Wild Rift: SONA Build Guide (7.2A)
League of Legends: Wild Rift SONA, role - Mage / Support. Use the guidelines to take your SONA Wild Rift champion play style to the next level. Study in detail the build of items, runes, spells, skills that need to be developed in the first place. In order to find out what position SONA is in the rating table, go to the - Tier List page.
 46 (2.7) |  600 (104) |  6 (0.6) |
 0.75 (0) |  345 (49) |  15 (0.9) |
 340 (0) |  40 (3.9) |  30 (1.2) |
 175 (0) |
(PASSIVE) POWER CHORD
After casting 3 basic abilities, her next attack is empowered to deal an additional 20 magic damage (20 (+10 
) + 15% 
) and stun for 0.5 seconds.
Chord: Casting a basic ability grants Sona a non-stacking buffing aura for 3 seconds.
Reduces basic ability cooldowns by 2-20% ().
Casting a basic ability places other basic abilities on 0.54 second cooldowns.
(Q) HYMN OF VALOR
8s 
60/65/70/75
Sends out a soundwave that deals 40 magic damage (40/80/120/160 + 40% ) to two nearest enemies (targets champion first).
Aura: Gains an aura that last 3 seconds. The next attack by allied champions within the aura is empowered to deal an additional 8 magic damage (8/13/18/23 + 20% ).
(W) ARIA OF PERSEVERANCE
10s 85/90/95/100
Heals herself and another allied champion for 45 (45/60/75/90 + 20% ).
Aura: Grants allied champions a shield that absorbs 25 damage (25/50/75/100 + 18% ) for 3 seconds.
(E) SONG OF CELERITY
14s 80
Gains 15% Movement Speed (15/16/17/18% + 3% ) for 5 seconds.
Aura: Grants an aura that last 5 seconds. Allied champions within the aura gain 15% Movement Speed (15/16/17/18% + 3% ).
(R) CRESCENDO
80/70/60s 100
Passive: After casting an ability, her aura is empowered to grant stronger (to 20%) buffs for 20 seconds.
Active: Plays a chord that emits a soundwave every 0.75 seconds as it travels to the target location. The soundwave deals 35 magic damage (35/60/85 + 15% ) and stuns enemies hit for the first time for 1 seconds. Enemies caught inside the chord are also 25/30/35% slowed.
SONA Meta Overview — Ranks & Performance Analytics
This meta overview presents SONA’s ranked performance across different roles and skill tiers. The data includes tier placement, win rate, pick rate, ban rate, and short-term trends, allowing you to evaluate her current strength and draft priority. Statistics are synced with rank buckets and role selection, helping you understand where SONA performs best and how her impact changes in the evolving Wild Rift meta.
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Support SONA Build items and runes
The information below will help you get familiar with the game on the Support Line SONA. We have prepared a items builds, runes, summoner spells and ability order for a comfortable game. Situational options for replacing items and runes are also available to you.
Key items
Black Mist Scythe (Attack champions and structures to gain bonus gold). Next, you should pay attention to whether your mobility champion is enough, our further actions will depend on this. If it is hard for you to dodge the enemy's skills or you want to roam on neighboring lines, then it is better to buy 
Boots of Speed at an early stage.
Black Mist Scythe
Attack champions and structures to gain bonus gold +10 Ability Haste
Versatile: Gain 14 Attack Damage or 28 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Soulcast: Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold, 25 Health and 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive); up to 250 Health and 20 Attack Damage, or 40 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom. When out of combat, gain 10% Movement Speed when you move toward your Perfect Partner. If you're more than 2,500 units apart, this bonus increases to 30%.
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Black Mist Scythe TIPS: This item is designed for support players, granting passive bonuses to gold and stats. It reduces your gold from killing minions and monsters but provides 75 gold and 1 Soulforce stack every 60 seconds. Each Soulforce stack adaptively grants health, attack damage, or ability power, and at 10 stacks you gain a significant bonus to one of these stats. The item also increases your effectiveness in clearing vision by dealing extra damage to revealed enemy wards. Ideal for map-control–focused supports who want to help their team without worrying about farming; you’ll steadily generate resources and strengthen your utility for both protect and peel.
Black Mist Scythe
Attack champions and structures to gain bonus gold +10 Ability Haste
Versatile: Gain 14 Attack Damage or 28 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Soulcast: Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold, 25 Health and 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive); up to 250 Health and 20 Attack Damage, or 40 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom. When out of combat, gain 10% Movement Speed when you move toward your Perfect Partner. If you're more than 2,500 units apart, this bonus increases to 30%. 0
Black Mist Scythe TIPS: This item is designed for support players, granting passive bonuses to gold and stats. It reduces your gold from killing minions and monsters but provides 75 gold and 1 Soulforce stack every 60 seconds. Each Soulforce stack adaptively grants health, attack damage, or ability power, and at 10 stacks you gain a significant bonus to one of these stats. The item also increases your effectiveness in clearing vision by dealing extra damage to revealed enemy wards. Ideal for map-control–focused supports who want to help their team without worrying about farming; you’ll steadily generate resources and strengthen your utility for both protect and peel.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Reduces ability cooldowns
+50% Mana Regen +15 Ability Haste
+45 Move Speed
Summoned: Reduces spell cooldowns by 15%. 1000
Ionian Boots of Lucidity TIPS: These boots are designed for champions who rely on casting abilities as often as possible. They provide mana regeneration, Ability Haste, and further reduce the cooldown of Summoner Spells, allowing you to use key abilities more frequently while bringing back Flash, Smite, Ignite, and other Summoner Spells faster. They are an excellent choice for mages, supports, fighters, and any champion who benefits from maximizing ability uptime.
Seraph's Embrace
Converts Mana to Ability Power
+60 Ability Power +1200 Max Mana +25 Ability Haste
Awe: Grants Ability Power equal to 2% max Mana and refunds 25% of all Mana spent.
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% 
Health consumes 20% of your current Mana to grant a shield, equal to that amount +100 for 2 seconds. (70s cooldown). 2950
Seraph's Embrace TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who need a large mana pool and survivability in team fights. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste, helping you deal damage and use your abilities effectively. The "Awe" effect increases your ability power based on your maximum mana and refunds a portion of mana spent, allowing you to stay in fights longer. The "Lifeline" effect activates when your health drops below 35%, granting a shield that helps you survive the initial burst damage and prolong your presence in the fight. This item is ideal for champions who want to scale well into the late game with a large amount of AP and mana, while also gaining extra survivability.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Reduces ability cooldowns +50% Mana Regen +15 Ability Haste +45 Move Speed
Summoned: Reduces spell cooldowns by 15%. 1000
Ionian Boots of Lucidity TIPS: These boots are designed for champions who rely on casting abilities as often as possible. They provide mana regeneration, Ability Haste, and further reduce the cooldown of Summoner Spells, allowing you to use key abilities more frequently while bringing back Flash, Smite, Ignite, and other Summoner Spells faster. They are an excellent choice for mages, supports, fighters, and any champion who benefits from maximizing ability uptime.
Crimson Lucidity
Reduces ability cooldown +75% Mana Regeneration +25 Ability Haste +45 Move Speed
Summoned: Reduces spell cooldown by 20%.
Noxian Haste: Healing or shielding allied champions, casting a spell, or dealing damage to enemies with abilities grants Movement Speed (10% for melee champions / 8% for ranged champions) for 4 seconds.
This effect can only be triggered once every 4 seconds per ability. 2000
Crimson Lucidity TIPS: These boots are ideal for champions who rely on casting abilities as often as possible. They greatly reduce the cooldown of both abilities and Summoner Spells while granting bonus movement speed whenever you heal or shield allies, cast spells, or damage enemies with abilities. They are an excellent choice for mages, supports, and fighters who value high mobility and maximum ability uptime.
Black Mist Scythe (Attack champions and structures to gain bonus gold) as your first item, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity (Reduces ability cooldowns) (sometimes it will still be better to build a boot as the first item, which significantly increases the mobility of your champion) the third key element in our build is Seraph's Embrace (Converts Mana to Ability Power).
Maybe now it's time to think about upgrading your boot, invest in
Crimson Lucidity (Reduces ability cooldown).
The remaining last three items are situational, of course you can use the example builds above. But for a more effective game you will need to pay attention to the situation on the battlefield.
Black Mist Scythe
Attack champions and structures to gain bonus gold +10 Ability Haste
Versatile: Gain 14 Attack Damage or 28 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Soulcast: Every 60 seconds, gains 75 gold, 25 Health and 2 Attack Damage, or 4 Ability Power (Adaptive); up to 250 Health and 20 Attack Damage, or 40 Ability Power (Adaptive).
Deal 2 more damage to Sight Wards revealed by Sweeping Lens, Control Ward, and Scryer’s Bloom. When out of combat, gain 10% Movement Speed when you move toward your Perfect Partner. If you're more than 2,500 units apart, this bonus increases to 30%. 0
Black Mist Scythe TIPS: This item is designed for support players, granting passive bonuses to gold and stats. It reduces your gold from killing minions and monsters but provides 75 gold and 1 Soulforce stack every 60 seconds. Each Soulforce stack adaptively grants health, attack damage, or ability power, and at 10 stacks you gain a significant bonus to one of these stats. The item also increases your effectiveness in clearing vision by dealing extra damage to revealed enemy wards. Ideal for map-control–focused supports who want to help their team without worrying about farming; you’ll steadily generate resources and strengthen your utility for both protect and peel.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Reduces ability cooldowns +50% Mana Regen +15 Ability Haste +45 Move Speed
Summoned: Reduces spell cooldowns by 15%. 1000
Ionian Boots of Lucidity TIPS: These boots are designed for champions who rely on casting abilities as often as possible. They provide mana regeneration, Ability Haste, and further reduce the cooldown of Summoner Spells, allowing you to use key abilities more frequently while bringing back Flash, Smite, Ignite, and other Summoner Spells faster. They are an excellent choice for mages, supports, fighters, and any champion who benefits from maximizing ability uptime.
Seraph's Embrace
Converts Mana to Ability Power +60 Ability Power +1200 Max Mana +25 Ability Haste
Awe: Grants Ability Power equal to 2% max Mana and refunds 25% of all Mana spent.
Lifeline: Damage that puts you under 35% Health consumes 20% of your current Mana to grant a shield, equal to that amount +100 for 2 seconds. (70s cooldown). 2950
Seraph's Embrace TIPS: This item is perfect for mages who need a large mana pool and survivability in team fights. It provides bonuses to ability power, magic penetration, maximum mana, and ability haste, helping you deal damage and use your abilities effectively. The "Awe" effect increases your ability power based on your maximum mana and refunds a portion of mana spent, allowing you to stay in fights longer. The "Lifeline" effect activates when your health drops below 35%, granting a shield that helps you survive the initial burst damage and prolong your presence in the fight. This item is ideal for champions who want to scale well into the late game with a large amount of AP and mana, while also gaining extra survivability.
Ardent Censer
Increases allies Attack Speed +250 Max Health +45 Ability Power +50% Mana Regen +10 Ability Haste
+5% Heal and Shield Strength +5% Move Speed.
Censer: When you heal or shield, an allied champion other than yourself, they gain 15-34% Attack Speed and their attacks deal 16-22 bonus magic damage. for 6 seconds. This damage can Critically Strike. 2700
Ardent Censer TIPS: This item enhances your heals and shields, granting shielded allies increased attack speed and bonus magic damage on their attacks for a short duration. Perfect for enchanter supports who want to protect and empower their carries when it matters most.
Redemption
Heal allies in an area +150 Max Health +50 Ability Power +50% Mana Regen +15 Ability Haste +5% Heal and Shield Strength
Intervention (Active): Target a large area. After 2.5s, restore 150-350 Health (based on ally's level) to allied units and deal 10% of max as true damage to enemy champions. (60s Cooldown)
Can be cast while dead. 2600
Redemption TIPS: This item is designed to provide game-changing team support. Its active restores health to all allied units in a large area while dealing true damage to enemy champions, making it a powerful tool for turning the tide of teamfights. The ability to cast it even after death makes it especially valuable for supports who want to continue impacting fights even after being eliminated.
Harmonic Echo
Abilities grant healing effects +100 Max Health +50 Ability Power +300 Max Mana +50% Mana Regen +15 Ability Haste +5% Heal and Shield Strength
Harmonic Echo: Moving and casting abilities builds Harmony. At 100 Harmony your next healing or shielding ability on an ally restore an additional equal to (100-160 (
) + 15% AP) Health. If the target has less than 30% Health, heal effectiveness is increased to 130% of the original. 2800
Harmonic Echo TIPS: This item greatly enhances your healing and shielding capabilities. Moving and casting abilities builds Harmony, empowering your next heal or shield with additional healing, while allies at low health receive an even stronger recovery. It is an excellent choice for enchanter supports who focus on keeping their team alive and saving allies during critical moments.
Situational items
Redemption
Heal allies in an area +150 Max Health +50 Ability Power +50% Mana Regen +15 Ability Haste +5% Heal and Shield Strength
Intervention (Active): Target a large area. After 2.5s, restore 150-350 Health (based on ally's level) to allied units and deal 10% of max as true damage to enemy champions. (60s Cooldown)
Can be cast while dead. 2600
Redemption TIPS: This item is designed to provide game-changing team support. Its active restores health to all allied units in a large area while dealing true damage to enemy champions, making it a powerful tool for turning the tide of teamfights. The ability to cast it even after death makes it especially valuable for supports who want to continue impacting fights even after being eliminated.
Mikael's Blessing
Dispels crowd control from an ally +300 Max Health +50% Mana Regen +15 Ability Haste +6% Heal and Shield Strength
Purify (Active): Remove all crowd control debuffs (excluding knock up and suppression) from an allied champion, grant them crowd control immunity for 0.2s, and heal them for 150–250 Health. (90s Cooldown) 2500
Mikael's Blessing TIPS: This item is designed to protect allies from crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects from a targeted ally, instantly restores their health, and briefly grants immunity to further crowd control. It is an excellent choice for supports who want to keep their carries alive and ensure they can continue fighting through crucial moments.
Mikael's Blessing — This item is designed to protect allies from crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects from a targeted ally, instantly restores their health, and briefly grants immunity to further crowd control. It is an excellent choice for supports who want to keep their carries alive and ensure they can continue fighting through crucial moments.
Harmonic Echo
Abilities grant healing effects +100 Max Health +50 Ability Power +300 Max Mana +50% Mana Regen +15 Ability Haste +5% Heal and Shield Strength
Harmonic Echo: Moving and casting abilities builds Harmony. At 100 Harmony your next healing or shielding ability on an ally restore an additional equal to (100-160 () + 15% AP) Health. If the target has less than 30% Health, heal effectiveness is increased to 130% of the original. 2800
Harmonic Echo TIPS: This item greatly enhances your healing and shielding capabilities. Moving and casting abilities builds Harmony, empowering your next heal or shield with additional healing, while allies at low health receive an even stronger recovery. It is an excellent choice for enchanter supports who focus on keeping their team alive and saving allies during critical moments.
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding +200 Max Health +80 Ability Power +10 Ability Haste
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values. 2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: This item is designed to counter shield-heavy champions. Your abilities significantly reduce the effectiveness of shields enemies receive, while the first hit can also weaken shields that are already active. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against shield-reliant compositions, allowing your team to break through enemy defenses and eliminate priority targets more effectively.
Oceanid's Trident — This item is designed to counter shield-heavy champions. Your abilities significantly reduce the effectiveness of shields enemies receive, while the first hit can also weaken shields that are already active. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against shield-reliant compositions, allowing your team to break through enemy defenses and eliminate priority targets more effectively.
Harmonic Echo
Abilities grant healing effects +100 Max Health +50 Ability Power +300 Max Mana +50% Mana Regen +15 Ability Haste +5% Heal and Shield Strength
Harmonic Echo: Moving and casting abilities builds Harmony. At 100 Harmony your next healing or shielding ability on an ally restore an additional equal to (100-160 () + 15% AP) Health. If the target has less than 30% Health, heal effectiveness is increased to 130% of the original. 2800
Harmonic Echo TIPS: This item greatly enhances your healing and shielding capabilities. Moving and casting abilities builds Harmony, empowering your next heal or shield with additional healing, while allies at low health receive an even stronger recovery. It is an excellent choice for enchanter supports who focus on keeping their team alive and saving allies during critical moments.
Rabadon's Deathcap
Boosts Ability Power +130 Ability Power
Overkill: Increases Ability Power by 30%. 3400
Rabadon's Deathcap TIPS: This item is the ultimate Ability Power amplifier for any mage. It not only provides a massive amount of AP but also increases your total Ability Power, dramatically boosting your spell damage, healing, and all other AP scaling effects. An essential late-game purchase for champions looking to maximize their spellcasting potential and unleash devastating burst damage.
Rabadon's Deathcap — This item is the ultimate Ability Power amplifier for any mage. It not only provides a massive amount of AP but also increases your total Ability Power, dramatically boosting your spell damage, healing, and all other AP scaling effects. An essential late-game purchase for champions looking to maximize their spellcasting potential and unleash devastating burst damage.Summoner Spells
Flash (Teleport a short distance) and 
Heal (Restore Health to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion) as your Summoner Spells.
Flash
Teleport a short distance forward or towards the aimed direction.
Cooldown: 150s
Heal
Restore 110 Health (110–400 ) to you and the most wounded nearby ally champion, and grants both of you 30% bonus Movement Speed for 2 second(s).
Healing is halved for champions recently affected by Heal.
Cooldown: 100s
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Runes BUILD
Fleet Footwork (Moving, attacking and casting builds Energy stacks. At maximum stacks, your next attack heals and grants increased Movement Speed.) as your keystone, followed by 
Font of Life (Marks an enemy champion and grants healing upon attack.), 
Bone Plating (Reduces incoming damage.) and 
Revitalize (Empowered healing and shielding effects.) in the primary tree, as well as 
Transcendence (Grants more Ability Haste the higher your level is and also returns ability cooldown duration.) in the secondary tree. Below you can see possible options for replacing runes.
Fleet Footwork
Mobility, Heal
Moving, attacking and casting builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack gains Attack Speed, heals you, grants bonus Movement Speed. If the attack is again st a champion, it also restores Mana or Energy.
Bonus Attack Speed: 40%
Health Restore: 15-110 () + 15% bonus
+ 10%.
Bonus Movement Speed: 20% for 1s.
When attacking a champion, restore 8% missing mana or 8% missing energy
.
When attacking minions or monsters, heals for 35% (Melee champions) or 15% (Ranged champions) of the original heal amount.
Font of Life
Team Heal
When your attacks or abilities hit an enemy champion, heal yourself and the lowest Health allied champion nearby.
Ally: Heals for 1.5% of your max + 5% of your
You: Heal for 1% of your max + 5% of your
Healing is 130% effective if you're a melee champion. (Does not trigger if you or nearby allies are at full Health, or if no allies are nearby.)
Cooldown: 15s
Bone Plating
Anti-Burst Damage
When taking damage from a champion, the current and next 3 champion abilities or attacks against you and within 1.5s deal 30-60 () less damage.
Cooldown: 40s
Revitalize
Empowered heals and shields
Gains a 5% amplification effect when Healing or granting Shields. If the target's Health is lower than 40%, the effect is amplified by an additional 10%.
Transcendence
Reduces ability cooldowns
Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels:
At level 1, gain 5 Ability Haste;
at level 5, gain bonus 5 Ability Haste;
at level 9, after Basic Ability hit the target, reduce 8% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Situational Runes
Fleet Footwork
Mobility, Heal
Moving, attacking and casting builds Energy stacks. At 100 stacks, your next attack gains Attack Speed, heals you, grants bonus Movement Speed. If the attack is again st a champion, it also restores Mana or Energy.
Bonus Attack Speed: 40%
Health Restore: 15-110 () + 15% bonus + 10%.
Bonus Movement Speed: 20% for 1s.
When attacking a champion, restore 8% missing mana or 8% missing energy.
When attacking minions or monsters, heals for 35% (Melee champions) or 15% (Ranged champions) of the original heal amount.
Aery
Poke, Protect
Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.
Damage: 15-70 () + 10% bonus + 5%
Shield: 25-120 () + 10% bonus + 5%
Aery cannot be sent out again until she returns to you.
Aery — The rune is perfect for champions who combine damage and support, such as Seraphine or Lux. It allows dealing extra damage to enemies or shielding allies. "Aery" is especially effective on heroes with strong ranged control, as it deals damage through attacks or abilities without risking retaliation. The rune is also useful in support roles, providing additional protection to allies in crucial moments.
Revitalize
Empowered heals and shields
Gains a 5% amplification effect when Healing or granting Shields. If the target's Health is lower than 40%, the effect is amplified by an additional 10%.
Perseverance
Increase survivability when crowd controlled
Gain 10% Tenacity. Gain 10-15 Armor and Magic Resistance () for 1.5 seconds when mmobilized. Refresh duration time when immobilized multiple times.
Perseverance — The rune increases your tenacity by 10%. When immobilized, it grants you bonus armor and magic resistance for a short period. The effect refreshes if you are immobilized multiple times, making the rune especially useful for champions who often find themselves under crowd control. It is ideal for tanks and fighters, enhancing their survivability in fights when they are subjected to multiple crowd control effects.
Transcendence
Reduces ability cooldowns
Gain a bonus when reaching the following levels:
At level 1, gain 5 Ability Haste;
at level 5, gain bonus 5 Ability Haste;
at level 9, after Basic Ability hit the target, reduce 8% the ability's cooldown time.
Cooldown: 8s
Manaflow Band
Increase Mana
Hitting an enemy champion with and ability or empowered attack permanently increases your max mana by 30, up to 300 mana.
Manaflow Band — The rune permanently increases your maximum mana with each hit on an enemy champion using an ability or empowered attack, up to a maximum of 300 mana. This rune is perfect for champions who frequently use their abilities and need more mana for efficient combat, such as mages or champions with high mana consumption.Skills Order
(Q) HYMN OF VALOR
8s 60/65/70/75
Sends out a soundwave that deals 40 magic damage (40/80/120/160 + 40% ) to two nearest enemies (targets champion first).
Aura: Gains an aura that last 3 seconds. The next attack by allied champions within the aura is empowered to deal an additional 8 magic damage (8/13/18/23 + 20% ).
(Q) HYMN OF VALOR
(W) ARIA OF PERSEVERANCE
10s 85/90/95/100
Heals herself and another allied champion for 45 (45/60/75/90 + 20% ).
Aura: Grants allied champions a shield that absorbs 25 damage (25/50/75/100 + 18% ) for 3 seconds.
(W) ARIA OF PERSEVERANCE
(E) SONG OF CELERITY
14s 80
Gains 15% Movement Speed (15/16/17/18% + 3% ) for 5 seconds.
Aura: Grants an aura that last 5 seconds. Allied champions within the aura gain 15% Movement Speed (15/16/17/18% + 3% ).
(E) SONG OF CELERITY
(R) CRESCENDO
80/70/60s 100
Passive: After casting an ability, her aura is empowered to grant stronger (to 20%) buffs for 20 seconds.
Active: Plays a chord that emits a soundwave every 0.75 seconds as it travels to the target location. The soundwave deals 35 magic damage (35/60/85 + 15% ) and stuns enemies hit for the first time for 1 seconds. Enemies caught inside the chord are also 25/30/35% slowed.
(R) CRESCENDO
Support SONA Counters
We have prepared lists of champions that can really annoy you during a match with the game on the Support SONA. We have also prepared a list of champions with whom you will be comfortable being on the same team. These lists are relative and depend greatly on your level of play, the skills of your allies and opponents. Do not forget that each situation is individual!
Threats
Synergies
Support SONA Counter Items
We have prepared a list of items and spells that will help counter Support SONA in a given situation. Buy items wisely, only if it is really necessary for a specific situation!
Magic Resist
Items with magic resistance can help you to survive against SONA combo.
Mercury's Treads
Increases Magic resist +150 Max Health
+25 Magic Resistance
+15 Tenacity +45 Move Speed 1200
Mercury's Treads TIPS: These boots increase your Magic Resistance while making you more resilient to crowd control through Tenacity. The bonus Health and movement speed improve both survivability and mobility, allowing you to perform more effectively against magic damage and heavy-CC team compositions. They are an excellent choice for tanks, fighters, and any champion who needs to stay in the fight longer.
Force of Nature
Stacking Magic Resist and Move Speed +350 Max Health +60 Magic Resistance +5% Move Speed
Absorb: Taking ability damage from enemy champions grants 1 stack(s) of Steadfast for 7 seconds, max 4 stacks. Receiving damage from an enemy Champion will refresh the duration of the stacks. At maximum stacks, gain 10% Movement Speed and reduce all incoming magic damage by 20%. 2750
Force of Nature TIPS: This item provides a substantial boost to health and magic resistance, and its “Absorb” passive stacks up when you take ability damage from enemy champions, reducing all incoming magic damage and granting bonus movement speed at max stacks. It’s perfect for tanks who need to withstand teams heavy in magic damage and maintain mobility to be in the right position during fights. Pick this up when the enemy team builds magic damage (e.g., Syndra, Brand) and you need extra movement speed to initiate effectively or escape dangerous situations.
Reduced 
Healing
Items with Grievous Wounds that can reduce SONA Healing effects.
Ignite
Ignites target enemy champion, dealing 72 true damage (72–380 ) over 5 and applying 60% Grievous Wounds for the duration.
Grievous Wound reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects.
Cooldown: 100s
Executioner's Calling
Physical Damage reduces enemy healing +15 Attack Damage
Rend: Physical Damage inflicts 40% Grievous Wounds to enemy champions for 3 seconds. Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Oblivion Orb
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +35 Ability Power
Cursed Wounds: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions applies 40% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 800
Mortal Reminder
Armor Penetration (%) and reduced enemy healing +25 Attack Damage
+25% Critical Rate
+15% Attack Speed
Last Whisper: 
+30% Armor Penetration. Attacks that Critically Strike gain an additional 6% Armor Penetration.
Sepsis: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 3300
Mortal Reminder TIPS: This item is perfect for auto‑attackers who need to shred through armor and cut down enemy healing. It boosts your penetration to deal more damage against tanky targets and applies grievous wounds on hit, reducing all healing and regen effects. — Ideal against tanks and high‑heal champions, and for marksmen and auto‑attack fighters who need to pierce defenses and curb enemy sustain.
Chempunk Chainsword
Reduces enemy healing +400 Max Health +45 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Punishment: Dealing physical damage to enemy champions applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2800
Chempunk Chainsword TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who face enemies with high sustain, such as Dr. Mundo, Soraka, and Yuumi, who have significant healing abilities. The "Punishment" effect applies Grievous Wounds, reducing the effectiveness of healing and regeneration by 50%, making this item effective against champions who rely on healing. It’s also useful against champions who rely on lifesteal, such as Aatrox, Darius, and Fiora, as it helps reduce the effectiveness of their healing.
Morellonomicon
Magic damage reduces enemy healing +300 Max Health +75 Ability Power +15 Ability Haste
Affliction: Dealing magic damage to enemy champions inflicts 50% Grievous Wounds for 3 seconds.
Grievous Wounds reduces the effectiveness of Healing and Regeneration effects. 2650
Morellonomicon TIPS: This item is designed to counter champions with strong healing and sustain. Any magic damage you deal applies Grievous Wounds, greatly reducing the effectiveness of enemy healing and regeneration. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against teams that rely heavily on healing, lifesteal, or regeneration.
Cleanse or Block Spells
Items with ability or property to cleanse or block negative spells.
Quicksilver Sash
Dispels crowd control
Quicksilver (Active): Removes all crowd control effects currently affecting you, and become immune to crowd control effects for 0.25 seconds.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 1100
Quicksilver Sash TIPS: This enchant instantly removes most crowd control effects and briefly grants immunity to further disables. Once the effect ends, it provides increased resistance to crowd control and slows, helping you escape dangerous situations or continue fighting without interruption. It is an excellent choice against teams with heavy crowd control, allowing you to stay mobile and effective in crucial moments.
Seeker's Armguard
Turn invulnerable
+20 Armor +35 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (120s Cooldown) 1200
Seeker's Armguard TIPS: This item combines Ability Power with extra defense, but its defining feature is the ability to become temporarily invulnerable. Its active effect lets you completely avoid lethal damage, dodge crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to return. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to survive burst damage and outplay opponents in critical teamfights.
Zhonya's Hourglass
Turn invulnerable +40 Armor +110 Ability Power
Stasis (Active): Become invulnerable and untargetable for 2.5 seconds, but unable to move, attack, cast abilities or use items. (90s Cooldown) 3300
Zhonya's Hourglass TIPS: This item combines high Ability Power with extra armor, while its defining feature is the ability to become completely invulnerable for a short time. Its active effect allows you to survive lethal damage, avoid crucial enemy abilities, or buy time for your cooldowns to recover. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP assassins who need to outlive enemy focus and turn the tide of a teamfight.
Mercurial Scimitar
Dispels crowd control +45 Attack Damage
+10% Physical Vamp +40 Magic Resistance
Quicksilver Sash (Active): Removes all crowd control debuffs from you and grants immunity to crowd control for 0.25s.
Perseverance (Passive): When the Quicksilver effects ends, grant 30% Tenacity and 30% Slow Resist for 1.5 seconds. (60s Cooldown)
Cannot be used during knock up or knock back effects. 3100
Mercurial Scimitar TIPS: This item is designed to counter crowd control. Its active removes most disabling effects and briefly grants immunity to follow-up control, while the passive provides additional resistance to crowd control and slows once the effect ends. It is an excellent choice for marksmen, fighters, and assassins who need to maintain their mobility and keep dealing damage against heavy-CC team compositions.
Edge of Night
Blocks an enemy ability +250 Max Health +50 Attack Damage
Gouge: +8 Armor Penetration.
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. This spell shield refreshes upon leaving combat with enemy champions. (35 second cooldown) 3000
Edge of Night TIPS: This item is perfect for champions who need a mix of offense and defense. It provides bonuses to maximum health and attack damage, along with increased armor penetration to help you shred through enemy defenses. The "Annul" effect grants you a spell shield, blocking the next enemy ability. This spell shield refreshes when leaving combat with enemy champions, making the item a great choice for champions who need protection from crowd control and to engage in fights, such as Ashe, Lux, or Morgana.
Banshee's Veil
Blocks an enemy ability +105 Ability Power +40 Magic Resistance
Annul: Grants a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. (30s Cooldown) 3000
Banshee's Veil TIPS: This item provides strong protection against magic damage while granting a spell shield that blocks the next hostile ability. It is especially effective against champions who rely on landing a single key spell to start their combo or burst you down. A great choice for mages and AP fighters who need to maintain safe positioning and deny enemy engage or pick potential.
Cleanse
Removes disables (including spell debuffs) affecting your champion and grants immunity to disables for 0.25 seconds.
Cooldown: 110s
Reduces Mobility
Items that can decrease SONA mobility.
Exhaust
Exhausts target enemy champion, reducing their Movement Speed by 35% and their damage dealt by 40% for 2.5 seconds.
Cooldown: 100s
Serylda’s Grudge
Armor Penetration (%) and apply slows +40 Attack Damage +15 Ability Haste
Last Whisper: Gain +33% Armor Penetration.
Icy: Damaging active abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 1 second.
Frostbite: Apply Frostbite to enemies slowed by Icy for 6s. At 3 Frostbite stacks, all stacks are consumed to apply bleed, dealing (5 + 1-15 () + 15% bonus) physical damage over 2s. Also applies 50% Grievous Wounds for 3s. (5s cooldown per target) 3300
Serylda’s Grudge TIPS: This item blends heavy armor penetration with crowd control: your active abilities and empowered hits slow targets, and repeated slows trigger a bleed that also applies grievous wounds. Perfect for champions who need to kite, execute priority targets, and curb their healing.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Abilities apply slows +350 Max Health +65 Ability Power
Icy: Damaging abilities and empowered attacks slow enemies by 30% for 0.75 second. 2700
Rylai's Crystal Scepter TIPS: This item enhances your crowd control by causing your abilities and empowered attacks to slow enemies with every hit. The bonus health improves your durability, while the consistent slow makes it much easier to land follow-up abilities, chase fleeing targets, and support your teammates. It is an excellent choice for damage-over-time mages and champions who rely on keeping enemies within the range of their abilities.
Iceborn Gauntlet
Attacks create a slowing field +250 Max Health +50 Armor +250 Max Mana +30 Ability Haste
Spellblade: Using an ability causes your next attack within 10 seconds to deal bonus physical damage equal to (100% base AD + 25% Bonus Armor ) in an area and creates an icy field for 2 seconds that slows by 30%. Armor increases the size of the icy field. (1.5s Cooldown)
Damage is reduced vs structures. 3100
Iceborn Gauntlet TIPS: This item greatly boosts your health, armor, mana, and ability haste, making you much tankier. After casting an ability, your next attack in an area deals bonus physical damage and creates an icy field that slows enemies inside by 30%. The field’s size scales with your armor. This makes the item a great choice for champions who want to combine high survivability with crowd control and extra AOE damage.
Stridebreaker
Slows enemies nearby after a short dash +400 Max Health +40 Attack Damage +15% Attack Speed
Breaking Shockwave (Active): Activate to dash a short distance, dealing 100% AD as Physical Damage to nearby enemies and slowing them by 40% for 3s (25s cooldown)
Stride (Passive): Gain 20 Movement Speed for 2 second(s) when you deal physical damage. 3100
Stridebreaker TIPS: This item combines mobility, damage, and crowd control, making it easier to stick to your targets. Its active lets you dash a short distance, damage nearby enemies, and heavily slow them, while the passive grants bonus movement speed whenever you deal physical damage. It is an excellent choice for fighters and bruisers who want to engage quickly, chase down opponents, and keep enemies within melee range.
Reduces Any Shield
Items with reduces any Shield.
Serpent's Fang
Anti-Shielding +50 Attack Damage +10 Ability Haste
Stab: +15 Armor Penetration.
Shield Reaver: Dealing damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3s. Melee champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%; while ranged champions apply (10% of bonus AD + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Shield Reaver, all shields on them are reduced by the same values. 2800
Serpent's Fang TIPS: This item is perfect for assassins and champions who face enemies with a lot of shields. It provides bonuses to attack damage and ability haste, along with increased armor penetration, making it effective against well-protected enemies. The "Shield Reaver" effect allows you to reduce the effectiveness of shields gained by enemy champions, depending on your bonus attack damage, helping to quickly break through shields. This item is especially useful against champions who rely on shields for defense, such as Lux, Braum, and others.
Oceanid's Trident
Anti-Shielding +200 Max Health +80 Ability Power +10 Ability Haste
Lethal Weapon: Dealing ability damage to an enemy champion reduces any shields they gain for 3 seconds. Area of effect abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 25)% shield reduction, capped at 45%; while single target abilities apply (5% of bonus AP + 40)% shield reduction, capped at 60%. When you damage an enemy who is unaffected by Lethal Weapon, all shields on them are reduced by the same values. 2600
Oceanid's Trident TIPS: This item is designed to counter shield-heavy champions. Your abilities significantly reduce the effectiveness of shields enemies receive, while the first hit can also weaken shields that are already active. It is an excellent choice for mages and AP supports against shield-reliant compositions, allowing your team to break through enemy defenses and eliminate priority targets more effectively.
Support SONA Strengths and Weaknesses
Support SONA Strategy and Tactics
Wild Rift SONA Ability and Tips
POWER CHORD
HYMN OF VALOR
ARIA OF PERSEVERANCE
SONG OF CELERITY
CRESCENDO
(PASSIVE) POWER CHORD
After casting 3 basic abilities, her next attack is empowered to deal an additional 20 magic damage (20 (+10 ) + 15% ) and stun for 0.5 seconds.
Chord: Casting a basic ability grants Sona a non-stacking buffing aura for 3 seconds.
Reduces basic ability cooldowns by 2-20% ().
Casting a basic ability places other basic abilities on 0.54 second cooldowns.
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(Q) HYMN OF VALOR
8s 60/65/70/75
Sends out a soundwave that deals 40 magic damage (40/80/120/160 + 40% ) to two nearest enemies (targets champion first).
Aura: Gains an aura that last 3 seconds. The next attack by allied champions within the aura is empowered to deal an additional 8 magic damage (8/13/18/23 + 20% ).
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(W) ARIA OF PERSEVERANCE
10s 85/90/95/100
Heals herself and another allied champion for 45 (45/60/75/90 + 20% ).
Aura: Grants allied champions a shield that absorbs 25 damage (25/50/75/100 + 18% ) for 3 seconds.
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(E) SONG OF CELERITY
14s 80
Gains 15% Movement Speed (15/16/17/18% + 3% ) for 5 seconds.
Aura: Grants an aura that last 5 seconds. Allied champions within the aura gain 15% Movement Speed (15/16/17/18% + 3% ).
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(R) CRESCENDO
80/70/60s 100
Passive: After casting an ability, her aura is empowered to grant stronger (to 20%) buffs for 20 seconds.
Active: Plays a chord that emits a soundwave every 0.75 seconds as it travels to the target location. The soundwave deals 35 magic damage (35/60/85 + 15% ) and stuns enemies hit for the first time for 1 seconds. Enemies caught inside the chord are also 25/30/35% slowed.
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Wild Rift SONA Skills Combo
Sona Flash Engage
Execution
Use this combo to engage from long range.
Begin with (E) SONG OF CELERITY to boost your Movement Speed. Once in range, (R) CRESCENDO, then FLASH immediately to catch multiple enemies with the stun. Follow up with (Q) HYMN OF VALOR and your empowered AA to deal more damage. Finish with (W) ARIA OF PERSEVERANCE to heal your team and AA.