Sona guide

Laning phase

• Aggressive lane; don’t waste mana on heals, only clutch shields
• Trade with Q when Presence of Mind is up, but especially if Manaflow is up as well
• Poke when enemy comes down to finish off minions; watch the wave
• Don’t roam; stick with ADC as much as possible
• If you’re losing lane, try to even it out and run the clock; Sona is a late game enabler

Midgame

• Mix damage and heals, you have enough mana at this point
• Roam a lot, since Swifties + Celerity + E make you fast
• Focus on objective prepping and herding your team into doing them

Late game

• Spend all your casts on heals; E for passive stack to chase and slow into a team-wide gap close
• Stick to whoever is carrying
• Hold onto your ult for teamfights, not picks

Items

Standard

1. Bloodsong
2. Echoes of Helia
3. Boots of Swiftness
4. Tear item (Seraph’s Embrace, Diadem of Songs)¹
5. Seraph’s if Diadem/Moonstone Renewer
6. Dawncore/Staff of Flowing Water

Tank (against burst)

1. Bloodsong
2. Echoes of Helia
3. Boots of Swiftness
4. Frozen Heart
5. Kaenic Rookern (AP burst)
6. Randuin’s Omen (Crit burst) - Swap with 5 depending on enemy composition

Runes

1. Sorcery: Summon Aery
   • Manaflow Band
   • Celerity
   • Gathering Storm
2. Precision
   • Presence of Mind
   • Legend: Haste

• Shards
  • Ability Haste
  • Move Speed
  • Flat Health