Currently, Sona is one of the best support champions in the game. The current meta has enabled this enchanter to reach above 52% win rate, which is quite significant on a champion that does have a decent skill ceiling. To make Sona even better, today we are gonna take a look at the items built by the highest-ranked Sonas in EUW and Korea.
Best Sona Items
Echoes of Helia
The core supporting item on Sona is Echoes of Helia. This item will give you a soul shard each time you damage an enemy, the shards get stacked and will get released once you heal your ally (they will enhance the healing). If there are enemies in your close proximity after shard release, they will get damaged depending on the amount of stacks you collected.
Moonstone Renewer
Healing is the main thing with Sona’s kit, and therefore, we will want to build items that increase healing power. Moonstone Renewer comes as the most logical choice as it is the item that increases our healing the most. It will be a significant power-up for the rest of the game.
The Staff of Flowing Water
The staff of Flowing Water is another great item for Sona. It increases the power of shields and heals, and gives really great amounts of mana regeneration, which is crucial for sustaining in lane. The item will also give you and your allies bonus ability power and a little bit of movement speed.
Morellonomicon
Sona is a support that thrives with AP stats as they allow her to heal, shield and poke more effectively. For this reason, we will take Morellonomicon, which will massively increase our AP. The item also has great utility, because it applies a 40% heal reduction to all enemies affected by your spells.
Ardent Censer
The 5th item we will take is the infamous Ardent Censer. Depending on the game, we can build it as 4th item as well, and let Morellonomicon take the last place. We will make the decision based on what stats we need the most. When playing versus enemies that can heal too much, Morellonomicon will come as the most reasonable pick.
In games where we have an ADC that depends on attack speed, we will want to build Ardent Censer earlier perhaps, as this item will greatly increase their attack speed. There will also be situations where it will be thought to decide whether we should go for one or the other, but it will all become easier with experience.
Boots
The best boots for Sona are most definitely Ionian Boots of Lucidity. They will grant us a modest amount of ability haste, which will be really useful, especially in the early game.
Sona Build Runes
- Summon Aery
- Manaflow Band
- Transcendence
- Gathering the Storm
- Conditioning
- Revitalize
Summon Aery is the best poking rune for the laning phase. Manaflow Band will be essential for sustaining mana. Transcendence and Gathering the Storm are the best picks from their branch which will allow us to scale nicely into the late game. We will take Conditioning and Revitalize to have better survivability in the lane.
Final Thoughts
Sona is a really powerful pick in the right hands. Her kit can reduce enemy damage, heal, shield, and speed up allies. Good Sona gameplay will pressure the enemies out of lane, and will be able to significantly impact the game. The best build for Sona is the one that will focus on her key strengths, which are healing, sustain, and poking.