Sona Champion Guide: Master the Ultimate Support Enchanter

Sona Champion Guide: Master the Ultimate Support Enchanter

By Marcus Chen

February 27, 2025 at 09:53 PM

Abilities Overview

Passive: Power Chord - After 3 ability casts, Sona's next basic attack deals bonus magic damage and has an additional effect based on her last used ability.

Q - Hymn of Valor

  • Active: Fires two bolts at nearby enemies, prioritizing champions
  • Passive: Empowers nearby allies' next auto attack
  • Power Chord Effect: Deals increased damage

W - Aria of Perseverance

  • Active: Heals Sona and the most injured nearby ally
  • Passive: Shields nearby allies
  • Power Chord Effect: Reduces target's damage output

E - Song of Celerity

  • Active: Grants movement speed to Sona
  • Passive: Shares speed boost with nearby allies
  • Power Chord Effect: Slows target enemy

R - Crescendo

  • Ultimate ability that stuns enemies and forces them to dance
  • Cooldown reduces with Accelerando stacks (gained from hitting champions with Q and healing allies with W)

Skill Priority

  1. W (Aria of Perseverance)
  2. Q (Hymn of Valor)
  3. E (Song of Celerity)
  4. R (Crescendo) at levels 6, 11, and 16

Core Build Path

Starting Items:

  • Spellthief's Edge
  • 2 Health Potions

Core Items:

  • Moonstone Renewer
  • Ionian Boots of Lucidity
  • Staff of Flowing Water
  • Chemtech Putrifier (vs healing)
  • Ardent Censer

Situational Items:

  • Redemption
  • Mikael's Blessing
  • Shurelya's Battlesong

Gameplay Tips:

  • Focus on positioning safely to maximize aura effects
  • Weave auto attacks between abilities to proc Power Chord
  • Time W shields before incoming damage
  • Use E to rotate to objectives and escape ganks
  • Save R for teamfight initiation or disengage

Enchanter playstyle focusing on:

  • Sustain through heals and shields
  • Team-wide buff application
  • Utility through movement speed and CC
  • Poke damage in lane phase

Best suited for players who enjoy:

  • Supporting from backline
  • Managing multiple auras
  • Team-oriented gameplay
  • Scaling into late game

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