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Sona

Name: Sona tier and win rate by rank band / Patch 7.3e
Creator: Tencent

SONA

Maven of the Strings

SupportDWR52.6%

Sona is Demacia's foremost virtuoso of the stringed etwahl, speaking only through her graceful chords and vibrant arias. This genteel manner has endeared her to the highborn, though others suspect her spellbinding melodies to actually emanate magic—a Demacian taboo. Silent to outsiders but somehow understood by close companions, Sona plucks her harmonies not only to soothe injured allies, but also to strike down unsuspecting enemies.

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Skills

Power ChordPassive

After casting 3 basic abilities, Sona's next attack against an enemy champion or epic monster is empowered to deal an additional 20 (+15% AP) magic damage 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% (based on level). Casting a basic ability places other basic abilities on 0.54 second cooldowns.

Hymn of ValorSkill 1

Sends out a soundwave that deals 40 (+40% AP) magic damage to the 2 nearest enemies (targets champions first). Aura: Gains an aura that lasts 3 seconds. The next attack by allied champions within the aura is empowered to deal an additional 8 (+20% AP) magic damage. The empowered aura deals 1.2 times the damage that the normal aura does.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	8
Cost	60	65	70	75
Base Damage	40	80	120	160
Bonus Damage	8	13	18	23

Aria of PerseveranceSkill 2

Heals herself and the nearby allied champion with the lowest Health for 35 (+20% AP). Aura: Grants allied champions within the aura a shield that absorbs 25 (+18% AP) damage for 3 seconds. Shields granted by the empowered aura absorb 1.2 times the damage that the normal aura's shields do.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	10
Cost	85	90	95	100
Heal	35	50	65	80
Shield	25	50	75	100

Song of CeleritySkill 3

Gains 15% (+3% AP) Movement Speed for 5 seconds. Aura: Gains an aura that lasts 5 seconds. Allied champions within the aura gain 10% (+3% AP) Movement Speed. The empowered aura grants 1.2 times the Movement Speed that the normal aura does.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3	LV 4
Cooldown	14
Cost	80
Move Speed	15%	16%	17%	18%
Move Speed	10%	11%	12%	13%

CrescendoUltimate

Passive: After casting an ability, Sona's aura is empowered to grant stronger 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 (+15% AP) magic damage and stuns enemies hit for the first time for 1 second. Enemies caught inside the chord are also slowed.

	LV 1	LV 2	LV 3
Cooldown	80	75	70
Cost	100
Base Damage	35	60	85
Slow	25%	30%	35%

Tier by Rank

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Tier and numbers

TierWinPickBan
Diamond+D← D52.6%3.1%0.3%
Master+D← D52.8%3.4%0.3%
ChallengerD← D53.5%5.5%0.4%
LegendaryB← B53.7%7.6%1.0%

Tencent official (CN server) / Support / 2026-11-06

Support: win rate #2 of 33Pick rate #26Support median win rate 50.3%

Tier moves D → B across ranks, a 1.2 point spread in win rate.

Reading the table

The “← A” after a tier is the tier in the previous ranking.

Legendary is the top tiers of the Legendary Queue, a separate ranked queue for top players.

Among Support

One dot per champion

Win rate

44%50%56%Sona · D

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Build Trends

Official Tencent data (China server)Diamond+ / SupportAs of 2026-11-0611/06

Rank

SortFaded rows: pick rate under 2%

Build patterns

Splits into 4 core · 2 rune patterns

How it works

Durability: health, armor, magic resist
Attack damage: attack damage, armor penetration
Ability power: ability power, magic penetration
Attack speed: basic attack speed
Ability haste: ability cooldowns, mana

The combos in the tables below, grouped by shape; not a ranking or a verdict. Each item goes to the family its stats are worth the most gold in, and a shape is how many of the 3 core items fall in each family. Effects (passives) are not counted, and items without stats are left out. Runes are grouped by keystone and the most common tree among the rest. The icons show the most common combo of each shape. A shape at 10% or more counts as a pattern; shapes under 3% get no card. Less common item families are families whose items appear in under 10% of the Chinese combos but do show up in overseas guides or streamer and pro builds. Their icons are separate item options seen in those sources, not one build. Families are listed by how many sources they appear in.

Core items4 patterns

34.2%Durability ×1Ability power ×1

26.8%Durability ×2Ability haste ×1

21.8%Durability ×2Ability power ×1

10.9%Durability ×1Ability haste ×1

Runes2 patterns

59.7%Fleet FootworkInspiration ×3

19.3%Ice OverlordInspiration ×3

8.9%Ice OverlordResolve ×3

4.7%Fleet FootworkResolve ×3

Less common item familiesItems from families under 10% of the Chinese combos, but found in other sources

Attack speed item optionsItems seenChinese combos noneOverseas guides 1 itemsStreamers and pros 1 of 5

Core items (3)13 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
17.6%55.3%
15.2%54.3%
13.2%54.0%
9.6%54.4%
4.9%56.8%
3.5%55.3%
3.1%50.8%
2.4%55.0%
1.9%54.5%
1.8%58.0%
1.6%59.4%
1.2%46.9%
1.2%50.4%

Runes13 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
44.7%53.1%
14.1%52.5%
4.3%51.7%
2.5%51.0%
2.2%52.9%
1.8%47.6%
1.8%53.3%
1.7%51.7%
1.6%52.8%
1.6%54.9%
1.5%55.1%
1.5%49.7%
1.2%54.1%

Summoner spells3 combos, by pick rateby win rate

CombinationPickWin
87.0%53.0%
6.2%49.0%
4.3%51.1%

Pick and win rates are Tencent's own figures, shown as published (sample sizes are not published).

Streamer and pro builds5 builds

Streamer / proCore itemsKeystone, spells
抖音哦哟哟
抖音语语lolm
月游神
抖音Yukiya
抖音南酱

Items in these builds

Chinese streamer and pro builds published by Tencent (pros first). Support items are not included.

Patch Changes

Ver. 7

History7.1hChanged7.2bNerf7.3Changed

7.3Changed2026-09-22

Base Stats

Attack Speed Ratio: 0.644
Base Attack Speed: 0.644
Base Bonus Attack Speed: 0.17
Attack Speed per Level: 0.016

7.2bNerf2026-07-29

Aria of Perseverance

Heal: 45/60/75/90 → 35/50/65/80

Crescendo

Cooldown: 80/70/60s → 80/75/70s

7.1hChanged2026-06-24

Aria of Perseverance

Healing: 25/40/55/70 → 45/60/75/90

Song of Celerity

Base Movement Speed granted to self: 10/11/12/13% → 15/16/17/18%

Patch notes 7.3d and earlier versions

Analysis

Nothing equipped

Combat Power at Lv15 is 9,443 (#141 of 142, #10 of 10 Support). About the same as #135 at Lv1.

LvLv 15

Stats 82% · Skills 18%

Growth by level

SonaMedianSupport median

Shape of ability effects

Lv15

Crowd control580

Damage504

Heals & shields493

Movement114

23%Share that works on allies

1.5sTime the enemy is stopped per fight

Growth by level

Lv	CP	Median	Support median	Rank
1	5,291	5,897	5,698	135
2	5,848	6,459	6,346	126
3	6,068	6,934	6,640	142
4	6,509	7,485	7,136	138
5	6,848	7,899	7,482	138
6	7,170	8,244	7,808	135
7	7,331	8,552	8,082	140
8	7,660	8,948	8,372	139
9	7,909	9,378	8,762	140
10	8,222	9,716	9,079	139
11	8,395	10,018	9,345	141
12	8,765	10,461	9,731	140
13	8,954	10,786	10,031	141
14	9,250	11,138	10,369	141
15	9,443	11,462	10,624	141

Shape of ability effects

Lv15

Level 15 values with nothing equipped.

AttackDefenseMobility

- Empowered attack bonus magic damage99G
- Crowd control (stun)403G
Combat only: 50%At most once per 8sOne fight per 90sFight length: 10 sChampion median
- Magic damage789G
- Aura empowered-attack damage113G
Combat only: 50%At most once per 8sSkill ranks from level
- Heal (self and one ally)632G
- Aura shield395G
Combat only: 50%You and one allySkill ranks from level
- Self move speed439G
- Aura move speed317G
Combat only: 50%Survival factorMove speed % as flatChampion medianSkill ranks from level
- Magic damage48G
- Crowd control (stun, first wave)807G
Combat only: 50%One fight per 90sFight length: 10 sChampion medianSkill ranks from level

Gold values with nothing equipped. Ratios such as AP grow with your build in the Build Lab. Tap a row to see the formula.

Assumptions

Combat only: 50%

Effects that only work in combat or under a condition are counted as active half the time. The same rule applies to every rune and spell.

At most once per 8s

Effects that re-trigger on attacks are counted at most once every 8 seconds, since a single fight only allows so many procs.

One fight per 90s

A 15-minute match is assumed to have 10 fights. Shields and damage blocks that work once per fight are counted as extra health in every fight.

Fight length: 10 s

Crowd control that stops the enemy (stun, charm, etc.) is treated as time you aren't being hit. A fight is assumed to last 10 s, so it counts as holding seconds ÷ 10 × median max health in extra health each fight. Uses are capped like shields: the fewer of cooldown uses and fights.

Champion median

Values that depend on the champion, such as health, use the median of all champions at level 1 and level 15.

Skill ranks from level

A champion's ability values depend on rank, so rank is derived from level. The ultimate ranks up at levels 5 / 9 / 13. Remaining points go to abilities 1 → 2 → 3 in turn (1 / 0 / 0 at level 1, 4 / 4 / 4 at level 15). Which ability to max first is a judgement call, so every champion uses the same order. Abilities with a different number of ranks (such as Jayce's 5) follow the same rule, raising the lowest-ranked ability one point at a time; an ability learned from level 1 starts at rank 1.

You and one ally

Heals and shields that also reach an ally are counted for two people: you and one ally.

Survival factor

Moving faster by some % is counted as that % more effective health, since speed lets you dodge and escape. Value = median max health × the speed gain × the health price.

Move speed % as flat

Move speed % is converted to flat move speed against the median base speed of 350, then priced at the flat rate.

Line: min to max · tick: median

HP2,056#139

Armor95#125

Magic Resist47#133

Attack83#138

Attack Speed0.898#104

Move Speed340#104

HP regen14#125

MP1,031#77

MP regen28#17

Lv 15	Sona	Min	Median	Max
HP	2,056	1,832	2,422	2,732
Armor	95	34	104	127
Magic Resist	47	45	60	80
Attack	83	50	109.5	147
Attack Speed	0.898	0.735	0.951	1.252
Move Speed	340	335	350	360
HP regen	14	14	19	29
MP	1,031	802	1,080	1,390
MP regen	28	16	25	36

Rank and min to max are among all 142 champions. Mana stats are among the 119 champions that use mana.

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