16
  • General Texture update to Pentakill Sona.
V7.12
  • DJ Sona Bug Fix: The tail end of her recall SFX now play consistently.
V7.9 May 4th Hotfix
  • General New Effect: Attack animations have received non-gameplay impacting adjustments.
  • Power Chord New Effect: Sona now uses crit animation while under the effect of Power Chord.
V7.9
  • Stats Magic resistance growth increased to 0.5 from 0.
V7.5
  • DJ Sona Bug Fix: No longer stops moving after switching tracks.
V7.3
  • Arcade Sona Aria of Perseverance Bug Fix: Shield particles now correctly disappear when the shield is broken.
V7.2
  • General Bug Fix: Fixed a spectator bug where after skipping forward or backward, Ethereal DJ Sona would sometimes leave disembodied chunks of her gear on the map.
V6.18
  • General Adjusted splash artwork for Pentakill Sona.
V6.16
  • General Bug Fix: Arcade and DJ Sona aura VFX have been increased in size to match her recent gameplay changes.
  • Song of Celerity Self movement speed reduced to 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% from 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17%. Aura movement speed AP ratio reduced to 6% per 100 AP from 8% per 100 AP.
  • Crescendo Basic ability cooldown reduction reduced to 10 / 25 / 40% from 20 / 30 / 40%.
V6.15
  • Aria of Perseverance Bug Fix: Fixed a bug where Aria of Perseverance could be cast instantly after Song of Celerity, rather than being gated behind Sona's brief "global cooldown" after casting a basic ability.
V6.14 July 20th Hotfix
  • Aria of Perseverance Heal reduced to 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 from 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140.
  • Song of Celerity Bonus movement speed reduced to 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17% from 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20%.
V6.14
  • General Aura radius increased to 400 from 350. Aura duration no longer extends for up to 2 seconds when affecting allies.
  • Power Chord Base damage increased to 15 − 235 (based on level) from 13 − 192 (based on level).
  • Hymn of Valor Base damage reduced to 40 / 70 / 100 / 130 / 160 from 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200.
  • Aria of Perseverance Base heal increased to 40 / 65 / 90 / 115 / 140 from 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110. Heal AP ratio increased to 25% AP from 20% AP. Base shield health increased to 30 / 55 / 80 / 105 / 130 from 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115. Shield AP ratio increased to 30% AP from 20% AP. Removed: Increased healing based on Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)missing health. Diminuendo Target now deals 25% less damage for 3 seconds, up from 20%. AP scaling increased to 4% AP per 100 AP from 2% AP per 100 AP. New Effect: Now shrinks targets for duration of debuff.
  • Song of Celerity Active self movement speed increased to 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20% movement speed for 3 seconds (and up to 7 seconds if Sona is out of combat) from 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17% decaying over 3 seconds. Aura movement speed AP ratio increased to 6% per 100 AP from 4% per 100 AP. Aura movement speed duration increased to 3 seconds from 1.5.
  • Crescendo Removed: Increases potency of basic abilities. New Effect: Grants 20 / 30 / 40% base cooldown reduction on basic abilities. Stacks multiplicatively with cooldown reduction.
V6.8
  • General Splash artwork for Muse Sona updated to the Chinese art.
V5.22
  • Stats Mana regen increased to 11.5 from 9.
V5.5
  • Power Chord Removed: Being consumed on hitting Scrying Orb, Farsight Orb, or Sentinel.
  • Crescendo Mana cost reduced to 100 at all ranks from 100 / 150 / 200.
V5.1
  • Stats Movement speed reduced to 325 from 330.
  • Power Chord Staccato damage reduced to 40% from 50.
V4.21
  • Hymn of Valor Bug Fix: First cast causing game lag.
V4.20
  • Hymn of Valor On-hit damage AP ratio reduced to 20% from 25%.
  • Aria of Perseverance Heal increased to 30 / 50 / 70 / 90 / 110 from 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105. Modifier reduced to Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)0.5% of ally's missing health from 1. Mana cost increased to 80 / 85 / 90 / 95 / 100 from 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90.
V4.17
  • Hymn of Valor Fixed a bug where the damage range was 700 instead of the intended 850.
V4.13
  • Visual and Gameplay update. Texture update to all skins. All auras' radius reduced to 350 from 1000. Aura duration changed to 3 seconds from indefinite. New Effect: Aura duration increased by 0.5 seconds each time Sona tags an ally.
  • Stats Base armor increased to 15 from 12. Base health reduced to 353 from 380. Health per level increased to 77 from 70.
  • Power Chord Staccato damage reduced to 50% from 100.
  • Hymn of Valor Base damage reduced to 40 / 80 / 120 / 160 / 200 from 50 / 100 / 150 / 200 / 250. Revised Aura: Sona and allies touched by the aura will deal 20 / 30 / 40 / 50 / 60 (+ 25% AP) bonus magic damage on their next autoattack within the next 5 seconds. Cooldown increased to 8 seconds from 7.
  • Aria of Perseverance Heal changed to 25 / 45 / 65 / 85 / 105 (+ 20% AP) from 40 / 55 / 70 / 85 / 100 (+ 25% AP). New Effect: Heal increases by 1% for every Champions killed with Comeuppance (R)1% of ally's missing health. New Aura: Sona and allies touched by the aura gain a shield that mitigates the next 35 / 55 / 75 / 95 / 115 (+ 20% AP) damage for up to 1.5 seconds. Mana cost increased to 70 / 75 / 80 / 85 / 90 from 60 / 65 / 70 / 75 / 80. Cooldown increased to 10 seconds from 7.
  • Song of Celerity Revised Active: Sona gains 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17% (+ 7.5% per 100 AP) bonus movement speed, decaying to the aura bonus over 3 seconds. New Aura: Allies touched by the aura gain 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14% (+ 3.5% per 100 AP) bonus movement speed for 1.5 seconds. Cooldown increased to 12 seconds from 7.
  • Crescendo New Passive: Ranking up increases the strength of Sona's auras and Song of Celerity's self bonus movement speed. Hymn of Valor: + 10 / 20 / 40 extra on-hit magic damage. Aria of Perseverance: + 10 / 20 / 40 extra shield. Song of Celerity: + 2 / 4 / 6% bonus movement speed. Clarity: Animation updated to reflect both skillshot targeting and area of effect.

Recommended build

What players actually run on Sona on the current patch: summoner spells, skill priority, starting, core and late items, runes and skill order.

Every entry comes with its pick rate (how often it is chosen) and, where available, its win rate. For runes, Most Played is the page the majority takes and Best WR the variant that wins most among those with enough games: when they differ, the second is usually the sharper choice, the first the safer one.

Win rate by elo

Sona's win rate in each rank tier, from Iron to Challenger, plus all tiers combined.

A champion that climbs with rank is usually one that rewards mechanics or game knowledge; one that peaks in low elo is often easy to pick up and punished by better players. Read the tier you play in, not the average. Tiers with no data for this patch are hidden.

Counters and matchups

A preview of the counters page: the five opponents Sona struggles against the most, and the five it beats most often, on the current patch.

Percentages are Sona's own win rate in each duel, with the gap to its overall win rate. The full lists, with every matchup that has enough games, are on the counters page linked below each table.

Patch history

Balance changes that touched Sona, patch by patch, most recent first, as published in the official patch notes.

The ten latest patches are shown, the older ones fold out. Use it to read the win rate movements above: a jump right after a patch is usually a buff or a nerf, not a change in how people play the champion.