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Sona build & stats

SupportMage B 142 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
50.7%
Pick rate
5.6%
Ban rate
0.0%
Solo/Duo Flex ARAM
16.17 16.16 16.9
Division
All divisions
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Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Finish these three

Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer
2,200 gold
Staff of Flowing Water
Staff of Flowing Water
2,250 gold
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer
2,200 gold
6,650 gold
62.5% WR 8 games

Boots

Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
1,250 gold
77.8% 9 games

Runes

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
60.0% WR
55 games · 39% pick
Summon Aery
Summon Aery

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Ghost
62.5% 8 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Sona

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Sona wins 50.7% of games as any role on patch 16.17 (142 games).
  • Most common core: Ardent Censer → Staff of Flowing Water → Moonstone Renewer — 62% win rate over 8 games.
  • Take Summon Aery as keystone: picked in 71% of games with a 54% win rate.

Items

Most common sets of three completed items

Core build

Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer
Staff of Flowing Water
Staff of Flowing Water
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer
62.5% WR
8 games · 6% pick
Redemption
Redemption
Ardent Censer
Ardent Censer
Moonstone Renewer
Moonstone Renewer
50.0% WR
6 games · 4% pick
Lich Bane
Lich Bane
Shadowflame
Shadowflame
Stormsurge
Stormsurge
40.0% WR
5 games · 4% pick

Boots

Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
53.7% WR
67 games · 47% pick
Sorcerer's Shoes
Sorcerer's Shoes
44.7% WR
38 games · 27% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
77.8% WR
9 games · 6% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
Echoes of Helia Echoes of Helia
 72.7% 8% (11)
Rabadon's Deathcap Rabadon's Deathcap
 71.4% 5% (7)
Redemption Redemption
 60.0% 18% (25)
Locket of the Iron Solari Locket of the Iron Solari
 57.1% 5% (7)
Moonstone Renewer Moonstone Renewer
 55.2% 61% (87)
Dawncore Dawncore
 54.5% 15% (22)
Staff of Flowing Water Staff of Flowing Water
 53.1% 23% (32)
Ardent Censer Ardent Censer
 52.2% 32% (46)
Lich Bane Lich Bane
 48.6% 25% (35)
Luden's Echo Luden's Echo
 46.3% 38% (54)
Shadowflame Shadowflame
 41.2% 12% (17)
Stormsurge Stormsurge
 33.3% 8% (12)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Sorcery Sorcery + Resolve Resolve
60.0% WR
55 games · 39% pick
Summon Aery
Summon Aery

Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies.

Sorcery Sorcery
Summon Aery Arcane Comet Stormraider's Surge Deathfire Touch
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Resolve Resolve
Shield Bash Demolish Font of Life
Conditioning Second Wind Bone Plating
Unflinching Overgrowth Revitalize
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Domination Domination + Precision Precision
34.5% WR
29 games · 20% pick
Dark Harvest Cheap Shot Grisly Mementos Ultimate Hunter Coup de Grace Presence of Mind
Sorcery Sorcery + Precision Precision
51.9% WR
27 games · 19% pick
Summon Aery Manaflow Band Transcendence Scorch Coup de Grace Presence of Mind

Keystones

  • Summon Aery Summon Aery Your attacks and abilities send Aery to a target, damaging enemies or shielding allies. 54.5%71% pick
  • Dark Harvest Dark Harvest Damaging a low health champion inflicts adaptive damage and harvests a soul from the victim. 34.4%23% pick
  • Arcane Comet Arcane Comet Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location. 100.0%3% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Clarity Flash + Clarity 51.7%41% pick
  • Flash Heal Flash + Heal 53.3%21% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 50.0%13% pick

Abilities & skill order

  • PPower Chord

    Accelerando: Sona gains non-Ultimate ability haste permanently for her basic abilities as she uses her abilities well, up to a cap. Beyond that cap, further successful uses reduce her ultimate's remaining cooldown instea...

  • QHymn of Valor

    Sona plays the Hymn of Valor, sends out bolts of sound, dealing magic damage to two nearby enemies, prioritizing champions and monsters. Sona gains a temporary aura that grants allies tagged by the zone bonus damage on t...

  • WAria of Perseverance

    Sona plays the Aria of Perseverance, sending out protective melodies, healing Sona and a nearby wounded ally. Sona gains a temporary aura that grants allies tagged by the zone a temporary shield.

  • ESong of Celerity

    Sona plays the Song of Celerity, granting nearby allies bonus Move Speed. Sona gains a temporary aura that grants allied champions tagged by the zone bonus Move Speed.

  • RCrescendo

    Sona plays her ultimate chord, stunning enemy champions and forcing them to dance and dealing magic damage to them.